2017 vs 2018 (January to September YTD) With three quarters of the year behind us and two big festive season to go before the year ends, situation has become little challenging for auto manufacturers, due to rise in input costs and fuel prices. As both these factors are impacting the consumer sentiments at large. Let us see how passenger car market has performed so far in 2018 compared to same period (January-September) in 2017. Industry grew by 6.9% so far over 2017 Maruti i