Maruti April sales increase by 22.37 percent

Saturday, 03 May 2008, 02:16 IST
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Mumbai: The country's largest small car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd Thursday reported a 22.37 percent increase in domestic sales in April, at 59,539 units as compared with 48,652 units during the same month last year. Overall, 62,336 units were sold in April, including 2,797 units for exports, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The sales growth was on the back of robust sales in the A2 segment comprising the Alto, Wagon R, Zen Estillo and Swift, which together clocked 43,121 units as against 33,878 units in April last year, up 97.1 percent. During the month, the Maruti 800 model saw a decline of 29.5 percent at 4,458 units as against 6,324 units in April last year. The A3 segment, comprising SX4 and Dzire, sold 4,187 units as against 2,124 units in the same month last year, up 22.8 percent. The company said exports registered a growth of 64.5 percent during the month at 2,797 units as against 1,700 units in April last year.
Source: IANS