Automobile sales in the present festive season are totally flat, according to Kenichiro Yomura, Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd.

Speaking to newspersons on the sidelines of a programme to raise awareness about road safety technologies in cars as part of the Nissan Safety Driving Forum here on Saturday, Youmura said that the industry was pinning hopes on ensuing Diwali to boost sales.

Ajay Raghuvanshi, Vice-President, Business Management, said his company's safety driving forum was well-received in its first phase conducted earlier this year in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai and hence the second phase was also launched.