The Indian leading car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has accounted for 12.3 percent of
sales increment in the domestic market in August 2016. The company sold a total
of 1,19,931 units in the country in the last month as against the
year-ago period sales of 1,06,781 units. Maruti Suzuki’s export market in August
2016 is good and registered 10.8 percent year-on-year increment with 12,280
vehicles. The company has exported 11,083 vehicles in the year-ago period.
The total sales of Maruti Suzuki (domestic
+ export) registered at 1,32,211 units in the month of August 2016 so that the
carmaker has growth of 12.2 percent. The segment of passenger cars, including mini cars, compact and super
compact cars, utility vehicles and mid-size cars, has registered 90,269 units
in the last month and growth of 4.4 percent as against 86,454 units in the
year-ago month.
The mini car segment with Alto and Wagon R models accounted 35,490 units in the
last month and the sales dropped 5.8% compared to the sales in August 2015.
With the Baleno and Swift Dzire models, the compact segment has
contributed 45,579 units in the last month and a growth of 9.9 percent in
41,461 units during August 2015.
The mid-sized segment with the Ciaz sedan
registered 49.5 percent with the sales of 6,214 units, as against 4,156 units
in August 2015. The introduction of the hybrid version is the added advantage
for the mid-sized segment of the company. With the higher sales of Maruti Suzuki Vitara
Brezza and the
S-Cross, the demanding utility vehicles segment registered 114.5% sales growth.
The segment of vans has a little bit of
growth (2.7%) with 12,831 units in August 2016, compared to 12,491 units in the
same month of previous year. Maruti Suzuki has entered in the light commercial
vehicle segment with the Super Carry in the last month and sold a total of 39
units (25 units in August).
|
Segment
|
August 2016
|
August 2015
|
%Change
|
|
Mini
|
35,490
|
37,665
|
-5.8%
|
|
Compact
|
45,579
|
41,461
|
9.9%
|
|
Super Compact
|
2,986
|
3,172
|
-5.9%
|
|
Mid-Size
|
6,214
|
4,156
|
49.5%
|
|
Utility Vehicles
|
16,806
|
7,836
|
114.5%
|
|
Vans
|
12,831
|
12,491
|
2.7%
|
|
Light Commercial
Vehicles
|
25
|
-
|
NA
|
|
Total Domestic Sales
|
1,19,931
|
1,06,781
|
12.3%
|
|
Total Export Sales
|
12,280
|
11,083
|
10.8%
|
|
Total Sales
|
1,32,211
|
1,17,864
|
12.2%
|
Till the August 2016, Maruti Suzuki’s
total sales increased to 6.3% with the domestic and export sales of 6,17,770
units in the previous month as against 5,80,905 units in the same month of the
earlier year. In this fiscal, the company’s contribution in the total domestic
passenger sales is high due to the higher demand of its new models Vitara
Brezza compact SUV and the Baleno premium hatchback.
The latest reports from the automotive
sources confirmed that the total passenger vehicle sales will be crossed 3
million units in this fiscal year (FY 2017) as of the good monsoon, the variety
list of products. To increase its market share in the coming festival season,
the Indian PV leader has planned to launch its new product of Maruti Ignis in
the small crossover segment. Along with the Ignis, the
performance based version of Baleno (Baleno RS) with the 1.0-litre BoosterJet
engine will most probably hit the Indian market.
The
company expected that the similar kind of sales to be registered by Maruti
Suzuki in the coming months and influenced the company to have the highest
market share in the domestic industry as well as in the exports.
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