Tata Motors has reported a 11.69 per cent increase in sales during February this year to 77,543 units from 69,427 units in the same month of 2010.
The homegrown firm’s total passenger vehicles sales in the domestic market stood at 31,909 units during February 2011, an 18.25 per cent increase from 26,985 units in the same month last year, the company said in a statement.
Sales of the company’s compact small car, the Nano, stood at 8,262 units, up by 101 per cent, and the ‘Indica’ range 10,044 units, down 12.7 per cent.
The ‘Indigo’ family recorded sales of 8,966 units, a rise of 22 per cent. Sales of Tata Motor’s ‘Sumo’, ‘Safari’ and ‘Aria’ models increased by 16 per cent to 4,637 units.
In the commercial vehicles segment, the company sold 41,130 units in the domestic market during the month compared with 39,205 units in the corresponding month of the previous year, translating into a 4.91 per cent increase.
Light commercial vehicle sales amounted to 23,498 units, a growth of 8 per cent, while medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales stood at 17,632 units, up by 1 per cent.
Exports grew by 39.14 per cent in February 2011 to 4,504 units from 3,237 units in the same month last year, it added.