Rs 5000 Crore Worth of Stocks Left Unsold Due to BS3 Ban in India
Not just that, Indian market still has 19,000 three wheelers and 44,000 commercial vehicles that are unsold till date. A report even mentioned that commercial vehicles could be easily converted to BS4 compliant versions while all other require more input cost and are not worth giving this turnover. Well, Indian market saw a sale of around INR 15,000 Crore worth of automobiles in those two days. The discounts on those last two days varied from 10% to 50% of the price of the vehicle, nothing less than an online flash sale in real life.KTM also gave heavy discounts on its Duke & RC Range
BS4 emission norms are now applicable pan India as oil companies have even started retailing cleaner fuel for the country. Apart from the emission restrictions, two wheelers are now even fitted with automatic headlight on feature, switching on the headlight whenever the motorcycle is ignited. This move was planned in order to bring safer rides to the people of India and its real consequences are yet to be seen. Many manufacturers have discontinued the products that were slow selling as it was not profitable to convert them into BS4 compliant vehicles.
Even high end sport bikes were on discount till 31st March in India
Data Source: NDTV Autos