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Automakers vs car dealers: Who is telling the truth?
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Synopsis
Here are three key points of differences at the heart of the disagreement between automakers and dealers.
Amid slowing demand, a yawning gap of over 300,000 units in passenger vehicle inventory between calculations done by the dealer association and manufacturers has drawn a sharp wedge between the two. The Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (Fada) says that cumulative stock (as on July 31) across sales channels was 730,000 units (worth INR73,000 crore) or 70 days' worth -- equivalent to over two months of sales. Manufacturers are
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