Indian car maker, Tata Motors reported sales of 49,647 vehicles (including exports) for September 2008, an increase of 3 per cent compared to 48,347 vehicles sold in September last year.
The passenger vehicles sold were 16,586 units in the domestic market registering a decline of 2.5 per cent over September last year. The sales of Indica family were 8,598 units registering a decline of 24 per cent over last September. Despite the launch of the new Indica Vista, the sales dropped. The Indigo family accounted for 4,667 units growing by 100.5 per cent over September 2007. The Sumo and Safari accounted for sales of 3,321 units 1 per cent growth compared to September 2007.
Cumulative sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal in the first six months were 97,905 nos., a decline of 4.5 per cent over the same period last year. Cumulative sales of the Indica at 49,555 nos., reported a decline of 27.6 per cent, but which is expected to be negated in the second half of the fiscal due to the new volumes of the Indica Vista. Cumulative sales of the Indigo family were 26,666 nos., a growth of 86 per cent. Cumulative sales of Sumo and Safari were 21,684 nos., a growth of 10 per cent.