The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India's sales declined for the seventh consecutive month with the firm today reporting 7.1% fall in December last year to 92,161 units.
The company had sold 99,225 units in the same month in the previous year, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.
The national capital-based company recorded sales of 77,475 units in the domestic market last month, down 13.4% from 89,469 units in December, 2010.
MSI's exports, however, jumped by 50.5% in December, 2011, to 14,686 units from 9,756 units in the year-ago period, the company added.
Total passenger vehicles car sales declined by 8.4% to 69,329 units last month from 75,652 units in the same month of 2010, it added.
Sales of the company's mini-segment cars, including the M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, declined by 15.6% to 38,593 units from 45,733 units in December, 2010.
In the compact segment (comprising the Estilo, Swift and Ritz models), MSI witnessed a marginal increase in sales to 20,653 units from 20,557 units in the same month a year ago.
Sales of MSI's DZiRE model, grew by 6.8% to 9,189 units from 8,601 units in the corresponding period a year ago.
In addition, MSI's mid-sized sedan SX4's sales increased by 10.8% to 843 units from 761 units in the year-ago month. Luxury sedan Kizashi witnessed sales of 51 units.
