new delhi speculations fueled by the potential impact of the goods and services tax gst to be enforced from 1 july on various vehicle segments led customers to postpone sales this brought a lull to the otherwise buoyant automotive market that was just on the cusp of witnessing recovery in domestic sales passenger vehicle sales in particular nosedived with even the market leader maruti suzuki india registering a marginal single digit growth in june 2017 other carmakers either faced a decline or toed the line with a wafer thin growth however carmakers are bullish of witnessing positive sentiments in the market starting july that will see the industry notching a doubledigit growth during 201718 on the back of price reductions post gst in the commercial vehicle market the medium and heavy commercial vehicle segment has started reflecting signs of recovery as the after effects of the prebuying due to the enforcement of the bsiv emission norms from 1 april started wearing off light commercial vehicles have continued on their growth trajectory but oems experienced both hits and misses in the overall cv category sales due to the impact of the impending gst in the twowheeler market oems are eyeing the benefits of a unified market post gst imposition twowheelers continued on their growth path and with a slash in prices based on engine displacements the twowheeler segment below 350cc should see a robust growth pvs in a catch 22 situation domestic sales of the countrys largest carmaker maruti suzuki india plunged to a low single digit of 12 percent in june 2017 at 93263 units the company had sold 92133 units in june 2016 in the domestic market and a total of 98840 units the same month the carmaker had grown 155 percent during may 2017 in the domestic market maruti suzuki sold a total of 106394 units in june 2017 up 76 percent over june 2016 exports accounted for 13131 units a step up by 958 percent during the month under review the best performer for the carmaker was the utility vehicle segment where the vitara brezza gypsy scross and ertiga are clubbed it grew 43 percent during june 2017 to 13879 units it was followed by the midsize category where the sales of the ciaz sedan were up by 411 percent to 3950 units the ciaz that comes in a mild hybrid option may soon face the gst after effects as hybrid vehicles will become costlier with a 43 percent tax structure under the new tax regime earlier they were privy to financial incentives available to hybrid and electric vehicles under the faster adoption and manufacturing of hybrid and electric vehicles scheme of the centre the maruti compact cars spanning the baleno swift dzire ignis ritz and celerio have also slowed down to a growth of 13 percent at 40496 units during june 2017 the mini segment cars alto and wagon r continued to post a decline of 79 percent in june 2017 at 25524 units they were