Maruti Suzuki India on Monday reported 3 per cent year-on-year increase in total sales at 1,80,077 units in May. The country's largest carmaker sold a total of 1,74,551 units in May 2024. Total domestic passenger vehicle dispatches to dealers stood at 1,35,962 units last month as compared with 1,44,002 units in the year-ago period, a dip of 6 per cent, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. Sales of mini segment cars Alto and S-Presso declined to 6,776 units as against 9,902 units in the same month last year. Sales of compact cars, including Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis, Swift, and WagonR, also fell to 61,502 units as compared to 68,206 units in May 2024. Utility vehicles Grand Vitara, Brezza, Ertiga, XL6, Jimny clocked sales of 54,899 units last month as compared with 54,204 units earlier. Sales of Eeco van were at 12,327 units as against 10,960 units. Light commercial vehicle Super Carry sales stood at 2,728 units as against 2,692 units earlier. MSI said its exports
Despite the dip in December, Maruti Suzuki's compact segment continues to have the highest share in its total sales followed by utility vehicles and vans
The challenge is more pronounced for the CNG variants of these vehicles
The Jimny's popularity can be gauged from the fact that Maruti is receiving around 700 bookings of the vehicle every day
The price increase would vary from model to model, the auto major said, without sharing the details.
To counter the rise in input costs, Maruti plans to hike prices across-the-board from September, making it the fourth such increase this year
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Domestic sales declined by 1.6 per cent at 143,686 units last month as against 1,46,018 units in November 2018
Sales of mid-sized sedan Ciaz rose 41%, the figure for utility vehicles saw a growth of 43%