While car sales in September registered a jump of 20.61 per cent at 1,29,683 units — the highest ever witnessed in a month — from 1,07,517 units in the same month last year, for the first half of the year it stood at 6,89,339 units as against 6,00,738 units, a growth rate of 14.75 per cent.

The buoyancy seen in the car segment during September were, however, missing in the two-wheeler segment, specially in bikes. Motorcycle sales was up by just 6.56 per cent at 6,73,891 units and total two-wheeler sales grew by 7.67 per cent to 8,38,150 units.

Commercial vehicles sales also reported an increase for third consecutive month and grew by 6.46 per cent in September to 45,451 units from 42,693 units in year-ago period.