The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday reported a 7.88 per cent increase in production in December at 115,949 units, the second successive month of hike after reducing it for nine months in a row due to demand slump.
The company had produced 107,478 units in December 2018, Maruti Suzuki India said in a regulatory filing.
The biggest hike in production was in the compact segment comprising the new WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno, OEM Model and Dzire, at 62,448 units as against 44,329 units in the year-ago month, an increase of 40.87 per cent.
The mini segment consisting of