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AVERAGE SELLING PRICE OF PASSENGER VEHICLES IN INDIA UP BY 50% IN 5 YEARS


ASP HAS GONE UP FROM RS 7.65 LAKH IN 2018-19 TO RS 11.5 LAKH IN 2023-24,
ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRY. PREMIUMISATION, CHANGING REGULATORY NORMS AND SUV
CRAZE LEAD TO PRICE HIKES




Several factors have played a role in the ASP going up – commodity prices have
increased over time, and in response, the industry has increased prices

Sohini Das Mumbai
4 min read Last Updated : Jan 21 2024 | 11:37 PM IST


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The average selling price (ASP) of passenger vehicles (PVs) in India has been
increasing steadily over the years thanks to premiumisation, an increase in
regulatory stringency, and faster adoption of sports utility vehicles (SUVs).
According to data from the industry, the ASP has gone up from Rs 7.65 lakh in
2018-19 to Rs 11.5 lakh in 2023-24, up by over 50 per cent.

More people prefer buying a top-end variant of the vehicle, with the percentage
of buyers rising from 27 per cent about a year ago to 43 per cent now.
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There is a clear shift towards premiumisation, says Shashank Srivastava, senior
executive officer, marketing and sales, Maruti Suzuki India. “People now want
more features in their vehicles. In the same model, they are opting for the one
with more features. For example, non-AC models are virtually non-existent. There
was a time when there was demand for non-AC models,” Srivastava explains.

Tata Motors agrees. The company says that the average sales price has been
increasing across the industry.

“At Tata Motors, we carefully consider a combination of several internal and
external factors while making pricing decisions to ensure both financial
viability and competitiveness in the market,” it said.

“Inflation, higher raw material prices, brand strength, migration to higher
safety and emission standards – are among the variables considered. A
significant proportion of the escalation in costs is managed by improving
internal efficiencies and only the residual impact is passed on to customers,”
it added.

Several factors have played a role in the rise of ASP. Commodity prices have
gone up over time, and in response, the industry has increased prices.

Srivastava said there have been changes in the product mix also. “SUV sales have
grown over the hatchbacks. This is a structural change, and prices have gone up
as a result,” he said.

In the 2023 calendar year, PV wholesales crossed a record 4.1 million mark. The
record sales last year were driven by demand for SUVs which registered 26 per
cent growth Y-o-Y. The share of SUVs in PV sales went up from 42 per cent last
year to 48.7 per cent this year. In comparison, the share of hatchbacks went
down from 34.8 per cent in 2022 to 30 per cent in 2023, and sedans also saw a
loss of share to 9.4 per cent from 11 per cent in 2022.





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Changes in the regulatory environment have been another reason why automobile
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have increased prices across variants.

“During the transition from BS 4 to BS 6 in April 2020, prices had gone up
substantially. OEMs had to modify vehicles, and similarly, now the recent RDE
norms or real-time driving emission norms have come in,” Srivastava said.

To comply with changing regulatory stringency, OEMs have to make modifications
in vehicles, eventually leading to price hikes.

Real-Time Driving Emission (RDE) norms require a vehicle to have an onboard
self-diagnostic device to monitor the car's emissions in real time.

This is also true in the luxury segment. A luxury OEM said their ASP has gone up
by 85 per cent over the last four years to Rs 90 lakh now.

“As the focus on higher-end vehicles increases and customers also prefer premium
vehicles, the ASP is definitely going up in the automobile sector. For us, there
has been an 85 per cent increase as the mix of more premium vehicles has
increased in our overall portfolio,” said an industry official on grounds of
anonymity.

Dealers pointed out that people are now replacing their cars more often and more
models get launched regularly, which entices people to change their cars every
3-4 years. “A few decades back people used to run their cars for seven-eight
years or more,” said a Mumbai-based dealer.

Topics : Passenger Vehicles PV market PV sales Vehicles sales Passenger vehicle
market share passenger vehicle sales

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First Published: Jan 21 2024 | 9:52 AM IST






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