Mumbai,
Sep 1: Car major,Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported rise of 23.82
percent in total sales at 1,63,701 units for the month of August 2017 as
against 1,32,211 units sold in the the same month a year ago. Domestic sales
for the month under review increased by 26.74 percent to 1,52,000 units as
against 1,19,931 units in August last year, company statement said. Sales of
mini segment cars, including Alto and WagonR, witnessed a marginal decline to
35,428 units during the month under review from 35,490 units in August 2016.
Company further said that the sales of the compact segment comprising Swift,
Estilo, Dzire and Baleno jumped by 62.38 per cent to 74,012 units last month as
against 45,579 units in the year-ago month. The company also reported that the
sales of mid-sized sedan Ciaz grew by 3.9 per cent to 6,457 units during the
month. Sales of utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara, Ertiga,
S-Cross and compact SUV Vitara Brezza increased by 27.59 per cent to 21,442
units in August, from 16,806 units in the same month of 2016. Sales of
vans'Omni and Eeco 'increased by 8.58 per cent to 13,931 units last month as
against 12,831 units in the year-ago period. 'Exports in August this year were
down 4.71per cent to 11,701 units as compared with 12,280 units in the same
month last year,' company said. UNI
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