New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Automobile registrations across the country grew by 11 per cent in December from a year-ago with passenger vehicles marking a growth of 24 per cent, the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) said on Monday.

FADA President Vinkesh Gulati said automobile registrations for the first time witnessed year-on-year growth in this financial year. A good crop season, better offers in the two-wheeler segment, new launches and the prospect of a price increase in January kept the demand going. "However, supply-side issues in passenger vehicles continued for the second straight month, thus making waiting periods as high as eight months in select OEM vehicles," he said.

Besides, three-wheeler registrations were down by 52.75 per cent with 27,715 registrations in December 2020 compared to 58,651 a year ago.

Commercial vehicles witnessed a downswing of 13.52 per cent to 51,454 registrations versus 59,497 in December 2019, data released by FADA showed.

Two-wheeler registrations totalled 14.24 lakh last month compared to 12.73 lakh in December 2019, marking an uptick of 11.88 per cent.

Passenger vehicle registrations edged higher by 23.99 per cent to 2.71 lakh from 2.18 lakh in the year-ago period. And tractor registrations rose by 35.49 per cent to 69,105 last month compared to 51,004 in the year-ago period.

That took overall vehicle registrations to 18.44 lakh in December 2020, up 11.01 per cent from 16.61 lakh in December 2019.

Gulati said the commercial vehicle segment continues to see demand pressure even though on a year-on-year basis the segment fell by 13.5 per cent due to a lower base.

Increased intra-city goods movements continued to help small commercial vehicles outperform medium and heavy commercial vehicle segment as axle load norms, increased fuel and vehicle cost, and higher freight rates continued to play spoilsport, he said.

FADA India represents over 15,000 automobile dealers having 25,000 dealerships including 30 associations of automobile dealers at the regional, state, and city levels accounting for 90 per cent of market share. (ANI)