General Motors India on Tuesday reported a 58 per cent rise in sales in April at 2,214 units, fuelled by healthy demand for its multi-utility vehicle 'Chevrolet Tavera'.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of the world's biggest carmaker General Motors Corp of the US, GM India had sales of 1,401 vehicles in the same month last year.
The company said it sold 1,603 units of Tavera in the month. A total of 15,049 units of the vehicle have been sold since its launch around 11 months back, it added.
Besides Tavera, the April sales included 406 units of the luxury sedan 'Chevrolet Optra' and 200 units of 'Opel Corsa'.
The company said sales in the first four months of 2005 stood at 10,611 units, a growth of 56 per cent over 6,792 units in the corresponding period last year. These included 6,632 units of Tavera.
