passenger vehicle sales grew 132 to 3069499 units in the fiscal year ending march 2022 new delhi automobile wholesales dropped 63 to 17513596 units in fiscal year 202122 according to the latest data shared by the society of indian automobile manufacturers siam in 202021 the industry recorded sales of 18620233 units this includes oem dispatches to dealers of passenger vehicles twowheelers threewheelers and quadricycles interestingly all the segments except the two wheelers are in green passenger vehicle sales grew 132 to 3069499 units in fy 22 compared to 2711457 units in fy21 sales of passenger cars stood at 1467056 units utility vehicles at 1489178 units and vans at 113265 units advt the siam data does not include sales from bmw mercedes tata motors and volvo auto siam fy22 datakenichi ayukawa president siam said despite some recovery from a low base sales of all four segments of the auto industry are below even 201819 level while commercial vehicles and suvs are seeing improvement in demand the mass segments like twowheelers and smaller cars are facing serious affordability issues of course our immediate challenge in most segments is semiconductor availability about the export performance he said we are happy to share that all four segments of the industry have increased their exports in fact twowheelers achieved their highest ever exports it is good to see that indian products are becoming more acceptable worldwide for their quality cost and performancerajesh menon director general siam said overall the industry witnessed a degrowth of 6 in fy22 all segments are facing supply side challenges and the industry is yet to see complete recovery following the disruptions it has been facing since early 2020 passenger vehicles commercial vehicles and threewheelers have witnessed a growth compared to a low base of the industry in 202021 but the twowheeler segments further declined by 11 from the previous yeartwo wheelers which were the worst hit saw a drop of 109 to 13466412 units in fy22 as against 15120783 units in fy21 motorcycle sales dropped to 8984186 units from 10021231 units a yearago while scooter sales were recorded at 4009076 units down from 4482305 units in fy21 advt threewheeler sales were up 189 to 260995 units in the fiscal year 202122 compared to 219446 units in the last fiscal while passenger carriers clocked sales of 183607 units those of goods carriers stood at 77388 units also read auto retail sales up 7 in fy22 may reach prepandemic highs by fy24however the sales are down 25 as compared to the precovid year fy20 when the industry retailed 21778574 units this was also the year of bsiv to bsvi transition fada said see more details etauto published on apr 13 2022 at 0330 pm 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