Maruti sales jump 25% in 2010-11

The country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India today reported a 28.20 per cent jump in total sales for March to 121,952 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 per cent 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 per cent in sales in the domestic market to 110,424 units from 79,530 units in March, 2010.

MSI's exports, however, fell by 26.07 per cent 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 per cent 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 per cent 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 per cent 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 per cent 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 per cent 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 per cent to 138,266 units from 147,575 units in 2009-10, it added.

Total passenger car sales last fiscal stood at 966,447 units, as against 765,533 units in the previous fiscal, up 26.24 per cent.