December auto sales to be better than last year's, says FADA

The December automobile sales numbers are expected to be better than or at least close to last year's, according to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA).

The comments come after the domestic automobile sales dropped 12 percent year-on-year in November after a brief festive cheer in October, as the data released by the Society of Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Tuesday showed.

"December is always good at discounts because we see year-end sales happening... so 2019 model will be shifting and January would be 2020. So to liquidate all the 2019 models or of the last year models, there has been always a good discount. This time it is the best," said Vinkesh Gulati, vice president of FADA, adding that the discount levels this time were higher than what we have seen during the festive season.