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Jaguar Land Rover retail sales in June 2019 were 47,060 vehicles, down 9.6 per cent compared to June 2018, Jaguar Land Rover said

Domestic car sales in June: Total passenger vehicle sales fell 17.54 per cent to 2,25,732 units in June

Total production - including passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles - stood at 111,917 vehicles in June 2019, down 15.61 per cent on a year-on-year basis.

The sales of passenger vehicles have fallen for the seventh straight month in the longest stretch of declines since 2014, industry body SIAM or Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers' data shows. Passenger car sales have declined 26 per cent in May from a year ago, the sharpest fall across categories. The slide is seen to reflect a major challenge as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on to his second term after a huge election victory, tackles the economic slowdown. The data comes days after a drop in GDP (gross domestic product) growth to a five-year low of 5.8 per cent prompted a third straight interest rate cut from the central bank amid weakening consumer demand.

Overall passenger vehicle sales declined 20.55 per cent in May to 2,39,347 units from 3,01,238 units. In the commercial vehicle segment, domestic sales were down 10.02 per cent at 68,847 units last month, according to industry body SIAM.

Some taxi players, like Ola, have previously tried to operate electric cars in the country, but with little success given inadequate infrastructure and high costs.

Passenger vehicle sales in April fell 17.1 per cent to 247,541 units from a year earlier, data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers showed

Sales of passenger vehicles dived to 2,47,541 in April versus 2,98,504 a year earlier, data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers showed. Two-wheeler sales dropped 16.4 per cent to about 1.6 million vehicles.

Suzuki Motor Corp anticipates currency volatility, particularly the rupee and euro, to weigh on profit growth, even as it expects overall global vehicle sales to hit record highs.

Vans like Eeco and Omni models also slipped by over 25 per cent to 10,688 units. The mid-size Ciaz also saw a decline of 25.7 per cent.

Passenger vehicle growth in the financial year ended March was the slowest since 2014, according to a top industry body.

A gauge of automobile companies has fallen 30 percent since reaching a record in December 2017, and is the worst-performer among 19 sector indexes in the nation's equity market this year. That's as the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex Index rallied to a fresh peak last month.

Mahindra & Mahindra sales were impacted by the ongoing elections in the country, the carmaker said, however describing it as "a temporary phenomenon". Mahindra & Mahindra sales in the passenger vehicles segment - which includes Mahindra utility vehicles, cars and vans - stood at 19,966 units in April.

Tata Motors' sales of commercial and passenger vehicles declined 20 per cent in April to 42,577 units compared with 53,511 units sold in the corresponding period a year ago. Tata motors' sales in the medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M&HCV) segment dropped 33 per cent to 9,403 units last month.

Maruti Suzuki India said its passenger car sales declined 22.91 per cent year-on-year to 97,701 units in April. Last week, Maruti Suzuki India lowered its sales growth forecast for the current financial year amid an industry-wide weakening of demand.