The country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India today reported a 15.51% jump in sales during February, 2011, to 1,11,645 units.
Sales in the same month last year stood at 96,650 units, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.
The national capital-based company also reported a 19.79% increase in domestic sales during February to 1,01,543 units from 84,765 units in February, 2010.
MSI's exports, however, fell by 15% to 10,102 units from 11,885 units in the year-ago period, the company said.
Sales of the company's once bread-and-butter M800 model declined by 14.66% to 2,712 units in the month under review, compared to 3,178 units in February, 2010, the statement said.
In the A2 segment -- comprising Maruti's Alto, WagonR, Estilo, Swift, A-Star and Ritz models -- the company witnessed 19.39% growth in sales to 72,090 units from 60,380 units in the same month a year ago.
A3 segment sales -- consisting of the SX4 and DZiRE models -- increased by 27.01% to 13,024 units from to 10,254 units in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said.
MSI's total passenger car sales rose by 19.02% to 87,851 units in February from 73,812 units in the same month of 2010, it added.
