back the first three quarters reported a marginal drop and were not that alarming but the last quarter the first quarter of this 201920 saw a substantial drop in sales by 186 that is when everyone has woken up as it slowdown affected the economy slowdown is across cars twowheelers and commercial vehiclesshashank srivastava the executive director for marketing and sales at maruti suzuki said the company was pinning its hopes on festive salesaugust does not seem to be any different than the previous threefour months the expectation is demand will pick up with the festive season that starts from the first week of september he said but production will depend on retail sales there is no point in increasing factory and dealer stock if demand stays muted by sharmistha mukherjee et bureau published on aug 20 2019 at 0749 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app maruti suzuki monsoon rains auto market inventory rc bhargava homenewsindustryincentives needed to turn around motown fortunes maruti suzukis rc bhargava