April 2020 Zero Car Sales Reported: Darkest

Month for Indian Auto Industry

April 2020 zero car sales reported: it will be the darkest month for Indian Automobile Industry
in the history of the Indian Automobile Industry. April 2020 will be probably the first month in
history with ZERO dispatches from the Automobile manufacturers Across India. Not only OEMs
but also their respective dealerships reported Zero sales to end customers.

The Impact of Corona virus is seen across the globe in almost every country and the entire
automobile industry in the world and it also had a major hit on already sluggish Indian
Automobile industry in previous year.

April 2020 Zero car sales Reported Key Highlights:

 The Initial phase of Lockdown 1.0 in India in March end still got some volume of sales to
the Automobile industry in the last 10 days of March 2020.
 While the extended Lockdown 2.0 in entire April 2020 bought the industry sales volumes
to Zero.
 If we look at the numbers back in April 2019 Over 2.45 Lakh passenger cars were sold in
the Indian market. Who would have ever imagined that the Automobile industry would
report Zero sales figures in the same month in 2020.
 The domestic automotive sales fell -100% in the month of April 2020. The exports of the
respective OEMs might have given them some sales contribution which would also be
very less in no. as the OEMs and manufacturing industries were shut down the entire
month.

The Indian Government has taken tough decisions and steps to contain the spread of
coronavirus by implementing a harsh lockdown across the sub-continent and stopping the
production, distribution and sales of the products that are categorized as ‘non-essential’ items,
the automobile industry was also part of this category and thus hasn’t been allowed to operate
in the time period.

 This Timely step taken by government had its good aspects in terms of saving lives and
controlling the spread of coronavirus in a country where medical facilities are not that
good as said by WHO.
 But also Automobile industry had to face the wrath of the coronavirus with April 2020
zero car sales reported from almost all the manufactures in India.
 However the business losses in this time are temporary and we as a nation have to face
this small dent in the growth and economy rather than ruining it entirely. The
automotive sector shall be able to thrive in a stronger way after the pandemic situation
is controlled.
However, we expect government to launch some schemes and relaxations for automotive
industry as well as customers to boost the sales no. and ultimately help boosting the Indian
Economy.