Auto sales shoot up 73pc in January

Barring a drop in demand for tractors, sales of cars, pickups, vans and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) surged 61pc year-on-year and 73pc month-on-month to 17,010 units in January. With this addition, the sales in the above segment rose 55pc to 77,686 units in 7MFY25 from 49,989 units in the July-January FY24. Truck sales rose to 2,054 from 967 units in 7MFY24, while bus sales surged to 365 from 237 units in 7MFY24. Total two and three-wheelers sales increased to 835,616 units from 646,440 units in 7MFY24. Tractor sales shrank to 20,158 units from 27,431 in the above period.