Renault brought the Triber, a seven-seater towncar, to India at the end of 2019.
India, the world’s fifth-largest automotive market, would possibly have been the most affected by coronavirus restrictions: no new cars were sold in April, compared to 245,000 in the same month of 2019, with concessions closed by government decision.
News called it “the darkest month in the history of the Indian automotive industry. “
The recovery continued in September, with passenger sales increasing from 9. 8% to 195,665 units, according to the Federation of Car Dealership Associations.
Some European car manufacturers, who have struggled to enter India, have benefited, Renault, which last year introduced the small seven-seater Crossover Triber. Renault sales increased by 28% in September to 6,650 units, according to the group of racers.
The vast majority of Renault’s sales went to the locally manufactured Triber and a sister model, the Kwid, and the automaker is expected to launch a small SUV-oriented car next year with its Alliance partner Nissan. mark, in sixth place overall, and not far from Kia in fifth place.
Sales of Skoda, volkswagen’s leading logo in the market, rose 8% in September to 1,328 units. Sales were negligible for other car brands founded in Europe.
Tata Motors, Jaguar Land Rover’s parent company, recorded a 162% increase in sales in September to 21,199 units.
Citroen plans to import the C5 Aircross compact SUV to India next year before launching several domestically made vehicles.
Recovery, if sustained, bodes well for the PSA Group, which will enter India next year with imports of the C5 Aircross SUV after a delay of several months due to coronavirus locks. The result will be in 2022 with a diversity of reasonable Citroen models. produced and developed for local tastes.
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