The country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India today reported a 1.9 per cent increase in total sales for May to 104,073 units from 102,175 units in the same month last year.
In May, 2011, the national capital-based firm reported an increase of 3.9 per cent in sales in the domestic market to 93,519 units from 90,041 units in May, 2010, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.
MSI's exports, however, fell by 13 per cent to 10,554 units from 12,134 units in the year-ago period, the company added.
The sales of the company's once bread-and-butter model M800 fell by 11.6 per cent to 2,262 units from 2,558 units in May, 2010, the statement said.
The A2 segment (comprising Alto, WagonR, Estilo, Swift, A-Star and Ritz) witnessed a 2.6 per cent decline in sales to 61,048 units from 62,679 units in the same month a year ago.
A3 segment sales (consisting of SX4 and DZiRE) increased by 24.2 per cent to 13,514 units from 10,883 units in the corresponding period a year ago, the company said.
Last month, the company sold 50 units of its Kizashi luxury sedan, which was launched in February, 2011.
MSI's total passenger car sales rose 1 per cent to 76,874 units in May from 76,120 units in the same month of 2010,
it added.
Tata Motors sales grow 10%
Auto major Tata Motors also reported a 10 per cent increase in total sales in May to 62,296 units from 56,775 units in the same month last year.
In May, the homegrown firm registered a 9 per cent decline in passenger vehicle sales in the domestic market to 19,401 units from 21,324 units in the same period last year, the company said in a statement.
During the month, its small car Nano's sales soared by 84 per cent to 6,515 units, it said.
The Indica range reported sales of 5,497 units, down 35 per cent. The Indigo' family, with sales of 4,268 units, witnessed a dip of 35 per cent vis-a-vis the same month last year.
The Sumo, Safari and Aria models accounted for sales of 3,121 units, up 15 per cent compared to May last year.
In the commercial vehicles segment, Tata Motors recorded a 19 per cent jump in domestic sales in May to 37,361 units.
Light commercial vehicles sales during the month stood at 21,829 units, up 24 per cent, while medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales stood at 15,532 units, a growth of 12 per cent compared to May, 2010.
Tata Motors' total exports in May rose by 39 per cent to 5,534 units from 3,976 units in the same month last year.