The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported a 12.45 per cent increase in its total sales at 1,03,200 units in November.

The company had sold 91,772 units in the same month last year, the company said in a statement.

Domestic sales stood at 90,882 units compared with 82,870 units, registering a rise of 9.67 per cent. Exports went up 38.37 per cent to 12,318 units from 8,902 units.

Total passenger car sales in the domestic market rose 2.35 per cent to 74,793 units from 73,078 units in the same month of 2011.

However, sales of the company’s mini-segment cars, including M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, fell 5.76 per cent to 36,679 units from 38,921 units.

In the compact segment (comprising the Estilo, Swift and Ritz models), Maruti Suzuki witnessed a 7.63 per cent rise in sales to 23,849 units from 22,159 units.

Sales of the DZiRE model increased by 29.79 per cent to 13,502 units in November this year from 10,403 units in the same month last year.

Mid-sized sedan SX4 sales, however, dipped 51.71 per cent to 692 units from 1,433 units. Luxury sedan Kizashi witnessed a drop of 56.17 per cent in sales at 71 units against 162 units in the year-ago period.

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