Maruti Suzuki India Picks Up Pace, July Sales Grow 20%

New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India, the country's largest carmaker, on Saturday reported a 20.1 per cent rise in total sales at 1,21,712 units last month.

The carmaker had clocked sales of 1,01,380 cars in July 2014.

Maruti Suzuki India said its domestic sales increased 22.5 per cent last month to 1,10,405 units, as against 90,093 units a in July last year.

Sales of mini segment cars, including Alto and WagonR, increased 31.3 per cent to 37,752 units compared with 28,759 units in the year-ago period, the company said in a statement.

Sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz and Dzire models rose 13.9 per cent to 48,381 units in July this year as against 42,491 units last year.

Maruti Suzuki India said compact sedan Dzire Tour stood out as sales rose by over two-fold during the month under review to 3,370 units as against 1,299 in July 2014.

The sales of company's mid-sized sedan Ciaz, which was launched in October 2014, stood at 2,099 units. The company had sold 233 units of SX4 sedan in July 2014. There was no sale of premium sedan Kizashi during the month.

Utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara and Ertiga, saw a sales growth of 22.8 per cent at 6,916 units in July this year, from 5,631 units in the corresponding month last year.

Sales of vans - Omni and Eeco - rose 1.8 per cent to 11,887 units in July this year as against 11,680 units in the same period of the previous year.

Exports during the month rose marginally to 11,307 units compared with 11,287 units in July last year, the auto maker said.