Car showrooms, retail outlets and e-commerce platforms recorded a sharp sales surge on the first day of the new GST 2.0 regime, which coincided with the festive season kick-off across much of the country. Fueled by pent-up demand and a sharp reduction in selling prices, shoppers flocked to marketplaces.

Partho Banerjee, Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki, said the response from customers has been phenomenal, something they haven’t seen in the last 35 years.

“On the very first day, we recorded 80,000 enquiries, and have already delivered over 25,000 cars, with deliveries expected to touch 30,000 shortly. Since 18th September, when we announced additional price reduction (over and above GST), we have received 75,000 bookings, with nearly 15,000 bookings coming in ev

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