India, March 20 -- The Indian automotive industry had a torrid time in 2019. With new safety regulations driving up prices followed by the need to meet the strict Bharat Stage 6 emission norms, the industry found sales collapsing. While certain models surprised with strong sales, the Kia Seltos, Hyundai Venue and the Maruti-Suzuki Ertiga stood out, several hitherto popular cars saw sales decline. As diesel and petrol prices moved towards parity levels and with BS6 impacting small diesel engines, the product mix of manufacturers was also defying planners expectations. There were some positives though, Hyundai-Kia group's promotion of small, powerful turbo-petrol engines on their cars, consumers not just adopting automatics but also recogni...