The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki today reported 20.30% jump in total sales at 96,597 units in June.
The company had sold 80,298 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement.
In June, MSI recorded domestic sales at 83,531 units, compared to 70,020 units in the year-ago period, registering a rise of 19.30%.
Similarly, MSI's exports went up 27.13% to 13,066 units last month from 10,278 units in the year-ago period, the company said.
Total passenger car sales in the domestic market increased by 23.11% to 70,977 units from 57,653 units in the same month of 2011, it added.
Sales of the company's mini-segment cars, including the M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, fell by 10.44% to 34,198 units during the month from 38,183 units in June, 2011.
However, in the compact segment (comprising the Estilo, Swift and Ritz models), MSI witnessed a 39.32% jump in sales to 22,624 units from 16,239 units in the same month a year ago.
Sales of MSI's DZiRE model increased by over five-fold to 13,741 units in June from 2,486 units in the same month last year, it added.
MSI's mid-sized sedan SX4 sales slipped 42.78% to 408 units last month from 713 units in June 2011.
Luxury sedan Kizashi witnessed 81.25% fall in sales at 6 units as against 32 units in the year-ago month.
