MUMBAI: Auto companies, including India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M), among others, reported nil domestic monthly sales for the first time in history due to the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic.
Maruti along with other leading manufacturers such as Hyundai Motor India Ltd, M&M, Toyota Kirloskar Motor India Pvt Ltd, MG Motor India Pvt Ltd reported zero domestic car sales for April.
Vehicle manufacturing factories remained shut in April complying with the government's guidelines of the 40-day lockdown that ends of 3 May.
Dispatch of vehicles from manufacturing facilities to dealership channels is mulled as domestic sales by the industry. “Maruti had