Maruti Suzuki gross sales rise 20% to 1,60,226 items in December

The nation’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday reported a 20.2 per cent enhance in gross sales to 1,60,226 items in December.
The firm had offered 1,33,296 items in December final 12 months, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) mentioned in a press release.
Domestic gross sales elevated 17.8 per cent to 1,46,480 items final month as in opposition to 1,24,375 items in December 2019, it added.
Sales of mini vehicles, comprising Alto and S-Presso, elevated by 4.4 per cent to 24,927 items as in comparison with 23,883 in the identical month final 12 months.
Similarly, gross sales of compact section autos, together with fashions Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno and Dzire, elevated by 18.2 per cent to 77,641 items as in opposition to 65,673 vehicles in December final 12 months.
Sales of mid-sized sedan Ciaz, nevertheless, declined by 28.9 per cent to 1,270 items as in contrast with 1,786 items in December 2019.
Utility automobile gross sales, together with Vitara Brezza, S-Cross and Ertiga, rose 8 per cent to 25,701 items in comparison with 23,808 within the year-ago month, MSI mentioned.

Exports in December have been up 31.4 per cent at 9,938 items as in opposition to 7,561 items within the corresponding month final 12 months, the corporate mentioned.
In the October-December quarter (Q3), the auto main reported a development of 13.4 per cent in whole gross sales at 4,95,897 items over the identical interval earlier 12 months.