Skoda Auto India bought 28,899 vehicles within the first six months of 2022 and is on monitor to attain greater than 60,000 unit gross sales by the tip of the yr, a prime firm official informed FE.
The Czech carmaker bought 6,023 vehicles in June 2022, its highest ever gross sales in a month. The earlier peak was 5,608 models in March 2022.“We have overtaken the 2021 annual sales in just six months of 2022,” Zac Hollis, model director, Skoda Auto India, informed FE. “We sold 28,899 units in H1CY22, higher than 23,858 annual sales in CY21. We are on track to register 2022 as the biggest year for sales in India and should be able to cross 60,000 unit sales. ”In the method, India has additionally turn out to be among the many top-10 markets for Skoda Auto.
Hollis attributed these file gross sales to “new models in the right segments” the carmaker has launched as a part of the INDIA 2.0 challenge (introduced in 2018, Skoda’s father or mother firm Volkswagen Group is investing 1 billion euros between 2019 and 2021 to reinforce presence in India, and this challenge is led by Skoda Auto).
Last yr, Skoda had launched the Kushaq midsize SUV and earlier this yr the Slavia midsize sedan. Hollis added that each these merchandise entered the market in an especially difficult backdrop (pandemic, lockdowns and semiconductor scarcity) and but are doing effectively.
The carmaker can be increasing its bodily presence. Till final month, it has about 205 buyer touchpoints, up from 175 in December 2021. “We have now reset our projections to 250 customer touchpoints for 2022, over the previously set 225 touchpoints,” Hollis added.
Skoda’s oldest nameplate, and one among India’s longest-running vehicles in steady manufacturing, the Octavia, crossed the 100,000-unit gross sales mark just lately. “With sedans like the Octavia and the Superb leading their segment, the Kodiaq sold out for the year, and the Slavia and the Kushaq clocking in healthy numbers, we are set to make 2022 as the biggest year for sales in India,” he mentioned.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”