Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 109,743 vehicles in January 2011. This includes 9,321 units of exports during the month.
The company had sold a total of 95,649 vehicles in January 2010, including 81,087 vehicles in the domestic market.
In January 2011 sales were up 23.8 per cent in A2 and 32.6 per cent in A3 segment. In C segment, company recorded a growth of 27.7 per cent.
During January 2011, the company’s cumulative sales in the current fiscal crossed 10 lakh units at 10,37,408 units. This was achieved in a record period of less than 10 months in this fiscal. The company had crossed the 10 lakh total sales in an year for the first time in 2009-10.
Maruti Suzuki is the only Indian car company to cross the one million mark in production and sales.
The sales figures for January 2011 are as under:
Segment | Models | In January | Till January in this fiscal | April’09 – March’10 | ||||
2010-11 | 2009-10 | % Change | 2010-11 | 2009-10 | % Change | |||
A1 | M800 | 1876 | 2494 | -0.248 | 20858 | 27088 | -0.23 | 33028 |
A2 | Alto, WagonR, Zen, Swift, A-Star, Ritz | 72479 | 58540 | 0.238 | 658002 | 518047 | 0.27 | 633190 |
A3 to A6 | SX4, D’zire | 11930 | 8995 | 0.326 | 104348 | 78608 | 0.327 | 99315 |
A: Total Passenger Cars | 86285 | 70029 | 0.232 | 783208 | 623743 | 0.256 | 765533 | |
B: MUV | Gypsy, Grand Vitara | 192 | 135 | 0.422 | 4890 | 2970 | 0.646 | 3932 |
C: Van Type | Omni, Versa, Eeco | 13945 | 10923 | 0.277 | 132674 | 79782 | 0.663 | 101325 |
Domestic Sales | 100422 | 81087 | 0.238 | 920772 | 706495 | 0.303 | 870790 | |
Export Sales | 9321 | 14562 | -0.36 | 116636 | 120097 | -0.029 | 147575 | |
Total Sales | 109743 | 95649 | 0.147 | 1037408 | 826592 | 0.255 | 1018365 |