Maruti Suzuki's domestic sales up 1.8% in December

NEW DELHI: The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki Tuesday reported a growth of 1.8% to sell 121479 units in December.

While sales of mini cars Alto and WagonR declined 14% to 27661 units, those of compacts (Swift, Celerio, Baleno, Ignis and DZire) fell 3.8% to 51334 units. However, sales of midsize sedan Ciaz nearly doubled to 4734 units in the month under review.

Sales of utility vehicles too increased 4.9% to 20225 units.


The numbers include sales of 1675 units of small commercial vehicle Super Carry.