Domestic passenger car sales dipped 0.3% to 175,730 units in March from 176,260 units in the same month last year.
However, motorcycle sales grew last month by 10.15% to 946,758 units as against 859,521 units a year ago, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
Total two-wheeler sales in March rose by 10.92% to 1,467,714 units as against 1,323,184 units in the same month last year.
Sales of commercial vehicles were up 22.03% to 79,865 units in March, SIAM said.
Vehicle sales across categories registered a growth of 10.76% to 1,855,663 units from 1,675,450 units in March 2015, it added.
For the entire fiscal of 2015-16, domestic car sales grew by 7.87% to 2025,479 units compared with 1,877,706 units in the 2014-15.
Total two-wheeler sales were up 3.01% for the fiscal at 16,455,911 units, up from 15,975,561 units in the previous year.
Motorcycle sales for the fiscal were down 0.24% to 10,700,466 units from 10,726,013 units in the corresponding fiscal.
Sales of commercial vehicles were up 11.51% to 685,704 units as against 614,948 units in 2014-15.
Vehicle sales across categories were up 3.78% at 20,469,385 units in 2015-16 from 19,724,371 units in the previous fiscal.
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