Maruti Suzuki sells 103,108 cars in India for October 2012: New Alto deliveries in full swing

India’s largest car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki sold 103,108 cars in October 2012, registering a 85.5% growth rate YoY. In the same month last year, Maruti  Suzuki India Ltd., sold just 55,595 cars, thanks to the labor unrest at their plant in Manesar, disrupting the production of cars in the process. Of the 103, 108 cars sold last month, MSIL exported 7,106 units while the remaining were sold in the domestic market.

Major chunk of sales came from the small car segment – 42,233 units combined were sold of M800, Alto, A-Star and Wagon R. Next slot of sales belonged to Swift, Estillo and Ritz, which sold a total of 22,549 units. 14,389 units of Maruti DZire were sold, 695 units of Maruti SX4, and 35 units of Kizashi were sold in Oct 2012. In the utility vehicles segment, which comprises of Gypsy, Grand Vitara and Ertiga, Maruti Suzuki sold 7,400 units while in the vans segment (Omni and Eeco), MSIL sold 8,791 cars.

Apart from this, the launch of New Alto is expected to push Maruti Suzuki car sales even further next month. Within just seven days of its launch on 16th Oct 2012, MSIL recorded 21,000 bookings of Alto 800. Few days back, a dealer in Kerala delivered 200 units of Alto 800 small cars within a single day. Today, another Kerala dealer will be delivering 111 Alto 800′s. As their commercial says, India comes home in a Maruti Suzuki.

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India comes home in a Maruti Suzuki

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Maruti Suzuki Sales in October 2012                                                     

New Delhi, 1^stNovember, 2012: Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 103,108 units in October 2012. This includes 7,106 units for export. The Company had sold a total of 55,595 units in October 2011.

The sales figures for October 2012 are given below:

Category : Sub-segment	Models	Oct				Till Oct					April’11 – March’12
		2012	2011		% Change	2012-13			2011-12	% Change
A: Passenger cars : Mini	M800, Alto, A-Star, WagonR	42233	25009		68.9%	227256			259909	-12.6%	491389
A: Passenger cars : Compact	Swift, Estilo, Ritz	22459	10859		106.8%	135076			111374	21.3%	235754
A: Passenger cars : Super Compact	DZire	14389	5001		187.7%	87539			50384	73.7%	110132
A: Passenger cars : Mid-Size	SX4	695	320		117.2%	3556			10229	-65.2%	17997
A: Passenger cars : Executive	Kizashi	35	3		1066.7%	70			174	-59.8%	458
TOTAL A: PASSENGER CARS		79811	41192		93.8%	453497			432070	5.0%	855730
B: Utility vehicles	Gypsy, Grand Vitara,Ertiga*	7400	270		2640.7%	47766			4116	1060.5%	6525
C: Vans	Omni, Eeco	8791	9996		-12.1%	67957			88361	-23.1%	144061
Total Domestic Sales		96002	51458		86.6%	569220			524547	8.5%	1006316
Total Export Sales		7106	4137		71.8%	60160			64881	-7.3%	127379
Total Sales (Domestic + Export)		103108	55595		85.5%	629380			589428	6.8%	1133695

*Ertiga launched in April 2012