Leading passenger car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 118560 units of passenger vehicles in the domestic market in December 2017, as compared to 106388 units in December 2016, thereby growing at 11.4pc. The company which also makes the Super Carry light commercial vehicles also sold 726 units (26 units) of this vehicle in December 2017 in the domestic market.
Overall, Maruti Suzuki sold 130,066 units (including exports) in December 2017, growing 10.3% over the same period of last fiscal. This includes 119,286 units in domestic market and 10,780 units of exports. The company had sold a total of 117,908 units in December 2016.
The sales figure for December 2017:
Category : Sub-segment
Models
Dec
Till Dec
April'16 - March'17
2017
2016
% Change
2017-18
2016-17
A: Mini
Alto, WagonR
32,146
31,527
2.0%
322,567
312,001
3.4%
413,981
A: Compact
Swift, Ritz, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno, Dzire, Tour S
53,336
43,295
23.2%
546,509
421,332
29.7%
584,850
A: Super Compact
Dzire Tour
-
2,559
25,871
32,612
A: Mid-Size
Ciaz
2,382
3,711
-35.8%
44,633
47,114
-5.3%
64,448
TOTAL A: PASSENGER CARS
87,864
81,092
8.4%
913,709
806,318
13.3%
1,095,891
B: Utility vehicles
Gypsy, Ertiga, S-Cross,
Vitara Brezza
19,276
16,072
19.9%
189,978
143,254
32.6%
195,741
C: Vans
Omni, Eeco
11,420
9,224
23.8%
116,773
112,007
4.3%
152,009
TOTAL DOMESTIC PASSENGER VEHICLE SALES
118,560
106,388
11.4%
1,220,460
1,061,579
15.0%
1,443,641
Light Commercial Vehicles
Super Carry
726
26
--
5,958
294
900
TOTAL Domestic Sales
119,286
106,414
12.1%
1,226,418
1,061,873
15.5%
1,444,541
Total Export Sales
10,780
11,494
-6.2%
91,383
92,291
-1.0%
124,062
Total Sales (Domestic + Export)
130,066
117,908
10.3%
1,317,801
1,154,164
14.2%
1,568,603
Source: Maruti Suzuki
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