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New Delhi, June 2, 2008
 

Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold 69,001 vehicles in May 2008.

The company had sold a total of 59,400 vehicles in May 2007.

The company exported 4,858 units in May 2008.

Maruti's volume in the A3 segment grew by 18.7 per cent, while the A2 segment posted a growth of 14.5 per cent during the month. The A1 segment grew by 25.2 per cent. This is on account of early despatches of Maruti 800 Duo (LPG variant), which is due for launch in early June 2008.

This month, Swift completed three years of its launch. It also recorded its highest ever sales, clocking 10,408 units in May 2008.

The WagonR too kept pace scoring its highest ever sales during May 2008. It sold 14,923 units during the month.

The sales figures for May 2008 are given below:

Segment

Models

For May

Till May

April'07 - March'08
2008 2007 % Change 2008-09 2007-08 % Change
A1 M800 6830 5456 25.2 % 11288 11780 -4.2 % 69553
C Omni, Versa 6092 6496 -6.2 % 13797 12614 9.4 % 89729
A2 Alto, Wagon-R, Zen, Swift 44539 38889 14.5 % 87660 72767 20.5 % 499280
A3 SX4, Swift Dzire, Esteem* 5946 5009 18.7 % 10133 7133 42.1 % 49335
Total Passenger Cars 63407 55850 13.5 % 122878 104294 17.8 % 707897
MUV Grand Vitara *, Gypsy 736 102 621.6 % 804 310 159.4% 3921
Domestic 64143 55952 14.6 % 123682 104604 18.2 % 711818
Export 4858 3448 40.9 % 7655 5148 48.7 % 53024
Total Sales 69001 59400 16.2 % 131337 109752 19.7 % 764842
 
* SX4 launched in May 2007, Grand Vitara launched in July 2007, DZire launched in March 2008, Esteem figures are for 2007-08.
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