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Maruti posts record annual sales up 13.3 per cent in '08 |
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The
Economic Times
New Delhi: Country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday
reported its highest ever annual sales, registering a growth of 13.3 per
cent in 2007-08 over the previous fiscal.
The company said it sold 7,64,842 vehicles in 2007-08 as against
6,74,924 units in the previous year. Sales in the month of March was,
however, down by 2.1 per cent at 70,296 units as against 71,772 units in
the same month last year. During the full fiscal year, domestic sales
stood at 7,11,818 units as against 6,35,629 units, a growth of 12 per
cent.
Exports also recorded a quantum jump of 34.9 per cent at 53,024 units as
compared to 39,295 units in the previous year. Sale of its entry level
car M800 declined by 12.2 per cent at 69,553 units as against 79,245
units in the previous fiscal.
The A2 segment (Alto, Zen Estillo, Wagon-R, Swift) recorded 13.4 per
cent increase in sales at 4,99,280 units as against 4,40,375 units in
the previous year. The biggest growth was in the A3 segment (SX4, Swift
Dzire), where it registered sales of 49,335 units as compared to 29,697
units in FY07, the company said.
Maruti said it sold 5,658 units of its newly launched mid-sized sedan
DZire during March.
During the year FY08, Alto strengthened its position as Indias top
selling car, clocking volumes of 2,27,173 units during the year. This is
the second consecutive year in which Alto sales crossed the 2 lakh mark,
it said. |
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