Honda Cars India registered positive monthly domestic sales of 16,758 units in August 2014 as against 8,913 in the corresponding month last year, witnessing a growth of 88 percent. HCIL also exported a total volume of 460units during August 2014.
The growth for the month has been achieved owing to strong sales momentum for the family sedan Honda Amaze and good response for the newly launched stylish 7 seater MPV Honda Mobilio. Earlier last month, Honda Cars India also crossed the milestones of domestic sales of 1 Lakh Amaze and 1 lakh units of cars powered by i-DTEC diesel engines.
The car maker registered an overall growth of 49 percent during the period April – August 2014 with 73,185 units as against 49,263 units during the corresponding period last year.
Speaking about the company’s performance Jnaneswar Sen, Sr. Vice President – Marketing &Sales, Honda Cars India said, “We are extremely happy to witness consistent growth for Honda cars month after month. The festive season has already set-in and will bring further cheer to the market. We are geared up for strong sales in coming months.”
Honda Cars India will resume the production of its best seller Honda City from 1st week of September 2014 and the car will now be manufactured at the Tapukara plant in Rajasthan.
Model wise sales break-up for August 2014 | |
Brio | 1,211 |
Amaze | 9,198 |
Mobilio | 5,530 |
City(no production in Aug 2014) | 757 |
CR-V | 62 |
Domestic Total | 16,758 |
Exports | 460 |
Grand Total | 17,218 |
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