Maruti July sales rise 21.7% to 1,01,380 units

Country’s largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday reported 21.7 per cent increase in its total sales for July at 1,01,380 units as against 83,299 units in the same month last year.

The company said its domestic sales rose 19.9 per cent during the month to 90,093 units as against 75,145 units in July 2013.

Sales of mini segment cars, including Alto, A-Star and WagonR, declined 14.4 per cent to 28,759 units as compared to 33,587 units in the year-ago month, MSI said in a statement.

The company said sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz rose 81.2 per cent to 25,156 units in July this year as against 13,882 units in the same month last year.

MSI said sales of its popular compact sedan Dzire rose 22.2 per cent during the month under review to 18,634 units as against 15,249 units in July 2013.

The sales of company’s mid-sized sedan SX4 dipped 27.6 per cent to 233 units in July as against 322 units in the same month last year.

Sales of utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara and Ertiga, rose 23.4 per cent to 5,631 units in July this year from 4,562 units in the corresponding month last year.

Sales of vans — Omni and Eeco — increased 54.8 per cent to 11,680 units in July this year as compared to 7,543 units in the same month of previous year.

Exports during the month rose 38.4 per cent to 11,287 units as compared to 8,154 units in July last year, MSI said.