shutting down factories within a day is easy but to restart a full ecosystem is a herculean and time consuming taskmumbai festiveseason sales of the indian auto industry where some segments saw volumes in fy20 slide to the lowest in a decade could be hit rather hard if plants dont resume full production by juneindustry experts told et that auto makers are currently budgeting for a phased end to the lockdown while planning output schedules whats worrying them are obvious gaps in the supply chainshutting down factories within a day is easy but to restart a full ecosystem is a herculean and time consuming task said a top industry executive who didnt want to be named after an average festive season last year and april a total washout a good festive season looks highly improbable advt to be sure the festiveseason calendar this year is more backloaded diwali which is the bumper season for all classes of consumer goods purchases is in midnovember some of our customers are postponing purchases by up to six months which may augur reasonably well for the festive season said vijay nakra ceo of mahindras automotive businessthere is enough inventory for may and dealers will also retail the bsiv inventory when the lockdown ends they have a 10day breather for liquidating this stockthe industry was already grappling with weak consumer sentiment and a sales slump said naveen soni senior vice president sales service toyota kirloskar for production to start the whole supply chain has to start operating which is in a state of lockdown currentlymaruti suzuki did not want to comment on the festive season but said that the priority was to get factories up and running with the entire ecosystem in place hyundais director of sales and marketing tarun garg said that the company is preparing for production to begin and customers will look for personal mobility solutionsread alsocoronavirus impact auto sector may get rs 1lakh crore jolt on 45day shutdownnew normal at auto plants maximum productivity adhering to health and safety protocol by lijee philip et bureau published on may 1 2020 at 0759 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 coronavirus impact on auto sales production halt bsiv inventory lockdown auto sector festive sales festive season coronavirus impact on auto production homenewsindustrycovid impact production delay set to hit auto sectors festive sales