compared with 2019 the year 2020 saw an overall dip of 322 in vehicle sales which included a dip of 233 in sale of cars and a 353 dip in sale of twowheelers in 2020 new delhi despite the devastating second wave of covid19 cases in april and may and a second lockdown delhi recorded a 191 rise in sale of personal cars in 2021 and an overall growth of 81 in vehicle registration last year including an impressive 534 growth in sale of commercial transport vehicles interestingly while car sales saw growth twowheeler sales recorded a dip for the second year in a rowa total of 458824 vehicles were registered in the capital between january 1 and december 31 2021 compared with 424294 vehicles registered in 2020 which saw the covid outbreak dent vehicle sales and register a major dip in 2019 a total of 641889 vehicles were registered advt car sales changed gears in octobercompared with 2019 the year 2020 saw an overall dip of 322 in vehicle sales which included a dip of 233 in sale of cars and a 353 dip in sale of twowheelers in 2020 sources in the transport department said that while it was expected last year that given the setback caused by the pandemic twowheeler sales would jump while fourwheelers might not see much growth the opposite has happenedthe covid19 outbreak hugely affected vehicle sales in 2020 which also affected revenue generation for the delhi government but thanks to the vehicle sales during the festive season in november 2020 we managed to record some recovery by the end of the year an official saidthe year 2021 started on a promising note but the second wave was yet another setback however a lot of recovery was made in the later part of the year particularly during the diwali festive season he saidof the nearly 46 lakh vehicles registered in 2021 the number of cars was 139942 compared with 117476 cars registered previous year the number of commercial vehicles such as goods carrier vehicles buses cabs erickshaws etc registered in 2021 was 43463 which is a major increase compared with 28329 commercial vehicles registered in 2020 the number however is still significantly lower than the 58463 commercial vehicles sold in 2019 a dip of 256 advt however while the other two categories are showing signs of recovery the twowheeler segment which usually witnesses a higher volume has gone down slightly from the 278489 twowheelers registered in 2020 to 275419 in 2021last year started with some promise with january 2021 witnessing 49011 vehicles being registered and even though the figure slightly dipped to 44597 next month march saw 51998 being registeredhowever with the exponential rise in the number of covid19 cases april 2021 witnessed the number of personal vehicles registered dip to 24658 due to the lockdown imposed from april 19 of may saw only 55 vehicles getting registered including 21 cars and 21 twowheelers apart from 13 commercial vehicles as the gradual unlock