The country’s largest car-maker, Maruti Suzuki India, today reported sales of 1,12,554 vehicles in November, translating into a 28.18 per cent increase vis-à-vis the year-ago period.
Sales in the same month last year stood at 87,807 units, Maruti Suzuki India limited (MSIL) said in a statement.
“For the second consecutive month, the company crossed one lakh units sales mark in the domestic market in November 2010
The company saw sales of 1,02,503 units for the domestic market in November, a 34.2 per cent increase from 76,359 units in November, 2009, the statement said.
MSIL’s exports in the last month, however, fell by 12.2 per cent to 10,051 units from 11,448 units in the year-ago period, the company added.
Last month, the sales of the company’s once bread-and-butter model M800 declined by 19.7 per cent to 2,440 units from 3,040 units in November 2009, the statement said.
The A2 segment (comprising Alto, WagonR, Estilo, Swift, A-Star and Ritz) witnessed 32.2 per cent growth at 74,063 units compared to 56,005 units in the same month a year ago. A
3 segment sales (consisting of SX4 and DZiRE) increased by 27.2 per cent to 11,115 units compared to 8,741 units in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said.
MSI’s total passenger car sales rose to 87,618 in October against 67,786 units in the same month in 2009, it added.
In the first eight months of this fiscal, the company’s total sales stood at 8,28,440 units compared to 6,46,139 units, up 28.21 per cent.
Maruti Suzuki in a statement said that “For the second consecutive month, the company crossed 100,000 units sales mark in the domestic market in November 2010.”
Domestic sales during the month stood at 102,503 units, a 34.2% increase from 76,359 units in November 2009. Exports, however, fell by 12.2 per cent to 10,051 units from 11,448 units.
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