New Delhi
The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Thursday reported a 15 % increase in total sales at 1,49,824 units in February as against 1,30,280 units in the year-ago month.
The company’s domestic sales stood at 1,37,900 units, up 14.2 % from 1,20,735 units in February 2017.
Mini segment cars sales including Alto and WagonR, witnessed a 2.1 % rise to 33,789 units during the month under review from 33,079 units in February 2017.
The auto major further said sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Dzire and Baleno jumped by 38.7 % to 65,213 units last month as against 47,002 units in the year-ago month.
MSI has said that the sales of mid-sized sedan Ciaz declined by 16.8 % to 4,897 units
Sales of utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara, Ertiga, S-Cross and compact SUV Vitara Brezza increased by 13.8 % to 20,324 units from 17,863 units in the same month of 2017.
Sales of vans - Omni and Eeco -- declined by 12.5 % to 12,425 units last month as against 14,195 units in the year-ago period.
Exports in February were up 24.9 % to 11,924 units as compared with 9,545 units in the same month last year,
