Notwithstanding the issues of inflation or recession, vehicle markets in Dhanbad had a merry run on Dhanteras going by the sale of autos.
Traders mentioned there was an increase of 20% in sale of autos this 12 months as in comparison with the earlier years.
Enthused with the festive season sans any Covid-19 curbs, Dhanbad residents have booked almost 2,000 4 wheelers on Dhanteras alone.
The automotive sellers are discovering it tough to fulfill the ever-increasing demand of automobiles, that are brief in provide because of the world shortage in chip.
Similarly, bike sellers have obtained bookings of 1,500 bikes this Dhanteras.
Amit Srivastava, the supervisor of Reliable industries that offers in Maruti automobiles, mentioned they’ve registered pre-booking of almost 1,350 automobiles this Dhanteras, however they may be capable of provide solely 600 as automobiles are in brief provide.
“The average price of cars to be supplied are estimated to be around 6.75lakh,” he added.
Echoing comparable sentiments, Priyesh Sanwaria, the managing director of Juhi Kia Motors, mentioned they’ve a pending reserving of 450 automobiles, however they’ll provide solely 40. “We plans to supply at least 80 more by next month. The average price of Kia cars to be supplied stands at Rs 12 lakh.”
Guru Kripa Auto, a Hero bike supplier, has a reserving of 350 bikes for supply on Dhanteras, mentioned Sharat Dudani, the proprietor, including that they’ve a gross sales goal of 500 bikes by Sunday. The common value of a Hero bike is estimated to be round Rs.70,000.
Vijay Singh, the supervisor of Gopalka Honda, that offers in Honda bikes, mentioned they have a pre-booking of 120 Honda bikes for Dhanteras, 70 per cent of that are Honda Shine bikes that value almost Rs one lakh on street.
Meanwhile, in Ranchi, the car showrooms skilled a turnaround in sale figures this Dhanteras, after the pandemic. Praveen Modi, a senior gross sales supervisor of Hyundai Republic, mentioned, “Though the sales have not picked up like the pre-Covid times, it is better. Some of the customers have asked for their vehicles to be delivered on Sunday.”
Customers booked their autos previous to Dhanteras, with a view to have them delivered on the festive day. Deepak Singh, a buyer, mentioned, “I pre-booked my bike from the Torrent Bajaj showroom on Thursday so that it can be delivered on Dhanteras.”
In Jamshedpur, the sale of automobiles, bikes and scooters was additionally fairly encouraging. “All the six leading dealers of cars in our city have received bookings of 150-plus SUVs,” mentioned S Ok Tiwari, car mortgage government at HDFC Bank.
Dealers are confronting issue in delivering car on Dhanteras as a result of brief provide of SUVs, he added.
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Source: auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com