Maruti December sales up 8.5% at 1,19,149 units

Country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported a 8.5% increase in total sales in December at 1,19,149 units as against 1,09,791 units in the same month in 2014.

The company said its domestic sales increased 13.5% during the month to 1,11,333 units as against 98,109 units in December 2014.

Sales of passenger cars went up 11.6% to 91,043 units as compared to 81,564 units in the year-ago month, MSI said in a BSE filing.

The company said sales of utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara and Ertiga, jumped 58.8% to 9,168 units in December 2015 from 5,774 units in the corresponding month in 2014.

Sales of vans - Omni and Eeco - rose 3.3% to 11,122 units in December 2015 as compared to 10,771 units in the same period of last year.

Exports during the month declined 33.1% to 7,816 units as compared to 11,682 units in December 2014, MSI said.