Growth in Production reported by SIAM

The Indian automobile industry has reported a growth in production of 11.23% for the period of April - August 2009 over the same period last year. The growth numbers were basically due to the increased production in the passenger segment.

Passenger Vehicles	11.97
Passenger Cars	13.47
Utility Vehicles	-0.10
Multipurpose Vehicles	22.67
Commercial Vehicles	-2.19
Medium / Heavy Commerical Vehicles	-23.54
Light Commerical Vehicles	21.75
Three-wheelers	12.09
Passenger Carriers	20.93
Goods Carriers	-13.16
Two-wheelers	17.70
Mopeds	24.56
Scooters	20.52
Motorcycles	17.11
Electric Two Wheelers	-76.60
SIAM

Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles and Goods Three Wheelers remained areas of concern for the industry.