Indian car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. sold 58,543 units in July 2008 as compared to 57,909 units in July 2007 registering a negligible 1 percent growth.
The domestic sales stood at 52,911 units as against 52,839 units in the same month a year-ago, up 0.1 per cent.
Exports grew by 11.1 per cent at 5632 units as against 5070 units in the corresponding month last year.
The sales of its bread and butter model M800 dipped by 17 per cent at 4953 units as against 5970 units last year.
The A2 segment (comprising Alto, Zen Estillo, WagonR Swift) sales stood at 34,759 units as against 34,737 units, up 0.2 per cent.
The company managed to post strong growth in the A3 segment (consisting of SX4, Swift DZire) at 6009 units as against 4394 units last year.
The multi utility vehicles (Grand Vitara and Gypsy) sold 901 units in as compared to 524 units last year registering 72 percent growth