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India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki sold 1.1 lakh units in November, up 6.8 percent compared to previous month and 19.5 percent compared to same month last year. The sale of compact, mid-size cars and vans helped the company to report good growth in the month gone by.
Domestic sales grew by 17 percent on yearly basis to 1 lakh units while exports surged 52.7 percent to 10,123 units during the the same period.
Passenger vehicle sales rose by 14.9 percent to 82,306 units in November compared to corresponding period of last fiscal.
Compact cars like Ritz, Celerio, Swift and Dzire recorded a 13.8 percent sales growth while mid-size cars like SX4 and Ciaz (launched in October 2014) showed 2516 percent growth in sales at 5,232 units. Omni and Eeco's sales grew by 52.1 percent year-on-year to 12,203 units in November.
Dzire Tour in super compact segment reported a 2516 percent growth in sales at 1,989 units in November compared to 604 units in same month last year.
However, mini cars sales (including Alto, WagonR) fell 0.8 percent to 37,746 units and even sales of utility vehicles like Ertiga, Grand Vitara and Gypsy declined 5.6 percent to 5,515 units.
Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland sold 7,732 units in November, up 44 percent compared to same period last fiscal, led by strong growth in medium and heavy commercial vehicles sales (M&HCV)
M&HCV sales grew by 92 percent to 5,204 units while light commercial vehicle sales fell 5 percent to 2,528 units during the same period.
Utility vehicle manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra recorded a 13 percent degrowth in November sales at 34,292 units year-on-year.
Domestic sales of the company fell by 11 percent year-on-year to 32,100 units. Passenger vehicle sales slipped 18 percent to 13,765 units while commercial vehicle sales declined 3 percent to 12,748 units during the same period.
M&M reported a 15 percent fall in three-wheeler sales at 5,005 units (Y-o-Y). Exports went down 27 percent to 2,192 units.
Tractor sales in November plummeted 34 percent to 15,333 units while exports grew by 45 percent to 1,126 units year-on-year.
TVS Motor, one of the largest two-wheeler makers, recorded a 36 percent sales growth in November at 2.2 lakh units compared to 1.62 lakh units in same quarter last year.
Exports grew by 55 percent year-on-year to 39,215 units.
Two-wheeler sales jumped 36 percent to 2.1 lakh units while scooter sales increased by 62 percent to 62,223 units and motorcycle sales rose by 41 percent to 86,424 units during the same period.
"Three wheeler sales of the company registered an increase of 44 percent, growing from 6,304 units in November 2013 to 9,067 units in November 2014, said the company in its filing.
Eicher Motors, the Royal Enfield maker, sold 27,542 motorcycles in November, registering a growth of 52 percent compared to 18,131 units in November 2013.
Models with engine capacity upto 350cc recorded sales growth of 54 percent while models with engine capacity exceeding 350cc clocked 39 percent growth in sales.
Escorts' agri machinery segment sold 4,306 units tractors in November 2014 against 5,888 tractors in same month last year, down 26.9 percent.
Three-wheeler manufacturer Atul Auto sold 3,807 units in November, a growth of 18.82 percent compared to 3,204 units in corresponding month of last fiscal.
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