before the festivalson the twowheeler front the demand remains weak and even walkin and enquiries were low in the festive period rural demand has still not picked up post the second wave of covid said gulati the share of passenger vehicles in total vehicle sales slipped to 19 versus 21522 historically during the 30day festival periodup bucks trendthe sapping demand has been higher in north india compared with the rest of the country barring uttar pradesh indias largest state by population up posted a 35 increase in vehicle registrations according to vahan data and it is the only large state that showed growththe states which have higher contribution to the countrys total sales volume such as maharashtra karnataka and kerala that together contribute nearly a quarter have posted a 69 decline in retail volume bihar delhi gujarat punjab rajasthan and haryana that together account for 30 of the volume have witnessed one of the steepest declines in retail registration at 1522the outliers among the vehicle segments were heavy goods vehicles and threewheelers retail sales of which rose 88 and 67 respectively during the festival period mainly helped by the low base of last yearafter two years we are witnessing some demand in the threewheeler space albeit on a low base and that too majorly in the electric vehicle segment cv is showing momentum only in pockets where there is infra spending done by either the centre or states said gulatioctober 2021 sales pvs marred by supply constraints 2ws in red cv sales improvenormally the festive season sales account for about 40 of the annual vehicle sales but this year the unprecedented supply chain disruptions fuel price hikes increase in input costs with consequent vehicle price rise and the economic slowdown after the covid second wave marred the september and october sales see more details by ketan thakkar ashutosh r shyam et bureau published on nov 9 2021 at 0820 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 car sales on diwali car sales in october 2021 auto sales in october 2021 october 2021 sales festive season auto sales vehicle registration chip crisis vahan data homenewsindustrydiwali was the worst in almost a decade for indias auto firms