Amidst the absurd drop in sales of car this year, Maruti Suzuki seems to have done a miracle. India’s largest automaker has reported a 13.8% rise in total sales in May, a PTI news report has confirmed.
Compared to last year when the company had sold 1,00,925 units, this year it’s a whopping 1,14,825 units sold.
As per a press statement issued by the car company, sales of mini segment cars, including, Alto and WagonR, too climbed 20.6 per cent to 35,062 units compared with 29,068 units in the year-ago period.
Sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz, Dzire declined 5.7 % to 41,926 units in May this year against 44,455 units last year while those of compact sedan Dzire Tour rose over over three-fold to 3,190 units in the month under review against 892 units in May 2014.
Sales of utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara and Ertiga, rose 6 % to 5,567 units in May this year from 5,253 units last year.
The corresponding figure for vans, Omni and Eeco moved up 7.7 % to 11,602 units in May compared with 10,771 units last year. Exports during the month rose 20.3 % to 12,466 units compared with 10,365 units in May 2014, the press statement confirmed.
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