{"id":4399,"date":"2026-06-01T09:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:58:23","slug":"ashok-leyland-sales-slip-4-pc-in-may-on-weak-mhcv-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/ashok-leyland-sales-slip-4-pc-in-may-on-weak-mhcv-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashok Leyland sales slip 4 pc in May on weak M&amp;HCV demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Writer<br>New Delhi: Ashok Leyland on Monday reported a 4 per cent year-on-year decline in total vehicle sales at 14,923 units in May 2026, weighed down by weak demand in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&amp;HCV) segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company had sold 15,484 units in May 2025. Domestic sales also declined 3 per cent to 14,148 units in May 2026 from 14,534 units in the same month last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total M&amp;HCV sales dropped 11 per cent to 8,320 units in the domestic market, compared with 9,386 units in May 2025, led by a 5 per cent fall in truck sales and a sharp 35 per cent decline in bus sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LCV sales, however, provided some support, rising 13 per cent to 5,828 units in the domestic market, up from 5,148 units a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the combined domestic and export market, total vehicle sales declined 4 per cent to 14,923 units from 15,484 units in May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M&amp;HCV bus sales in the combined segment fell sharply 39 per cent to 1,635 units, while total M&amp;HCV sales declined 13 per cent to 8,966 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LCV sales in the combined market rose 15 per cent to 5,957 units compared with 5,202 units in the year-ago period, partially offsetting weakness in the heavy vehicle segment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff WriterNew Delhi: Ashok Leyland on Monday reported a 4 per cent year-on-year decline in total vehicle sales at 14,923 units in May 2026, weighed down by weak demand in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle (M&amp;HCV) segment. The company had sold 15,484 units in May 2025. Domestic sales also declined 3 per cent to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[104,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cv-commercial-vehicles","category-financial-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4400,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions\/4400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automobilitymag.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}