Indias number one car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India has shown a cumulative growth

(domestic + exports) of 85.5 % in October 2012 with 103108 units as against 55595 units in
October 2011. After a really long time Maruti is finally picking up the pace. Segment wise the
entry level series comprising of Maruti 800, A-Star, Alto and Wagon-R is up by 68.9 %. Swift,
Estilo and Ritz together are also up by 106.8 %. SX4 and Kizashi have sold good numbers this
month with 117.2 % and 1066.7 % increase respectively. In the compact sedan category the
Dzire has started showing improvement with an increase of 187.7 %, while in the utility vehicle
segment Marutis sales are down by 12.1 %.



Car sales in India appear to be heading for a record eighth consecutive month of decline with
major firms, including Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Toyota and General Motors, reporting drop in
June as economic slowdown and low consumer sentiments continue to affect demand.

Honda Cars India, however, posted over 3-fold jump in June sales on the back of its newly
launched compact sedan Amaze. Hyundai Motor India and Ford India also reported increase in
domestic sales bucking the declining trend.

In June 2013, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) registered 7.8 percent decline in domestic sales at
77,002 units as against to 83,531 units in June 2012, the company said in a statement.

MSI's sales in mini segment, including the M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, declined by 8.4
percent to 31,314 units, while in the compact segment (comprising the Estilo, Swift and Ritz
models), MSI witnessed 7.2 percent fall in sales at 20,996 units. Sales of the DZiRE model fell by
8.7 percent to 12,548 units.