Maruti Suzuki India has had a good sales outing last month.
02 Jun 2014 | 3619 Views | By Autocar Pro News Desk
Maruti Suzuki India has had a good sales outing last month. India’s largest carmaker, which opened the new fiscal 2014-15 with a 12.6 percent sales decline in April, saw its May 2014 numbers in the domestic market up 16.4 percent to 90,560 units as against 77,821 units in May 2013.
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Maruti Suzuki India has had a good sales outing last month. India’s largest carmaker, which opened the new fiscal 2014-15 with a 12.6 percent sales decline in April, saw its May 2014 numbers in the domestic market up 16.4 percent to 90,560 units as against 77,821 units in May 2013.
The company’s A-segment offerings that comprise the Maruti 800, Alto, A-star and Wagon R saw a 7.5 percent dip to 29,068 units (May 2013: 31,427). The compact car segment that includes the Celerio and Swift saw a handsome 53.9 percent increase to 26,394 units (May 2013: 17,147). The Celerio clearly is giving Maruti the sales fillip. On May 26, the carmaker launched the Celerio Green, the CNG-powered Celerio. The Celerio, which was launched at the Auto Expo this year on February 6, had sold 21,948 units till the end of April. The company at present has 45,000 bookings for the car and the waiting period has come down from around 8-9 months to seven months now.
The popular Dzire midsizer saw a 9.8 percent increase in its sales to 18,953 units (May 2013: 17,265). Meanwhile, the SX4 sold just 121 units, down 75.9 percent from 503 units in May 2013.
In the UV segment, Maruti sales were up 22 percent as a result of the Ertiga which retails about 4,000-and-odd units a month. The segment overall (along with the Gypsy and Grand Vitara) sold 5,253 units in May 2014 (May 2013: 4,307).
In the van segment, Omni and Eeco sales totaled 10,771 units, up 50.2 percent (May 2013: 7,172).
On the export front, sales rose 51.2 percent to 10,365 units as against 6,856 units in May 2013.