Maruti just took 8 spots in the list of 10 best selling passenger vehicles

With eight of its models featuring in the top selling brands, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) strengthened its leadership position in the domestic passenger vehicle market last month. The company is said to be driving towards 50 % market share in the segment.

As per the data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Maruti's Alto retained the best-selling model tag in January with 22,998 units as against 21,462 in January 2016.

Maruti Suzuki’s Dzire was second with 15,087 units compared with 14,042 in January last year. After that Wagon R stood third with 14,930 units solds and MSI's premium hatchback Swift came in at fourth position with 14,545 units in January. With 13,010 units last month, rival Hyundai's hatchback Grand i10 took the fifth slot. Hyundai's premium hatchback Elite i20 was sixth last month with sale of 11,460 units (9,604). MSI's hatchback Celerio settled at seventh with sales of 10,879 units. The eighth rank again went to Maruti Suzuki Baleno with 10,476 units last month. The company's compact SUV Vitara Brezza sold 8,932 units to become ninth while its van Omni sold 8,723 units to round off the top 10 list.

Hyundai's Creta and Honda Cars India's City failed to make it to the top 10 last month. They had featured in the top 10 passenger vehicles list in the same period last year.

In terms of market share, MSI sold 11,95,347 units of passenger vehicles in April-January this fiscal as against the industry total of 25,08,845, translating into a market share of 47.64 percent.

(Image Credits: Economic Times)