Mint that the companies have seen increased traction in online sales amid the covid-19 pandemic this year.According to Shashank Srivastava, executive director, marketing and sales, Maruti Suzuki India, the share of online enquiries, which were growing at a slow pace year-on-year earlier, saw a sharp jump this fiscal due to covid-19.“Online enquiries for Maruti grew from 4% to 16% between FY2017 to FY2020.
This has jumped to 35% for the ongoing fiscal," Srivastava told Mint on Friday.He said that India’s largest carmaker has received more than 1.5 million enquiries so far this fiscal and the month of October alone saw close to 300,000 enquiries.When it comes to customers booking cars online, the senior company executive said that online.