The country's largest passenger cars maker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL), on Friday reported a marginal growth in domestic sales in February to 1,36,912 units as compared with 1,36,648 units in the corresponding month last year.
In the compact segment (including new WagonR, Celerio, Swift, Baleno) the company sold 72,678 units, a growth of 11 per cent as compared with 65,213 units in February 2018.
In the utility vehicle segment (like Vitara Brezza, S-Cross, Ertiga), MSIL reported a growth of 7 per cent to 21,834 units during the month, as against 20,324 units in the same month last year.
However, the company reported a 37 per cent decline in sales of its mid-size sedan Ciaz to 3,084 units last month, as compared with 4,897 units in February last year.
The Mini segment (Alto and old WagonR) also declined by 27 per cent to 24,751 units during the month, as compared with 33,789 units in the corresponding month last year.
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