After intense research and extensive analysis, the Technical Analysis of Indian Bus Industry entails a full-length study Product wise, Application wise, Model wise, and also Variants wise. Latest studies included also explain the price, sales and forecast for each of the variants.

Among the various bus models, the Intercity bus model has the maximum number of variants. Closely following it, comes the City bus model. Ranked 3rd and 4th are the staff and school bus respectively. Tourist buses, Contract buses, Suburban buses and Tarmac Buses rank toward the end of the chain.

Bus Body Type Analysis:

On the basis of the bus’ body type, the Chassis dominate the market on account of its low cost and custom-made interiors. After the bus body code is implemented, the chassis will be translated to a fully built body. Based on the current market however, chassis own the scene. A minor share also lies with the fully built Monocoque buses.

Horse power Analysis:

Presently, a little more than half the total buses are horse powered below 100hp and 41% of the bus variants run with a high horsepower of more than 100hp. This situation is expected to change in the coming years. Higher horse power translates to higher speed and more powered engines. Hence, the bus market is expected to be played first fiddle by the high horse powered vehicles. However, school buses run with low horse-powered engines as they ply only to schools.

Fuel Analysis:

Almost all, 92% of buses are fuelled by Diesel while the remaining 8% are run on CNG fuel. These numbers are also expected to change significantly in the favour of alternative fuel. The increased awareness of environment safety is expected to bring this into effect.

Variants analysis:

The variants analysis is dictated by Ashok Leyland with maximum number of H series engines to cater to the school bus segment.

At close second comes Tata Motor buses running on Tata Engines. Eicher bags the third place, running on their own engines. The next largest segment is dictated by Cummins.

Bus Torque Analysis:

 Majority of the bus variants have a torque of 400 to 500Nm while very few variants come under the range of up to 200Nm.

Rear Suspension Analysis:

 Air suspension is provided for increased support and comfort. This is essential especially in the case of children travelling in buses. Such an increase in Air Suspension evidently comes with an increase in cost. School buses need to be equipped with such safety and comfort features. According to a recent survey undertaken by the experts here at ACG, it comes to light that parents do not mind paying for the added comfort.

Apart from comfort, features like Rear view camera, Retarder, Seat belt, Air bags, Crash Safety and Collapsible steering need to be made compulsory for School Buses in India. Drivers should be wary of many factors and be able to make snap judgements at tricky times to help save the lives of the bus inmates. He should also be able to gauge the traffic and act accordingly. He should also be attentive of other drivers in the road, as sometimes even that may lead to accidents. Proper diligence and attention is hallmark of such a school bus driver.

Front Suspension analysis:

The shackle ended leaf is one of the majority front suspension variants available. Following that, at second largest comes the Semi-elliptical suspension variant.

Here are the results of our latest reports on the Product Analysis of Indian Trucks. The Indian Truck Industry has thrived in the market and variants exist to cater to the different needs of the customer. Hence, an extensive analysis of the different variants is essential. Based on GVW, the Indian Truck Industry is categorized into four variants: Heavy Duty trucks, Small Duty Trucks, Medium and Light Duty Trucks. The maximum number of variants as shown, is displayed by the heavy duty trucks segment. Being a majorly application-oriented segment, the heavy duty trucks comprises of a multitude of combinations.

Indian truck analysis horse power and engine wise

On the other hand, the Small Truck Industry though the largest segment of the Truck Industry suffer from significantly fewer variants. Customer needs shuttle to and fro in accordance to the dynamic market.

Medium and Light Duty Trucks are characterized by their small market size.  The Small Duty Trucks have seen a significant increase during the period of the report in market size percentage. It has seen the market size double during this period. Medium and Light Duty Trucks on the contrary have shown only a minute increase in market size. The heavy duty trucks have captured most of the market, but their increase in market size is smaller in percentage as compared to its small truck industry counterpart.

Horse Power wise Analysis:

In previous years, Indian trucks were horse powered only to a maximum of 180hp, which is not much. Low horse power translated to lower speeds and hence, increased transportation time. This resulted in the increase in number of trips to transport the goods. There was too much effort, time and money being wasted all because steps were’nt made for trucks to run with a higher horse power. One of the first companies to identify and correct this mistake was Volvo, being one of the first European OEMs to introduce high horse powered trucks. This gave them the ticket to enter the premium and budget segments.

Analysis of the horse powers of the vehicles in the truck segment show that a majority 75% trucks run with average horse power of 200hp. Vehicles like Rigid Haulage and tractors form the constituents of this section. On the other hand, an alarming minority of only 5% run with a high horse powered 280hp. Tippers and various ODC’s run at such high power. Around 10% of this segment are horse powered in the range of 201 to 280hp, including certain special application tippers.

Axle Configuration wise analysis:

 Another major criteria for customer choice and OEM strategy is the Axle configuration. The tipper portfolio made it’s way into the Indian market in the year 2010 while previously being a foreign truck OEM. They extensively researched the market and concluded with the launch of a 31T, 8X4 drive system heavy duty tipper. At the time, Volvo was thriving with success in the market. The foreign market’s research and analysis went to no waste when they came up with the 8X4 drive system which was highly suitable for mining applications. It’s major advantage lay in the fact that Volvo products was almost as costly as 3 times their own. The foreign company were fooled by their feasibility, while turning a blind eye to other major contributing factors such as Overload, Gradeability, Payload, Chassis strength and TCO. The product lasted for barely a year when customers and the company likewise decided that this product was unsuitable for the Indian heavy duty segment.

This being said, a majority of vehicles in the truck segment run with an axle configuration of 4X2, while a minority run with a 10X2 configuration.

Wheelebase Analysis:

Added to the list of parameters to be considered during the purchase of a truck is the wheelbase analysis. This forms the base for using the truck for a plethora of applications. Truck modifications used for different applications vary by changing merely the wheelbase. Majority of the trucks in this segment are equipped with a 4,001mm to 5,000mm wheelbase. They have a 50% share of the segment. A 10% minority have a wheelbase more than 6,000mm. Even fewer have a 2,000mm.

City and state wise Bus application analysis

Application wise Bus Market in India 2011 to 2023 is exclusive Bus report and database. We even went to sub-segment of City Bus like Chassis or fully built, Rear Engine, Front Engine, and Key Technical Detail etc. It is predicted that the Indian bus market will grow at a CAGR of 10% by the year 2020, owing to its progressing demand, value and luxurious nature. Almost two-thirds of the buses in the Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicle section are accounted for by the SRTUs and private fleet operators. In India, there are generally diesel-powered buses owing to its low cost. Although, petrol powered vehicles find huge applications in hilly/cold areas where these vehicles may need a cold start. It is evident that the Diesel bus market in India accounts for a major share of the industry and this segment is particularly expected to grow over a 7.85% CAGR by the year 2019-20.

A percentage of the buses also run on CNG/LPG, and this minority segment is also expected to grow at a mind-blowing rate of 19% CAGR by 2019-20. Another segment that is growing increasingly popular is India’s Electric bus market, which is also predicted to grow at a rate of 19% CAGR by 2019-20. On the other hand, the Hybrid bus market in our country can be forecast to grow at a rate of 22% CAGR by 2019-20. These divisions in the bus industry were made based on fuel used. Parallelly, classification can also be made on the basis of comfort as Luxury buses and Non-Luxury buses.

Indian Bus market application wise analysis and forecast

The market is dictated by the Non luxury buses which control a major part of the bus industry. With the increasing per capita income of customers and improved road connectivity, luxury buses are recently growing more popular in terms of market share. However, the segment currently occupying the largest share, namely the Non-Luxury bus market is predicted to grow at a rate of 6% CAGR by 2019-20. On the other hand, the value bus (Budget Bus) market is forecast to grow at a rate of 14% CAGR by 2019-20.

It would be the largest segment. Parallely, the luxury bus market is also expected to show a growth corresponding to an increase in CAGR rate by 15% by the year 2019-20. In the following report, we have discussed the scope of the Indian bus market in the period 2015-2020. The report gives an extensive view of the Indian bus market. It also discusses the compulsion for insisting on the bus industry in India. Growth predictions (in terms of US$) are also discussed in the report up until 2020. Apart from overall growth predictions, the growth of the bus industry fuel-wise and comfort-wise are also analysed in detail up to 2020.

Such a comprehensive report will also include the identification of both growth drivers as well inhibitors of the bus market in India. Apart from this, policies, credit and technical risks which pertain to the bus market are also identified. Additionally, this report focuses on chassis for vehicles carrying more than 13 people in public transport, AC public transport and Non-AC public transport systems. Apart from this, the report has also undertaken the job of identifying a list of countries which export and import public transport, Non AC public transport and AC public transport systems which are designed to carry more than 13 people. Added to this, the following report carries out a panoramic profiling of the top 8 players of the Indian bus market in view of their business strategies, financial performance, predictions and SWOT analysis. The Indian bus market is one of the most competitive industries and this report explains the present landscape of this market. The key associations and government bodies are identified and explained in this report and their roles are designed in-depth in the report. The analysis carried out in the report takes into account political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors (PESTLE). The report analyses Porter’s Five Forces. SWOT analysis is carried out on the overall and individual segments of the bus market which focuses on the market’s strengths, weaknesses, Opportunities and threats. New players which enter the market need to understand the market and beat the odds. So prior information about the competitors in the market is provided to the incoming players. Future trends and opportunities are analyzed and understood. Strategical advice is provided for the policy makers, manufacturers, end users and investors.

•    Detail Analysis of Indian bus market.
•    Lengthwise Bus data, size and analysis 7m, 9m, 12m and 12m rear engine
•    GVW 5T,7T,9T,12T and 16T
•    Application School Bus, Highway STU, Intercity private, Intra city, Staff transfer, Ambulance, Intercity, Airport
•    Procurement strategy
•    Role and importance of Indian bus industry
•    Forecasts for bus market in India up to 2020 (Volume & Worth).
•    Detailed information on fuel-wise (Diesel, CNG/LPG, electric & hybrid) growth forecasts for bus market in India up to 2020.
•    Comfort-wise (luxury, budget and non-luxury, Non AC) growth forecasts for bus market in India up to 2020 (in US$ billion and number of units).
•    Industry drivers for bus market in India.
•    Policies related to bus market in India for various sectors.
•    Top Export & Import countries.
•    Key players in Indian bus market covering their business strategy, financial performance, forecasts and SWOT analysis.
•    Competitive landscape in Indian bus market.
•    Key industry bodies and associations and their role in Indian bus market.
•    This report identifies key government bodies and their role in Indian bus market.
•    PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental) analysis for Indian bus market.
•    Porter’s Five Forces analysis for Indian bus market.
•    SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis for Indian bus market.
•    Key challenges & opportunities
•    Technology future trends and opportunities for bus market in India.
•    Strategic recommendations for policy makers, manufacturers, end users and investors.

Indian-Automobile-Industry-Analysis-2015

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This Automobile year book 2015 and Outlook will give a complete update on the Indian Automobile Industry. This book can be used by Passenger vehicles, Commercial Vehicles –Truck & Bus, Two Wheeler as well as Three wheeler.

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In the previous year 2014, automobile production, sales and export figures flourished with an increase of 1.4%, 1.9% and 0.6% owing to a total of 24, 20 and 3.6 million respectively. The growth of passenger car sales, however is plummeting down slowly to a minimal 7.8%. Commercial vehicles on the other hand, majorly driven by the M & HCV segment registered a 7.6% growth. The two wheeler segment showed a positive growth of 0.86% while the three wheeler segment faced a decline of 3.28% in sales.

However, from a bird’s eye view we see that that the new initiatives which are taken by the Indian Government benefit the entire industry with key enterprises running smoothly, leading to gradual optimization of the industrial structure and continued improvement in market concentration. These initiatives have greatly benefitted the country owing to new launches of a series of supportive policies, increased energy vehicle sales and growth explosion.

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In the 2014 review article which talks of the overview of the development of the automobile industry, there lay a significant concern for the industry on the topic “ Key segment of each category and key model of each brand” guiding the development of the automotive industry The “policies and regulations”, “car standardization”. The development of the regional and major automotive groups was reflected in the “Regional auto industry: the basic situation”.

Passenger Vehicle Segment:

The passenger vehicle segment has included Small car, Sedan car, Hatch back, Notchback, Cross over, SUV, Compact SUV, MUV, Van, Premium cars, Luxury cars which are analysed Length wise, Engine wise, Price wise with added emphasis on customer mapping, competitor analysis, Segment Analysis and its trend, major Models and their position, Product USP, Customers feedback and expectations, After sales support, Advertising Strategy, Branding strategy and Brand position. Also, Business review and strategy analysis of Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota, Audi, Mercedes, Renault, Nissan, GM, Ford, Mahindra, BMW, Volvo, Skoda, Volkswagen are specified.

Commercial Vehicle Industry Analysis:

The Commercial vehicle industry has seen exports rise from 85,683 units in 2014 to 96,814 units in 2015, signifying a pleasant ascent. The Medium and Heavy duty vehicle segment has seen a 28% growth in domestic sales as opposed to the decline of Light commercial vehicle sales by 5% over the duration of the one year.

Two Wheeler Industry Analysis:

The scooter industry has thrived even under pressure and succeeded in ascending by a 13% in sales in the past year. In stark contrast, bike and moped sales have faced a plummeting decline in sales by 4% and 7% respectively. Overall, the sales of scooters have thrived much better than that of bikes and mopeds.

Three Wheeler Analysis:

The three wheeler segment is facing a serious problem of decline in sales as both passenger and goods vehicles have seen similar plummeting decline in sales.

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The Commercial Vehicle Industry sales over the past year has been analysed and presented in this report. The overall sales have definitely seen growth from 2014 to 2015. 2015 has seen a 7% increase in sales of the commercial vehicle industry. Some companies have seen a stunning growth in sales whereas others have borne witness to a dilapidate fall in the same year. Overall however, this industry has managed to see a pleasant sales figure. The following figure shows the statistics for the brand wise market share and sales of commercial vehicles and their growth over the period from 2014 to 2015.

Commercial Market share 2015

Though Tata motors stands first in the race for market share, it has seen just a slight increase in sales corresponding to 1%. Their market share however favourable has dropped by 3% owing to the growth of several other companies in the same industry. Mahindra and Mahindra who were the runners up to Tata Motors have seen a reduction by 1 % in their sales. What may be most notable about these figures is the scenario of Ashok Leyland which has showed a stunning 40% growth in sales. Companies like Isuzu motors, Volvo, Eicher and Force motors are also characterized by increase in sales over the same year. Piaggio however has seen a staggering decrease in sales losing their already low market share to a mere 0.77%.

Quarter wise Sales Analysis:

Indian Commercial vehicle quarter wise analysis 2015

The Quarter wise analysis was able to point out to the following conclusions. The various quarters of the corresponding years 2014 and 2015 were analysed and this is what we found. Quarter one showed a slight 5% increase, while quarter 2 showed the minimum increase by 4% in sales. Quarters 3 and 4 however showed a huge increase sales corresponding to 10% and 11% respectively. Overall, the sales figures look good for this segment.

The company AMW was studied. The report first entails its change in sales which plots the percentage change in each quarter. The figures dont look too good for the company as the percentage change just seems to be going downhill from an already astoundingly low 35% in the first quarter. The percentage change in quarter 4 from 2014 to 2015 shows an excruciating drop to 79% decline in sales.

Linear to the sales figures, the market share for AMW motors shows a similar trend. Compared to the corresponding quarters in 2014, the 2015 quarters have shown a significant dilapidation owing to various factors. What can be said though is that this is a cumulative effect combining the effects of the first three quarters to drop to an all time low in the fourth quarter figures.

This company is in stark contrast to AMW and has seen a positive growth in sales from quarter 1 onwards. The highest ascent however was seen in the case of quarter 4 with more than 4% increase in market share. Overall this company has seen a positive growth.

The monthly sales figures of AMW motors for the year 2015 has been discussed in this report. The scenario in the case of AMW has not been a pretty one with sales dropping to a negative 0.08% gradually with the months. There was a slight increase in sales in the month of October, but it has been a dry year with sales only dwindling and not increasing by much during this year.

When the change in quarter is plotted, we can see that quarter 3 has seen some good figures of Ashok Leyland, however the other quarters have seen an increase, but not as much as the third quarter comparing the period from 2014 to 2015. This quarter wise analysis gives us better insight as to what goes into increasing the share and where it happened. Quarter 3 has seen as exorbitant 55% increase in sales over the year.

Ashok Leyland is one of the pioneers of the commercial vehicle industry and being one of the front runners of this segment, sales have indeed skyrocketed. The months of March and September have been exceptionally fruitful with a considerable increase in number of vehicles sold. The months following April untill August have seen stable sales with constant figures not increasing by much, however the year ended with a firework with more than 42% increase in sales by the end of December marking the beginning of a wonderful next year.

Force Motors first quarter analysis shows that it was a significant quarter which showed a good 17% increase in sales. Quarter 2 has seen a plummeting decrease in sales by 2%. However, this was a short-lived misfortune when the company rose to a 14% increase sales in the third quarter which rose to 16% in the successive quarter.

The market share of Force Motors in the current segment has revolved in and around 3%. All four quarters saw a slight increase in market share during the course of the past year, when analysed quarter wise.

Force motors saw it’s prime time in April of 2015 where sales skyrockets and crossed the 3,000 units bar, far more than the sales figure of any other month last year. However, this celebration was short lived as it suffered yet another major loss of equivalent magnitude as it dwindled it’s sales into the month of May. They were able to recover from the dwindling sales in the coming months and manage constant sales figures, but it never came to as high as in the month of April.

When the quarter wise percentage change is plotted against sales, we get an upward rising curve. This indicates that sales is rising with every quarter, the maximum being in the 4th quarter which saw almost a 17% increase in sales from the mere 14% descent in quarter 1 .

As the market share is assessed with every quarter change, a similar situation arises. Quarters 1,2 and 3 have seen around 2% increase in market share. The fourth quarter reveals that a market share as high as 27% is reached. However, the first quarter saw a major decrease of more than 5% from 2014 to 2015.

The market share of Piaggio mapped against each quarter from last year 2014 to 2015 is analysed in this report. This report shows that each quarter saw a decrease in market share from what it was in 2014 when compared with 2015. This change was especially significant in the fourth quarter when Piaggio almost 50% of its already low market share.

The sales curve shows a similar trend in comparison with each quarter. It began with Piaggio losing 9% of its sales in the first quarter over the course of one year from 2014 to 2015. Slowly however, it concluded with the fourth quarter showing a 25 % decrease in sales over the same period.

The first quarter saw a significant increase in sales of more than 50%. However, quarter 2’s growth was mostly stable and it is characterized by what appears to be quite a flat curve. Quarter 3 saw a slight increase in market share. However, quarter 4 saw a slight decrease in market share. However, when we compare the market share for Quarter 1 in 2014 and 2015’s quarter 4 market share it can be seen that not much has changed market share wise over the duration of one year.

The quarter wise analysis of the sales figures of SML Isuzu over the year has showed a chair shaped graph. Sales were at an all-time high in quarter 1. However, quarters 2,3 and 4 rang in synchronism with the market share graph and showed areas of either reduction or stable changes in sales.

Isuzu doesn’t have that big a market shares to boast about, but it definitely has increased with the passing quarter. Quarter 1 has seen more than 100% increase in market share over the duration of one year. So has Quarters 2 and 3. Quarter 4 has also seen a slight increase in market share. As far as quarter 4 is concerned, market share stands at a 0.18%.

The quarter wise sales graphs show an exasperated increase in quarter 1 sales figures over the year. Quarter 2 and 3 have also shown a significant increase in sales, though smaller than that of quarter 1. Quarter 4 on the other hand sees a minor increase of 46% in sales over the year.

The report encompasses the variation of sales of Tata motor vehicles with the passing of every quarter over the year from 2014 to 2015. A close look at the graph will yield a 5% increase in sales during the quarter 1 phase between 2014 and 2015. Quarters 2, 3 and 4 on the hand have shown either a very minor or almost no change in sales at all.

The Market share graphs are also not very appetizing. Though Tata motors owns this segment with almost 50% share of the market, this brand is slowly losing that value due to various reasons. Quarter 1 saw a very slight decrease in market share. Following that, the company has seen some major reductions in market share over the other quarters.

The graph of Sales versus quarter percentage change of this company over last year has been an increasing graph, boasting a 12% increase in quarter 1, slowly climbing to a 14% in both quarter 2 and 3 and steeping to an astounding 36% increase in sales of quarter 4.

Corresponding to the increase in sales, the market share of VECV Eicher has also increased to new heights in the fourth quarter over the past year. Quarters 1, 2 and 3 have also shown significant increase in market share over the year visible with the sales figures that were analysed previously.

Volvo has also seen increases in it’s market share. However, it’s market share is not as high as that of Eicher. Very similar percentages of increases in market share is seen over the quarters over the course of one year from 2014 to 2015. It’s overall market share has however increased from a mere 0.10% in the first quarter of 2014 to more than 20% in the last quarter of 2015.

The sales curve also tells a similar story. The first quarter has shown a refreshing 54% increase in sales over the year, which has steeped to 40% in the second quarter and further plummeted to 28% in the successive quarter. It has managed to climb up to 34% in the last quarter.

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Indian Passenger Market Quarter wise Overview 2015

The above graphs compare the production, domestic sales and export of the automobile industry of each quarter in 2014 and 2015. When the first quarter of 2014 and 2015 was compared, it was evident that both production and domestic sales took a small hike while exports declined over the year. The production of the first quarter rose from 56,01,197 units sold in 2014 to 56,98,020 units in 2015. The sales of the first quarter also rose from 48,21,372 in the year 2014 to 48,51,939 units sold in 2015. Indian Passenger vehicle sales statistics

When the same was analysed with respect to the second quarter, production, domestic sales and exports increased over the duration from 2014 to 2015.In the comparison graphs of quarter 3, production and exports shot up whereas domestic sales dwindled down during the course of the year in the corresponding quarters.In quarter 4, the production figures saw an escalated number through the year, however domestic sales and exports took a hit and down-sized over the same period. Production was very low during the fourth quarter due to the floods that devastated Chennai, affecting

Indian car analysis of fiat, force,Isuzu and ashok leyland

most of the OEMs and Auto suppliers which are mainly located in Chennai. The company incurred huge losses during this time on account of the floods. Production dipped by 3.3%in 2015 as compared to 2014. The demand was affected on a global level.

The passenger vehicle segment saw a 7% increase in domestic sales from 2014 to 2015. Parallel to this, they also saw a minor increase in market share over the same time to own 13.8% of the market.

Critical analysis of indian passenger vehicle Atul Chandel

Commercial vehicles have also seen a minor increase in sales however, their segment share is insignificantly minimal to denote any major change in the industry.

The key player of this industry is Maruti Suzuki bagging nearly half the industry’s share. It has also seen a 12% increase in sales from 2014 to 2015. Close runner up is Hyundai with close to 17% of market share. Brands like Honda, Tata and Toyota have also owned close to 6% share of the market with equally signifying contributions in terms of sales numbers.

Fiat India Quarter 1 saw nearly 50% reduction in sales during the years corresponding to the first quarter. On the other hand, the market share went down from 0.62 to 0.31% during this year. Quarter 2 saw nearly 5%decrease in sales. This decrease in sales was linearly translated into market share too. Quarter 3 and Quarter 4 witnessed similar decrease in sales which were correspondingly translated into their individual market shares too.

When an even more extensive analysis is made month wise, the results yielded the above graph. The months of March, July, August and December have shown the most growth in terms of sales. However, in February, September and November sales have dropped low drastically.

Force Motors Quarter 1 showed a spectacular decrease in sales corresponding to 10%. The dip in market share was similar to the sales figure. Quarter 2 saw an alarming dip in sales as well as market share from 2014 to 2015 by a stunning 30%. Quarter 3’s numbers both in sales and market share remained relatively constant. Quarter 4 saw the maximum elevation in sales and share.

The months of April to June saw plummeting sales with sales going as low as 100 units sold. October showed great promise with sales striking through the roof. October saw maximum growth of about 41% from the previous month.

Ford first quarter showed a slight decrease in sales and so does the market share. Quarter 2 also showed a decrease in sales, which was pronounced than that in quarter 1. This was translated on to the market share figures also. The third quarter however saw a period of relatively constant sales as well as market share The fourth quarter was characterized by an astounding increase in sales and market share. Overall, the sales rose by almost 25% and the market share also rose by close to 1%.

The months leading up until August have seen fairly low and constant sales while the month of August saw a nearly 90% increase in sales from the previous month. October saw the period of maximum sales for the company.

General Motors quarter corresponding with the years 2014 and 2015 have seen some sort of decline in both sales as well as market share. Sales have plummeted down by an alarming amount. Each quarter sae more than 20% decrease in sales, sometimes as high as a 50% downfall too. In terms of market share, each corresponding quarter has seen more than a 1% dip in sales, leading to an overall dip from 2.63 to 1.05% over the course of the year. Overall, sales have plummeted down by an exorbitant percentage from 17,765 units sold in the first quarter of 2014 to 7728 units sold in the last quarter of 2015.

Honda quarter saw a relatively refreshing growth in the sales figures, owing to almost a 10% increase. The same was translated to a 1% addition in the market share to the previous figure. The second quarter saw a very slight increase in sales corresponding to an insignificant increase in market share too. During the transition to the third quarter, there was a decline in sales. But during this quarter, sales rose up by a similar percentage again. The fourth quarter also exhibited similar statistics. Overall sales dipped by a minor percentage over the duration of this year. Overall market share also dipped from 7.20 to 6.42 over the same time.

The months of April and December have recorded lowest growth recording less than 12,000 units sold. Similarly, the month of March witnessed maximum growth in sale corresponding to almost 20,000 units sold in that month.

Hyundai Quarter 1 has seen a slight increase in sales over the year of about 5%. Quarter 2 has been relatively constant with sales. On the other hand, quarters 3 and 4 have shown rising sales figures. Market share has taken huge leaps in these two quarters. Quarter 3 saw an additional 2% increase and so did quarter 4. Overall sale has definitely risen by more than 10%. Overall market share has also skyrocketed from 15% to 18%.

The monthly wise sales of Hyundai has been analysed in the above graph. It seems to paint a pretty stable picture with not much dips and escalations with sales oscillating about the 40,000 units’ mark. The month of October saw close to 50,000 units sold.

Isuzu motors owes very minimally to the overall figures. In terms of market share, though there were several ups and downs in each quarter, it constantly oscillated between a mere 0.01% and 0.02% of the market share. In terms of sales, quarter 1 saw sales rising from nothing to 94 units sold in the successive year. Quarter 2 remained constant with sales as well as market share. Quarter 3 saw a steep increase in sales with the sales figure almost tripling itself. Quarter 4 saw a doubling of sales resulting in a 0.02% of market share finally. The months from March to June have seen very low sales figures with the months of August and December shining a spotlight with their impressive sales figures.

Mahindra & Mahindra curve shows a bowl like characteristics with sales reducing till about the second quarter of 2015 and then since then, increased on to reach a maximum in the fourth quarter. Quarters 1 and 2 showed reductions and fairly constant yet decreasing behaviour respectively, whereas quarters 3 and 4 showed increasing behaviour in their graphs. In terms of market share, quarter 1, 2 and 3 showed decline in their market shares however quarter 4 remained constant with its share. Overall sales dipped by 5% and market share reduced by more than 1%. Due to the launching of many more improved new products, this market is turning out to be a cutthroat, highly competitive one. The periods of maximum growth are March and October, seeing nearly 25,000 units being sold. The periods of low business namely June, July and August saw less than 15,000 units being sold.

Maruti Suzuki quarter as observed from the graphs above showed a slight increase in sales. However, the transition period has been one of slight decline. Overall sales however escalated from 2,98,596 units sold in the first quarter of 2014 by more than 15% over the course of the year. Market share as seen has remained fairly constant with no erratic dips and escalations in it. As evident from the above graphs, Maruti Suzuki is clearly the ruler of this industry with almost 50% of the market owned by it. Overall market share has actually increased from 44% to 46% over this period. One of the strategies used by the company to gain more popularity was to reduce prices of its products. The Nexa strategy adopted by the company was successful in the launch of Balena but the S Cross’ sales are struggling. The monthly sales of Maruti through 2015 are analysed are plotted. Not surprisingly, sales have remained constant through each month. No erratic dips are identified in the plot with the period of maximum growth, October accounting for more than 1,20,000 units being sold.

Nissan Gradually as the years and quarters passed, this company has seen a step wise reduction in sales to reach a new low in the last quarter of 2015. Overall sales took a hit of almost 50%. Apart from a momentary increase in market share in the second quarter of 2014, market share has also plummeted below the threshold and has seen a reduction of market share of 1% in the overall view.

Nissan portrays a rather weird scenario in terms of sales and market share. The first and second quarters saw almost homoeostatic behaviour in terms of sales and market share. However, sales and market share took a giant hit in the third quarter when sales dropped by more than 50% and market share reduced by 75%. This was more than made up for by the figures of the fourth quarter when sales hit through the roof as it almost tripled during the corresponding years of the final quarter. Market share on the other doubled itself over the same time.

In the small car segment of this company, Renault introduced KWID which proved to be a game changer for this company. Similar to Renault Duster, this was able to modify the market dynamics and re-name the whole scenario. Recent times have seen that this brand’s image is lessening and becoming more stark and hence they need to be focussing on brand recognition by launching more and more products in the market. The months until October have seen constant periods of low sales some months going below the 2,000 unit’s threshold. On the other hand, the months of October and December have seen sales rise like never before. The change is extraordinary as sales rose by a mind boggling 315% from September to October.

Skoda occupies a very insignificant part of the industry. However, it has managed to be consistent with their shares and sales which have not varied much across the year, relatively speaking. Quarter 1 has shown a slight decrease in sales. Quarter 2 has seen a slight increase in both sales as well as market share. Quarter 3 shows a more pronounced increase in both these parameters. Quarter 4 also exhibits similar increase in their sales and market share. The month of October saw maximum sale with more than 1,500 units sold.

Tata Motors Quarter 1 was the period of maximum growth for the company in both 2014 and 2015. Market share also rose to new heights during this time. Sales and market share rose by 10% during this period. The transition to quarter 2 however was not so smooth with a reduction in sales. During quarter 2 however, sales as well as market share rose by a small amount. Quarter 3 showed relatively constant behaviour. Quarter 4 on the other hand exhibited plummeting sales and market share by more than 10% over this time. Overall sales dipped by around 20%, while overall market share fell from 6.4% to 4.88% over this time. The launch of Tata Zest and Tata Bolt was expected to make an impact on the industry, but it failed to do so. The brand ambassador, Messi who is renowned worldwide was not able to kick start this company. From analysis, it becomes clear that what this company requires is more focus on the R&D department and maybe a lesser focus on glamour and advertisements with empty promises.Monthly sales analysis of Tata motors show February and March as the period of maximum sales with close to 20,000 units sold. However, December saw very low sales with less than 10,000 unit sold that month.

Toyota Quarter 1 saw a 20% increase in sales as well as market share. Quarter 2 saw minor increase in both these parameters. Quarter 3 saw slightly constant sales while market share dipped by a small amount. Quarter 4 saw a reduction in sales while a significant decrease was observed in market share. Overall however the scenario is pleasing as sales rose by 10% and so did market share too.The monthly sales graph of Toyota saw a relatively stable plot which all months oscillating about the 12,000  units sold.

Volkswagen Quarter 1 saw a very timid increase in sales which was translated on to market share too. In quarter 2 hoever the company witnessed a hige leap in both sales and market share in the year. Quarter 3 however saw a period of constant sales and market share. However, quarter 4’s sales plummeted by 40% and its market share dropped from around 2% to 1% of the industry. The monthly sales have been plotted in the above graph. Until August the sales have been revolving around the 4000 units sold point, never going high above it or falling too much below this level. However, the month of November saw a huge decline in sales to a mere 2000 units sold that month.

Hindustan Motor Finance Corporation Ltd first quarter was relatively constant in terms of sales and market share. The transition to second quarter was stark as sales plummeted by nearly 40%. Quarter 2 however saw a pleasant increase in both sales and market share. The following quarters proved to be periods of decline resulting in an overall sales dip of nearly 70% and a 75% dip in market share over the year.There has been a gradual decrease in sales over the year of 2015 when considered month wise, with sales shooting down by more than 40% when the month of July struck. An all-time low in sales was reached in the month of December when a mere 50 units were sold that month. The months following June have been of constant downfall for the company.

Car segment share was 9.9 percent in 2014 and it increased in 2015 by 0.2 percent, Utility vehicles and SUV segment market share was unchanged, Van segment increased by 0.1%. Total passenger vehicle segment in Indian Automobile Industry was not changed.

Maruti’s top models Alto, Dzire and Swift added more than 50 percent sales of total company sales in 2015. Mahindra’s Bolero, Scorpio and XUV 500 are the company flagship models and it added around 86% of total sales of company in 2015. Since 2011 Bolero model added around 45% of total company’s sales but in 2015 it declined by 2% of total Mahindra Auto sector sales. Newly launched compact SUV TUV 500 sold 16,286 vehicles in just 4 months of 2015.

Honda City, Honda Amaze and Honda Jazz added 88% of total company sales in 2015. Second largets player in India, Hyundai’s i20Elite, i10Elite and Eon sales added 68% of company total sales. Hyundai change of compact SUV segment by introducing Creta which sold 40,952 units from June to December 2015. It’s position is between premium and economy product portfolio range.

Nissan top model’s MUV GO Plus, SUV Terrano and Economy model GO added 74% of company sales in 2015. Nissan Micra sold 7,673 units with 19% sales share of Nissan portfolio.

Japanese OEM Toyota’s top model MUV Innova, mid range Etios and  SUV Fortuner are the top model of company and added  77% of its total sales in 2015.

French Auto maker Renault’s top model’s SUV Renault Duster, Small car KWID and MUV Lodgy are the top models of the company and it added 94% of total sales. Newly launched KWID became game changer in small car segment sold 17,933 units from September to December 2015.

Indian one of the biggest Auto maker Tata Motor’s top models sedan model Zest and Small car Bolt given support to maintain its position in terms of sales number, Small car Tata Nano sold around 17,542 units in 2015. All three models combined sales added 44% of company sales. Indica and Vista model contributed  25% sales of company in passenger vehicle segment.

Amercian OEM GM’s Chevrolet small car brand’s Beat, MUV model Tavera and Enjoy are the top models of the brands. Beat 33%, Tavera 31% and Enjoy 14% added in company’s total sales of 2015.

Another German car manufacturer Ford’s top models SUV EcoSport, Figo and Aspire are the top models of the company. It added 98% of total company sales in 2015.

German car manufacturer top model’s Polo, Jetta and Vento added  66%, 29% and 5% sales in 2015.

Skoda is struggling in Indian market from a long time. It’s top model Rapid, Octavia and Superb are driving the Skoda sales in 2015.

Segment-wise performance trends Micro, Mini, Compact, Super Compact, Mid-Size, Executive, UV, Vans segment detail analysis included.

Indian Passenger Vehicle Market Intelligence report 2015

The truck industry has been analysed segment wise and divided into segments for better clarity of the sales figures. The truck segment is characterized into the SCVs, LCVs, MCVs and HCVs. The maximized growth of trucks was seen in the SCV segment which shows a varying graph of sales over the year with quarter wise witnessing the maximum growth. This was followed by the sales of the HCVs.

Indian truck market report 2015

The least sales was observed in the LCV and MCV segments.

The market share varies in accordance with the sales figures with SCVs at the head of the table and the MCVs and LCVs at the end of the table. SCVs dictate more than half the market with segment share varying as a function of sales. HCVs on the other hand are the runners up with an average of 25% throughout the year. Through the year however, the segment share shows erratic behaviour with ups and downs which vary with every quarter.

The report also entails a detailed analysis of the sales of each brand to give us a better insight into the internal working of the industry. Tata Motors are the pioneers of the industry with an outstanding 48% market share which dipped down by 2 % in the subsequent year. However they still retain their position as the dictators of this segment. M & M are the runners up, though they constitute only about one-fourth of this segment. Their segment shares also suffered a minor loss in sales as the years progressed. In stark contrast, Ashok Leyland rose up the scales in terms of market share as well as sales. Their sales were characterised by a 39% increase, leading to a corresponding increase in market share too. Companies like Piaggio, Force Motors and AMW however were impacted by a major degradation in sales translating to a decline of more than 21% in sales. Their minimal share was also downtrodden.

Irrespective of industry, brand and segment it has come to observation that the sales and market share figures have always shown a linear change. These two are linearly proportional to each other and the graphs of each company showcase just the same. AMW has seen a stunning decrease in both market share as well as sales figures when the corresponding figures for each quarter through the year are analysed side by side. Though their market share was not much to boast about to start with, these minimal figures have also degraded ostensibly over the year through the various quarters.

To gather a better understanding of the same, the monthly sales have been analysed with the months of January, February and March showing the maximum sales and the subsequent months portraying a steady descent ending with almost negligible sales in the month of December.

One of the companies which have had a refreshing increase in sales have been Ashok Leyland.  Each quarter has seen more than 20% increase in sales and atleast a 3% increase in market share over the past year.

When it’s monthly sales have been analysed, we see a varying graph with periods of increase followed by periods of decline in sales with the months of March, July, August, September and December witnessing positive growth while on the other hand the months of April, October and November have suffered a huge decline in their sales figures.

Tata Motors have maintained their position as pioneers of this segment. They dictate the truck industry bagging almost 50% of the market. Sales have seen minor decline and elevation now and then over the various quarter through the year. On the whole, this company has seen only increases in their sales figures, owing to a fruitful segment share in the market. Though each quarter has seen a decline in market share percentage, they have still managed to ensure that the sales stay at the top and does not fall below a stipulated level.

The monthly sales trends of Tata Motors mainly show growth. Few exceptions lie in the month of April and November when negative growth was seen, but this was quickly rectified with a speedy ascent in sales the subsequent month.  The months of March and September showed an exceptionally elevated increase in sales.

VECV does not have more than a 5% market share to boast. Yet, each corresponding quarter of the previous year has seen atleast a slight increase in sales, owing to an increase in market share by almost 1%.

The monthly sales figures mainly show growth over the years. The exceptional months of April and November show slight decrease in sales, which spring right back up in the upcoming months. March and December however showed exceedingly elated increase in sales.

Mahindra stands at number 2 in the truck industry competition. Though its market share comes nowhere close to Tata Motors, this industry has thrived in well in the individual quarters over the year. Quarters 1 and 2 showed negative growth with plummeting figures whereas Quarters 3 and 4 have witnessed tremendous growth in terms of sales as well as market share percentage.

The monthly sales of Mahindra have majorly seen positive growth through the year with the exceptionally high sales months being October and March. On the other hand, some months have also witnessed plummeting descents of more than 21% characterized by the months of April and November.

In terms of sales, quarter 1 has seen a slight decrease in sales owing to a 0.14% decrease in market share. However, the quarters 2,3 and 4 have seen growth in both sales and market share by an exponential amount. Overall however, the market share has gone down owing to the decreased popularity of the company.

The monthly sales do not show too much of a promising picture either. Months of July and October have seen a particularly decreased trend in sales but however the month of December has managed to buck up and increase it’s sales.

Force motors also stands out as one of the companies which have seen a favourable growth, however market share for this company is low amounting to a mere 0.97% in the 4th quarter of 2015. The sales on the other hand has increased by almost three times in the past year leading up to December 2015.

The monthly Analysis points to the months of April, August and November as the months of descent in sales while month like July and September show more than 20% increase in sales.

From less than 14 units sold, SML Isuzu has amazed us all with more than 303 units produced in the following year, last quarter. Each corresponding quarter has seen a huge increase in sales translating to the increase in market share of the company from a mere 0.01% in the first quarter of 2014 to 0.20% in the last quarter of 2015.

The monthly sales graphs show an erratic graph with both periods of increase and decline. A particular mention can be given to the months of September and May which formed the foundation for the base of increased sales of vehicles.

Isuzu motors has seen a definite decline in sales over each quarter. Overall, sales have dipped by 10% and so have the market share percentage figures.

The monthly sales show an uninteresting monotonous change in sales. However notable is the fact that may saw a 108% increase in sales from April of the year 2015.

Piaggio has also seen only negative changes in each quarter succumbing to a summative loss over the entire year. Sales had dropped by almost 20%. On the other hand, the market share was also dwindling down.

The monotony of the monthly sales of Piaggio was broken by the sudden decrease of more than 50% from July to August and immediately, a 114% increase in sales by the subsequent month. Apart from this, there have been no erratic behaviour in this graph.

Interview with Atul Singh Chandel, Director Autobei Consulting Group

The Hindu Newspaper: when the demand for trucks would see some real improvement, given the fact that the M & HCV growth is majorly being driven by replacement demand. It was also pointed out that there was a real possibility of some segments of trucks vanishing from the market in terms of volume. With the inclination of fleet operators towards heavy trucks, the demand for some segments might reduce or altogether be diminished.

Atul Chandel says that this is a normal trend that is observed across segments during the business cycle. As a result of deferring the replacement of the aging fleet, the pent-up demand arises. This demand is firstly satisfied, followed shortly by fleet expansion with the improvement of freight movement and rates. Also, with the festive season paving it’s way through to the spotlight, new operators have joined the fray as business sentiments, clearing the path for new fleet addition. Though heavy trucks are becoming increasingly popular, this is a natural process. It is only natural for heavy payload trucks to be more in demand as the momentum of manufacturing and infrastructure projects increase. This is due to the easy drivability and more revenue and profit prospects of heavy payload trucks. A pattern emerges as we see the figures. First to be introduced was the 4×2, GVW 16T, the biggest truck, followed by the 6X4 25T GVW. Then 8X2 31T and 10 X4 31T were introduced keeping in mind more the payload, the better. There has been a translation from 25T to 31T gradually.  This shift in segments will mostly give rise to market dynamics and segment shirt. 16T is the most effective in the M&HCV segment, but has been constantly demoting due to the preference of 25T segment. Kerala and Goa still maintain 16T as the leading segment locally. This transition to the 16T segment translated as a de-growth whereas an astounding 90% was growth was achieved by the 31T segment.

The Hindu Newspaper: The current recovery phase witnesses the company Ashok Leyland to have gained more than its counterparts in the same in ensuring the country’s growth in sales and share. What might have helped the company?

Atul Chandel: Similar to all other companies, Ashok Leyland also faced a sharp de-growth in sales. Smart tactics and market corrections has helped gain more profit. One of the major reasons for this is that Ashok Leyland is a self-financing company with self-captive finance. The company was also aided by it’s aggressive sales strategy. The Medium duty truck BOSS grew up to about 15% in the corresponding segment in FY 15 and played a vital role in increasing its sales and market share. It grew to almost a double digit market shares within 3 months of it being launched in the respective states.

The Hindu Newspaper: Although BharatBenz had reported positive growth in the September quarter, their share in the M & HCV market dwindled down. In the following quarters, was it challenging to bring it’s share and sales back up?

Atul Chandel: In spite of being a newcomer in the market, BharatBenz is one of the major performers in the Indian market. It has recorded a significant growth once in a month on it’s truck sales. It is also a fact that volume wise, Bharat Benz is smaller than key players such as Tata and Ashok Leyland. Only the pioneers and the big players can impact this setup. Market share of Bharat Benz is not visible as the volume does not count much for the market share.

The Hindu Newspaper: Will this have a real challenge in boosting sales and shares in the coming years?

Atul Chandel: Only when BharatBenz’s sales touch a limit, the market share becomes a parameter to the company. Once it reaches that level, Bharatbenz scales would be able to use market share to be a strong enough competitor.

The Hindu Newspaper: With new regulations and stress on profitability, how is the truck landscape changing the country? Do we see technologically-superior products getting accepted among the truckers?

Atul Chandel:Regulations are costly, and with the advent of a price truck, safety was improved and helped reduce the number of road accidents.  Technologically superior products are bought on a daily basis, however paced slowly. India is a price sensitive market. The key question to ask here is at what price do we want to adapt technologically advanced product. Not only India, this is true for almost all country. The only difference with India is that it is more significant among the developed countries. Technologically superior products are accepted easily compared to other segments for applications like mining, Tunnel operation, Oil industry, port and big infrastructure projects. Attractive ROI figures should be adapted to include latest technology in the certain time frame. However, it is still hard to sell trucks like Daimler Actros or MAN TGX series in India. These products are technologically advanced but the price tag is too high. Countries like Russia and China face the same problems too.

An analysis of the bus market is carried out in the following report by comparing the various criteria of 2015 with that of 2014.

Quarter wise Indian Bus Analysis 2015

Bus Market Overview: Brand wise

The above graph shows the sales of individual brands in the bus market share and its change from 2014 to 2015. Tata Motors has a pleasant increase in its sales by almost 8%. Force Motors has also seen a flourishing figure as it portrays the increase in sales by more than 16% from 2014 to 2015. Ashok Leyland, on the other hand, saw a stunning 45%increase while Eicher also witnessed an escalation in sales by more than 20% over the same time.

Market Share:

The sales seen in the previous trend comparing each company can be linearly translated into its market share figures. As expected, Tata Motors stand at the top bagging nearly 34% of the overall industry. Force motors have not seen a change in the year and stand with a constant 23% share. Ashok Leyland has displayed some amazing escalation to 20% of the industry as its share. Eicher and SML Isuzu have shown similar characteristics and they own a small percentage of the market share. Mahindra, with a constant 4% market share over the years has also been a significant player in this industry.

M&HCV Bus:

The bus industry is divided into various differing segments. The M and HCV bus segment have four major players, namely Tata Motors, VECVs-Eicher, SML Isuzu and Mahindra & Mahindra. Sales of Tata Motors in this segment shot through the roof with sales increasing by more than 45% from 2014 to 2015. Eicher has also seen a small rise in sales over the same period. SML Isuzu has seen a small increase in sales over the same time. Mahindra and Mahindra, on the other hand, have seen less than 5000 units sold over the year.

M&HCV Market Share:

The sales curves can also be translated into the market share. The key players with have a hand on almost all the industry are Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, VECVs-Eicher, SML Isuzu and Mahindra &Mahindra. Ashok Leyland’s market rose by 2% from 2014 to the successive year to yield a 41%market share. On the other hand, Tata Motors dipped by a 5% to yield a 37%market share. The other three companies also contribute minor shares to the industry.

LCV Bus Segment:

The LCV segment is analysed next and each brand is plotted separately to give an overall view of the segment. Force Motors saw a 16% increase in sales from 2014 to 2015. Over the same time, Tata Motors saw a 5% increase in their sales. VECV Eicher saw an increase in its sales by more than 20% while SML Isuzu saw a 5% increase. Perhaps the only company that saw a dip in their sales was that of Mahindra &Mahindra, which portrayed a 7% decline in sales. Ashok Leyland is barely visible in this segment.

LCV Bus Market Share:

The LCV segment’s share can be directly linked to its sales figures when it is seen that Force Motors has 43% of the market in 2015 while Tata Motors are the runner ups with a major 32%. VECVs-Eicher, SML Isuzu, and Mahindra &Mahindra on the other hand, have contributed minor shares to the overall industry.

Quarter wise Analysis:

The next section of the report focusses on a quarter wise analysis which displays a comprehensive analysis of the given sector by comparing the sales in the year 2014 and 2015. Quarter 1 saw a minor 10% increase in sales over the corresponding years. The second quarter of the corresponding years shows a stagnant sales figure. Quarters 3 and 4 have seen the minor increase in sales over the stipulated duration of time.

Mahindra Sales:

The sales of Mahindra have been an upward rising curve ever since the first quarter. The first graph compares the quarter sales of the quarters corresponding to the years 2014 and 2015. Quarters 1, 3 and 4 saw escalations in the sales of this company, but however quarter 2 showed a skyrocketing sales figure showing almost a 50% increase in sales over the time.

The adjacent graph compares the market share and it can be seen that similar figures as the sales graph are translated on to this graph also. However, though there has been an increase in sales with each quarter of the corresponding year when comparing the first quarter of 2014 and the last quarter of 2015, there seems to be a staggering decline in both market share linear to its sales figures also.

SML Isuzu:

The quarter-wise analysis of the years 2014 and 2015 of the brand, SML Isuzu was done and the following graphs were plotted. Quarter 1 saw a 10% increase in the sales of this company from 2014 to 2015. This also corresponds to a 10%increase in market share. On the other hand, the second quarter  saw a pretty constant sales as well as market share figure from 2014 and 2015. However, by the time quarter, 2 struck, the sales and market share plummeted down by a huge amount. This decrease was further more pronounced in the sales and market share of quarter 4 when compared between 2014 and 2015. The market share as well as the sales figures took a big hit when the first quarter of 2014 and the fourth quarter of 2015 are analysed.

Tata Motors:

Tata Motors is one of the pioneers of this industry. The above graphs show a quarter wise analysis of the years 2014 and 2015 in terms of sales and market share. Quarter 1 saw a 10%increase in both sales as well as market share over the years 2014 and 2015. By Quarter 2 however, the sales and market share had decreased. Quarter 2 saw almost constant figures of both sales as well as market share. Quarter 3, in contrast, has shown a 10% increase in sales as well as its market share, but by the time Quarter 4 hit, there was however a staggering decrease. However, when the first quarter of 2014 and the fourth quarter of 2015 are compared, there is only a very slight decrease, which applies to both sales as well as market share.

VECV – Eicher

Though VECVs-Eicher has seen a small number of sales units produced, corresponding to less than 2000 units produced and market share not exceeding 12%, it still occupies a significant share in the industry. Quarters 1 and 2 have shown flourishing figures of ascent in both sales and market share. The transition from quarter 1 and 2 has also been extraordinarily skyrocketing. Quarter 3 is characterized by a minor decrease in both sales and market share. The transition from Quarter 3 to 4 has seen a less than pleasant decrease in both sales and market share, however, in quarter 4, sales and market share hiked up, almost lining up to the same sales and market share as the first quarter of 2014.

Ashok Leyland Sales:

The above two graphs show a comprehensive quarter wise analysis of sales and market share of the years 2014 and 2015. The sales and market share figures are translated linearly on to each other and hence, the same analysis is applicable to both these characteristics. Ashok Leyland is one of the key runners of this industry and hence it becomes highly significant to obtain a well-rounded and full-fledged analysis of the same. All four quarters see a 10% increase in both sales and market share. Particularly, quarter 3 showed a significant amount of increase in sales which linearly maps into market share too. From a mere 3000 units sold in 2014 to almost 6000 units sold in 2015, the sales figures have doubled itself and market shares have reached exorbitant amounts corresponding to the same.

Force Motors:

Force Motors also occupies a significant place in the industry in terms of both sales as well as market share. It can be observed from the graph that sales have risen by at least 10% over quarters 1, 3 and 4 while the figures have been relatively constant over the year in quarter 2.

In terms of market share, there has definitely been a significant increase in the fourth quarter of 2015 waned away. They captured nearly 50% of the industry in that quarter. Similar to the sales analysis, quarters 1, 3 and 4 showed slight escalation whereas Quarter 2 showed constant figures.

LCV Bus Sales:

Mahindra Bus Sales:

Quarter 1 of Mahindra Bus saw a dip corresponding to 5%in both sales and market share from over the duration from 2014 to 2015. Quarter 2 saw higher values and constant behaviour of sales and market share over the same time, when sales hit the 1000 units mark and market share soared to 7%. Quarter 3 showed slight increases in both the variants, while quarter 4 plagued with a decrease in sales to less than 500 units and market share to an insignificant 3%.

SML Isuzu Sales:

The two graphs shown above give a quarter wise analysis of the sales of SML Isuzu over the time from 2014 to 2015. Overall, there has been a deadly dip in sales from more than 600 units sold in the beginning of 2014 to less than 400 units at the end of 2015. In terms of market share, there has been a plummet from 6% to 4%. Quarter 1 had seen a spectacular increase by almost 40% in both sales as well as market share. Quarter 2 showed the highest sales and market share seen in the year, corresponding to 1200units sold and 10% market share. Quarter 3 saw a minor dip in both variants over the same time. Quarter 4, however, showed a staggering decrease.

Tata Motors Sales:

Tata Motors rule this industry and this is clearly seen in both sales and market share. The above-shown graphs compare the corresponding quarters of 2014 and 2015 based on sales and market share. Quarter 1 saw a constant value, this value rose to quarter 2 which saw escalating figures which when compared to 2015 saw a slight decrease in sales and market share. Quarter 3 sales and market share remained constant, while quarter 4 showed a significant increase in both aspects. Overall, sales have dropped by almost 50% over the year, and most of this can be attributed to the transition between Quarters 3 and 4. It has however managed to keep market share constant during this time.

Ashok Leyland Sales:

Ashok Leyland captures a minimal space in sales as well as market share. The highest sales were recorded in the second quarter of 2015 when sales shot up to about 250 units. This comes as a surprise because of just the previous year, the company displayed a sales figure of 50 units in the first quarter of 2014. However, this figure shot down to less than 50 units sold by the last quarter of 2015.

Similarly, its highest market share was in the second quarter of 2015, owing to almost 2% of the industry which sadly plummeted down to less than O.5% as the year came to an end with the fourth quarter of 2015.

VECV-Eicher:

The above graph shows the analysis of the market share quarter wise in 2014 and 2015. Quarter 1 saw a slight increase which linearly rose to quarter 2 which displayed yet another linear increase in market share. Quarter 2 saw the best market share for the company. However, quarter 3 saw a decline in market share which moved to a homeostasis nature in quarter 4’s analysis.

The above graph shows a comprehensive analysis of sales quarter wise over 2014 and 2015. Quarter 1 saw a pleasant increase in sales by almost 50%. Quarter 2 being one of highest sales also saw a 50% increase in sales over the same time. Quarters 3 and 4 showed homeostatic behaviours however by quarter 4 the sales had reduced to an insignificant amount.