Maruti Suzuki sales up 29% in October

Country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported a 29.1% rise in total sales in October at 1,34,209 units as against 1,03,973 units in the same month a year ago.

The company said its domestic sales increased by 24.7% during the month to 1,21,063 units as against 97,069 units in October 2014.

Sales of mini segment cars, including, Alto and WagonR, increased by 5.2% to 37,595 units as compared to 35,753 units in the year-ago month, MSI said in a statement.

The company said sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz, Dzire, and recently launched Baleno increased by 37.7% to 51,048 units in October this year as against 37,083 units a year ago.

MSI said sales of its compact sedan Dzire Tour surged over two-fold during the month under review at 3,418 units as against 1,408 units in October 2014.

The sales of company's mid-sized sedan Ciaz, which was launched in October 2014, stood at 5,890 units, down 7.2% as against 6,345 units in the same period last year.

There was no sale of premium sedan Kizashi during the month.

Sales of utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara, Ertiga and S-Cross rose by 56.5% at 9,435 units in October this year from 6,027 units in the corresponding month last year.

Sales of vans -- Omni and Eeco -- rose 30.8% to 13,677 units in October this year as compared to 10,453 units in the same period of the previous year. Exports during the month rose by 90.4% to 13,146 units as compared to 6,904 units in October last year, MSI said.