passenger vehicles moved to positive with 75 growth in domestic sales at 232224 units in august 2021 compared to 215916 units sold in the same month last yearnew delhi automobile wholesales for august 2021 saw the passenger vehicle and three wheeler segment in green while the two wheeler sales witnessed a declineaccording to the latest data by the industry body society of indian automobile manufacturers siam august witnessed 113 drop in total domestic sales to 1586873 units as against 1790115 units in the same month last year these include pvs threewheelers twowheelers and quadricycles advt passenger vehicles moved to positive with 75 growth in domestic sales at 232224 units in august 2021 compared to 215916 units sold in the same month last yearthe siam data does not include tata motors bmw volvo auto and mercedes benzthe siam data does not include tata motors bmw volvo auto and mercedes benzrajesh menon director general siam said indian automobile industry is reeling under pressure due to supply chain challenges the global semiconductor shortage continues and now it is having an acute impact on output across the auto industry in addition high commodity prices are increasing the cost of production against such strong headwinds siam members are working hard to meet customers demand and expectations while ensuring safety of its people across the value chainindian automobile industry is reeling under pressure due to supply chain challenges the global semiconductor shortage continues and now it is having an acute impact on output across the auto industryrajesh menon dg siamlooking at the cumulative sales from april to august 2021 passenger vehicle segment is still below the level of 201617 twowheeler segment is still lower than the level of 201112 and the threewheeler segment is behind by many years he said total twowheeler sales declined by 146 to 1331436 units in august 2021 compared to 1559665 units in august 2020motorcycle sales for the month were at 825849 units as against 1032476 units in august 2020 while scooter sales stood at 451967 units as against 456848 units in the same month last year advt threewheeler sales grew 596 to 23210 units in the period under review compared to 14534 units in august 2020additionally the total production of passenger vehicles three wheelers two wheelers and quadricycles in august 2021 was 1984676 units the federation of automobile dealers association fada shared the sales data on tuesday where passenger vehicle pv registrations saw yearonyear growth of 39 to 253363 units in august 2021 owing to the opening up of lockdown restrictions and a low base recoveryaccording to the dealers body report total vehicle registrations at regional transport offices rtos which are proxies for sales rose by 14 to 1384711 units over august last yearwhile siam reports the wholesales dispatches as sales fada reports retail numbers from dealershipsalso read siam seeks clarity on scope of 2 equalisation levy on auto sectorthe amendments proposed under the finance bill 2021 may inadvertently introduce interpretation issues to cover many overseas manufacturing companies having subsidiary manufacturing