Passenger vehicle wholesales in India increased 4 per cent year-on-year in May to 3,47,492 units, as compared to the same month last year, industry body SIAM said on Tuesday.
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Overall passenger vehicle (PV) dispatches from companies to dealers stood at 334,537 units in May 2023.
"Passenger vehicles have only witnessed a moderate growth, primarily owing to a high base effect of the previous year," the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) President Vinod Aggarwal said in a statement.
Two-wheeler sales rose 10 per cent to 16,20,084 units last month, as compared to 14,71,550 units in the year-ago period.
Three-wheeler dispatches rose 15 per cent to 55,763 units in May, as against 48,610 units in May 2023.