August Auto Sales Latest Updates | Ashok Leyland total sales rise 5%; Escorts Kubota tractor sales up 27%

Automobile companies such as Bajaj Auto, Escorts Kubota, Maruti Suzuki, TVS Motor, Hyundai Motor India, Ashok Leyland, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) and more are reporting their sales data for August today.

Bajaj Auto's total sales increased 5%, while its domestic sales declined 8% to 2.32 lakh units. Total exports increased 29%.  Escorts Kubota's total tractor sales increased 27% in August.

Scroll down for the latest updates on August Auto Sales: 

Steel Strips

The company's overall sales vlue increased 7% in August from the previous year.

VST Tillers

VST Tillers' total sales increased 2% in August to 4,499 units compared to 4,416 units in the year-ago period.

Ashok Leyland

Ashok Leyland's total sales in August increased 5% to 15,239 units compared to 14,463 units last year. A CNBC-TV18 poll had estimated total sales of 14,967 units in August.

The auto maker's medium and heavy commercial heavy vehicle sales increased 8% to 9,381 units in August compared to 8,663 units in the year-ago period. Total domestic sales were up 2% at 13,622 units from 13,347 units last year.

Escorts Kubota

Escorts Kubota's total tractor sales increased 27% to 8,456 units in August from 6,652 units in the previous year.

Of these, the company sold 7,902 domestic units, up 26.6% from the previous year's 6,243 units.

Its exports increased 35.5% in August to 35.5% from 409 units in the last year.

Bajaj Auto 

Bajaj Auto reported total sales of 4.17 lakh units in August, in-line with Street estimates of 4.04 lakh units. The total sales were up 5% from the previous year's 3.97 lakh units.

However, the auto company witnessed a 8% decline in its total domestic sales to 2.32 lakh units from 2.53 lakh units in August last year.

Bajaj Auto's total exports increased 29% in August to 1.85 lakh units from 1.43 lakh units in the last year.