car buyers could settle for small cars to reduce the pressure on their walletsmumbainew delhi shared mobility will likely take a shortterm hit and demand for entrylevel cars and twowheelers increase in the aftermath of the covid19 crisis according to two top automobile industry veteranshero motocorp chairman pawan munjal and mahindra mahindra managing director pawan goenka expect people to continue observing social distancing norms even after the crisis is over and that to bring a change to the way they commutewhile daily commuters may prefer avoiding public transport the possibility of job or salary cuts would weigh on their capacity to buy a personal vehicle in this situation a massmarket motorcycle or scooter could become the preferred mode of transportation for many while car buyers could settle for small cars to reduce the pressure on their wallets advt in a recent analyst call munjal said travelling habits were expected to change as people would continue to prefer social distancing for some more time now hence the preference for owned vehicles would emergeread alsocoronavirus shakeout in electric two threewheeler segment expected in short termtwo wheelers may get personal fillip post covid19 lockdownheros rival honda motorcycle scooter india believes this could bring in a spurt in used twowheeler business which still remains quite unorganised the circumstance may trigger demand for preowned cars and suvs as wellanother view according to mahindras goenka is that working from home and virtual meetings might result in people driving fewer kilometres in their vehicles on an averageperhaps shared mobility will become less desirable after the pandemic giving an impetus to personal vehicle buying goenka said at a recent virtual etauto townhall meeting however he expects this to be a temporary phase and shared mobility to eventually return to the forepeople will be concerned about using a vehicle where they dont know who was in it before if its a shared taxi who is sitting next to them they dont know he said advt historically demand for entrylevel vehicles has increased after economic slowdowns as people had less money for discretionary purchasesto be sure sales of entry vehicles have faced the biggest hit in recent times due to a 1015 spike in prices following the introduction of new emission and safety standardswe expect three things to happen post the lockdown is lifted the conversion from enquiry to sale may take longer people will end up downgrading their budget and thirdly buyers will tend to choose trusted brands said a senior executive at a leading carmaker who didnt want to be namedaccording a survey conducted by carwalecom this week just over half the 10000plus respondents said they would not be going ahead with their plan to buy a car now of the remaining who would buy almost 58 said they had reduced their budget this would likely help companies like maruti suzuki renault and hyundai motor which make entrylevel carsrestoring the broken supply chains may take several months even after the lockdown is over and demand may