The sales of domestic made light commercial vehicles with 52.56 percent left behind its imported peers in the first eight months this year.
The number of 392,391 of 568,906 unit total automobile and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) sold in the first eight months was the imported ones, and 176,515 units were domestic made. The imported automobile and light commercial vehicles accounted for 69 percent and domestic made vehicles remained in 31 percent of the total sold vehicles in this period. In the first eight months this year, the sales of imported automobiles were 75.41 percent, as for the domestic made light commercial vehicles left behind its imported peers. In firm-base sales, Volkswagen ranked atop in the sales of automobile and light commercial vehicles, Renault became first in the sales of automobiles and Ford ranked atop in light commercial vehicles. The total automobile and light commercial vehicle market decreased 5 percent to 568,906 units in January-August 2016, according to the data from the Automotive Distributors Association (ODD). In this period, Volkswagen ranked first with 79,553 units, Renault second with 72,521 units, Ford third with 64,962 units through the sales in the firm-base. The sales of imported automobiles surpassed three-fold of domestic made ones In January-August 2016, 438,025 automobiles were sold; of these 330,302 units were imported ones. The sales of imported automobiles surpassed three-fold of the sales of domestic made ones in this period. In the sales of automobiles, Renault became first with 64,619 units, Volkswagen second with 59,398 units and Opel third with 31,669 units. Renault also kept its leading place in the sales of domestic made automobiles with 38,666 units. This followed by Fiat with 27,225 and Toyota with 19,547 units. While 62,089 unit light commercial vehicles were met by the imported ones, 68,792 units met by the domestic made ones of the total 130,881 light commercial vehicle market sold in the first eight months this year. So, the sales of domestic made light commercial vehicles with 52.56 percent left behind the imported ones.
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