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The country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, has reported a 4.99 per cent fall in total sales at 98,884 units for May.
The company had sold 1,04,073 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement today.
During the month, domestic sales stood at 89,478 units compared with 93,519 units in the year-ago period, registering a fall of 4.32 per cent.
Similarly, exports went down 10.88 per cent to 9,406 units last month from 10,554 units in the year-ago period, the company said.
Total passenger car sales in the domestic market declined 5.94 per cent to 72,309 units from 76,874 units.
Sales of the company’s mini-segment cars, including the M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, fell 29.03 per cent to 29,895 units from 42,125 units.
However, in the compact segment (comprising the Estilo, Swift and Ritz models), Maurti Suzuki witnessed a 14.66 per cent rise in sales to 24,290 units, from 21,185 units in the same month a year ago.
Sales of DZiRE model increased by 63.77 per cent to 17,707 units from 10,812 units. Mid-sized sedan SX4 sales slipped 85.01 per cent to 405 units from 2,702 units.
Luxury sedan Kizashi witnessed 76 per cent fall in sales at 12 units in May this year against 50 units in the year-ago period.
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