a positive market response to new variants like xenon yodha and ace mega tata motors exports declined by 12 percent retail drop of scvs in sri lanka after steep increase in import tariffs in late 2016 as well as fall in nepal demand in the build up to their elections has impacted april and may sales for honda cars india its new city sedan and the wrv crossover are sending the cash registers ringing the carmaker grew in doubledigits of 133 percent during may 2017 the governments plan for a timely rollout of gst and a better monsoon forecast will aid in sales growth in the coming months added yoichiro ueno president and ceo honda cars india hcil also exported a total of 498 units in may 2017 toyota kirloskar motor sold 12339 units during the month under review experiencing a decline of 1347 percent in domestic sales and growing by 435 units in exports on the back of its etios series the companys innova touring sport launched recently has received a favourable response from customers in the mpv market while the innova crysta has seen a slight decline n raja director and sr vice president sales marketing toyota kirloskar motors maintains that is due to it being a one year old model buyers prefer to buy the latest model offerings fitted with the latest features he feels that some customers are also postponing their purchases till the gst regime is enforced we expect this impact to magnify in june 2017 until the customers have a clear understanding of the final pricing post the gst roll out he says mahindra mahindras total sales grew marginally at 3 percent while pvs including uvs cars and vans also grew at 3 percent in total domestic sales the companys growth was higher with mm up by 11 percent exports for may 2017 stood at 1293 vehicles sales data may 2017 domestic sales oems may 16 may 17 change passenger vehicles maruti suzuki india 113162 130676 155 hyundai motor india 41351 42007 16 tata motors 8617 10855 27 nissan india 3028 4217 39 tkm 12614 10914 134 honda cars india 9954 11278 133 ford india 6742 5780 166 mm 20290 19635 3 commercial vehicles tata motors 27026 23606 13 ashok leyland 9875 9071 8 mm 16255 13109 24 twowheelers india yamaha motor 62748 69429 11 hero motocorp 583117 633884 87 royal enfield 47232 58647 2416 hmsi 15860 510381 23 bajaj auto 179822 156523 13 twowheelers the countrys largest twowheeler manufacturer hero motocorp led the upwards spiral recovering after a dip in sales in april to bounce back at 87 percent in may 2017 with sales of 633884 units 583117 units having lined up a slew of new launches across various segments hero is bullish of maintaining its growth trajectory in the coming months its new manufacturing facility at its subsidiary hmcl niloy bangladesh has commenced production and has an installed capacity of 150000 vehicles per annum that will further expand the