Maruti Suzuki sales increase marginally in March 2014

Maruti Suzuki India Limited closed the year 2013-14, with domestic sales of 1053689 units, up 0.3pc. Exports during the year stood at 101352 units, taking the total sales to 1155041 units.

 During March 2014, the company sold 102269 units in domestic market and exported 11081 units. Total sales during the month stood at 113350 units. Propped up by the Celerio, the compact segment of the company comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz and Celerio recorded a positive 9pc growth in March 2014, registering total sales of 28285 units as compared to 25868 units in March 2013  The only other sub segments to record a positive growth for the month were the utility vehicles and vans. Vans comprising Omni and Eeco saw sales of 9752 units in March 2014 (9506), while the utility vehicles comprising Gypsy, Grand Vitara and Ertiga sold 6499 units (6488 units). The worst hit was SX4 in the mid size sub segment where it sold a mere 411 units (903), registering  a negative 54pc growth. The Super compact segment comprising the Dzire sold 17237 units (20078), a negative 14.1pc). The Mini segment comprising M800, Alto, A-Star and WagonR recorded sales of 40085 units (45047), a -11pc growth. . In the executive segment, the Kizashi continued to score a duck. While March 2014 to March 2013 growth in passenger cars stood at -6.4pc, the cumulative figures in comparison were positive at 3.4pc.