The country's largest passenger vehicles maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) on Saturday reported 7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in its domestic sales in March.
The company sold around 1.28 lakh units during the month compared with around 1.19 lakh units in March last year.
Volume-wise, the compact segment (including Swift, Baleno, Ignis and Celerio) contributed the most at 60,699 units in March, up 30 per cent, against 46,786 units in the corresponding month last year.
Utility vehicles led by VitaraBrezza grew 32 per cent YoY to 18,311 units last month compared with 13,894 units in March 2016.
However, the mini segment (Alto, WagonR) declined by around 16 per cent to 30,973 units versus 36,678 units.
Sales of the mid-size sedan Ciaz also declined by more than 10 per cent YoY to 4,918 units during the month against 5,480 units in March 2016.
The company sold 304 units of its light commerce vehicle - Super Carry during the month.
Overall, the company sold 14.44 lakh units of vehicles in the domestic market during the last financial year, up 11 per cent, compared with 13.05 lakh units in 2015-16.
Meanwhile, Nissan Motor India also announced total domestic sales of 57,315 units in the last financial year, registering a growth of 45 per cent over the previous financial year.
The company registered sales of 5,309 vehicles in March 2017, an increase of 21 per cent over the same period last year.