Date & Place02/10/2008
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Country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki on Wednesday reported 5.27 per cent jump in sales during September at 71,000 units, against 67,448 units in the same month last year.
The domestic sales stood at 64,682 units compared with 63,086 units in the same month a year ago, up 2.53 per cent, the company said in a statement.
Exports also grew 44.84 per cent at 6,318 units, against 4,362 units in the corresponding month last year.
Sale of its once bread-and-butter model M800 dipped 33.6 per cent at 3,467 units, against 5,221 units last year.
The A2 segment (comprising Alto, Zen Estilo, Swift and WagonR) sales stood at 45,621 units, against 46,216 units, registering a decline of 1.29 per cent.
The company, however, managed to post a good growth of 51.75 per cent in the A3 segment (consisting of SX4, Swift DZiRE and Esteem) at 7,413 units, against 4,885 units last year.
