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The auto industry is expected to close the ongoing financial year with strong growth in double digits, powered by robust demand and an easing shortage of semiconductors. The growth also came on a low base, as a chip shortage reduced the supply of vehicles last fiscal.
Lower growth rates may be fueled once more by higher-priced vehicles, as new emission standards are expected to make smaller vehicles even more expensive.
The smaller hatchbacks have remained a stressed segment for the auto industry as buyers’ income levels have not gone up as much as the costs, making these cars unaffordable for a large population.
“This whole year has been about premium vehicles and that’s where most of the growth has come from, the growth has not come from the lower end of the spectrum, which is invariably going to become more expensive from BS-VI phase-2,” Amba told BQ Prime.
Combined with the ballooning pending bookings with the automakers, the single-digit growth paints an even grimmer picture for the industry in the coming months.
Maruti Suzuki, with more than 40% market share to its name, has over 350,000 pending bookings. And the bookings have only risen as the months have gone by, with semiconductors still in short supply.
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