The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported a 85.46 per cent increase in total sales at 1,03,108 units in October.
The company had sold 55,595 units in the same month last year, it said in a statement.
In October, Maruti recorded domestic sales of 96,002 units compared with 51,458 units in the year-ago period, registering a rise of 86.56 per cent. Exports went up by 71.77 per cent to 7,106 units from 4,137 units.
Total passenger car sales in the domestic market rose 93.75 per cent to 79,811 units from 41,192 units.
Sales of the company’s mini-segment cars, including M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, increased 68.87 per cent to 42,233 units during the month from 25,009 units in October last year.
In the compact segment (comprising the Estilo, Swift and Ritz models), MSI witnessed an over two-fold rise in sales to 22,459 units from 10,859 units in the same month a year-ago.
Sales of DZiRE model increased by nearly three-fold to 14,389 units from 5,001 units. Mid-sized sedan SX4 sales were up by over two-fold to 695 units from 320 units.
Luxury sedan Kizashi witnessed over 11-fold increase in sales at 35 units against three units.