The country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India today reported a 28.20% jump in total sales for March to 1,21,952 units from 95,123 units in the same month last year.
For the entire 2010-11 financial year, the company's sales soared by 24.81% to 12,71,005 units from 10,18,365 units in the previous fiscal, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.
In March, 2011, the national capital-based firm reported an increase of 38.85% in sales in the domestic market to 1,10,424 units from 79,530 units in March, 2010.
MSI's exports, however, fell by 26.07% to 11,528 units from 15,593 units in the year-ago period, the company added.
The sales of the company's once bread-and-butter model M800 rose by 5.54% to 2,915 units from 2,762 units in March, 2010, the statement said.
The A2 segment (comprising Alto, WagonR, Estilo, Swift, A-Star and Ritz) witnessed 43.27% growth in sales to 78,460 units from 54,762 units in the same month a year ago.
A3 segment sales (consisting of SX4 and DZiRE) increased by 33.07% to 13,910 units from 10,453 units in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said.
Last month, the company sold 103 units of its Kizashi luxury sedan, which was launched in February, 2011.
MSI's total passenger car sales rose 40.32% to 95,388 units in March from 67,978 units in the same month in 2010, it added.
During the 2010-11 fiscal, MSI's domestic sales increased by 30.08% to 11,32,739 from 8,70,790 units in the previous fiscal, the company said.
Exports during the year, however, declined by 6.31% to 1,38,266 units from 1,47,575 units in 2009-10, it added.
Total passenger car sales last fiscal stood at 9,66,447 units, as against 7,65,533 units in the previous fiscal, up 26.24%.
