Lamborghini India order book consistent amid Covid-19
NEWDELHI:Italian super sports car maker Lamborghini is banking on a healthy order book to prevent huge sales dip in India this year due to the coronavirus pandemic as it resumes deliveries of vehicles from this month after restarting operations following lockdown relaxations, according to a senior company official.
While new orders are slow to come by, Lamborghini India is not witnessing any cancellations of bookings, although some customers have asked for delayed deliveries due to the health crisis. “We still have a strong order bank for
Urus and also we launched the new Evo RWD in the beginning of the year. This helped us to build the order bank for the year, which will be acting as a big support in terms of getting some decent numbers this year,” Lamborghini India head Sharad Agarwal said.
The company, which sold 52 units of its super luxury vehicles that are priced above ₹2.5 crore in India last year, feels that its sales this year will not match that figure. “Definitely, we may not hit the same number as last year but this order bank will definitely support us in (preventing) a decline, which is not as bad as the industry,” he said, adding “the good thing is whatever order bank we have we have not seen any cancellations and the customers are still committed with us.” While there are delays in deliveries due to the shutdown of the company’s factory in Italy from March 13 to April 25 due to the pandemic, he said there are also some instances where customers are seeking to defer delivery of booked cars.