Mumbai, Oct. 27 -- Sport utility vehicles accounted for an estimated 65-70 percent of pre-owned luxury car enquiries this festive season, according to a survey by AutoBest Emperio, a pre-owned luxury car dealership. Most of the interest is concentrated in the INR 3-6 million price range for two- to four-year-old Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi models.

The New Delhi-based dealership said enquiries typically rise by 20-30 percent during the festive period compared with an average non-festive month. The average festive-season transaction is around INR 4.5-5 million.

Founder Avneet Singh Kohli, however, cautioned against reading too much into the jump in footfall. "Enquiries and actual sales are two very different things. A lot of people start ...