Tata Motors sales only silver lining in depressing Dec 21 domestic numbers

Though Maruti Suzuki continues to lead the pack of four-wheel passenger vehicle companies in India when it comes to December 2021 domestic sales, its numbers too fell for the month along with several other companies that have announced their results by January 02, 2021. Results of several companies including heavy weights like Kia Motor India, Toyota Kirloskar, etc are expected in a day or so.

The only silver lining to the depressing December 2021 domestic sales is the performance of Tata Motors. The company sold 35299 units in December 2021, pipping Hyundai Motor India to grab the second position in sales after Maruti Suzuki. Among the worst performers was MG Motor India that was available to sell only 2578 vehicles in the month as compared to 4010 units n December 2020.

MARUTI SUZUKI: Maruti Suzuki India Limited posted total sales of 153,149 units in December 2021. Total sales in the month included domestic sales of 126,031 units, sales to other OEM of 4,838 units and its highest ever monthly exports of 22,280 units.

The shortage of electronic components had a minor impact on the production of vehicles during the month. The shortage primarily affected the production of vehicles sold in domestic market. The company took all possible measures to minimise the impact.

The sales figures for December 2021 are given below:

TATA MOTORS: Tata Motors announced its sales in the domestic & international market, for Q3 FY22, which stood at 1,99,633vehicles, compared to 1,58,218units during Q3 FY21. 

HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA: Hyundai Motor India registered a cumulative sale of 6 35 413 units in CY 2021, achieving a growth of 21.6 % over CY 2020.

NISSAN INDIA: Nissan India achieved a domestic wholesale of 3,010 vehicles for Nissan and Datsun brand in December 2021. Nissan India has achieved a growth of 159% in the domestic market in December 2021. Nissan India has achieved domestic sale of 27,965 vehicles this year against 6,609 vehicles in 2020 year to date, leading to 323% and export sales of 28,582 vehicles against 17,785 vehicles in 2020year to date, leading to 61% growth.

SKODA AUTO INDIA: Skoda Auto India recorded riple digit growth of 130% for the year 2021. Compared to 10,387 cars sold in 2020, the company clocked annual sales of 23,858 units in 2021. The surge in the sales volume was largely enabled by the launch of Kushaq, which has contributed to over 60% of the overall sales volumes for the year, and over 75% in the months since its launch. The sales for December 2021 stood at 3,234 units, compared to 1,303 units sold in December 2020, resulting in a 148% increase in the monthly sales volume.

MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.) announced that its overall auto sales for the month of December 2021 stood at 39157 vehicles. In the Utility Vehicles segment, Mahindra sold 17469 vehicles in December 2021. The Passenger Vehicles segment (which includes UVs, Cars and Vans) sold 17722 vehicles in December 2021. Exports for the month of December 2021 were at 3017 vehicles.

 *Above Domestic Sales Includes sales made in subsidiary company Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd

HONDA CARS INDIA: Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL) registered monthly domestic sales of 7,973 units in December 2021.The export numbers for HCIL stood at 1,165units in Dec’21. The company had registered 8,638 units in domestic sales and 713 units of export in Dec’20.

HCIL registered a cumulative growth of over 26% selling 89,152units during the calendar year 2021 (Jan – December).The company had registered domestic sales of 70,593 units in calendar year 2020 amidst operational restrictions to combat the COVID-19 health crisis.

With its reinforced export strategy from India by addition of left hand drive destinations for 5th Gen Honda City, HCIL exports grew by 600% with 16,340 units during CY’2021against 2,334 units exported in CY’2020.

MG MOTOR INDIA: MG Motor India retailed 40,273 units in 2021, registering a growth of 43% over 2020. As compared to the year 2020, the company has exhibited growth of 21.5% for Hector, 145% for ZS EV, and 252% for Gloster in the year 2021. MG has closed the year with a significant backlog and is trying to meet the growing demand and working towards strengthening the MG family in India. MG Motor India sold 2578 units in December 2021 as compared to 4010 units in the corresponding month 2020.