Maruti Suzuki sales up 29% in July

Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited reported a 29.2 per cent increase in sales in July 2010, when it sold a total of 1,00,857 vehicles in July 2010. This included exports of 10,743 cars during the month.

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The sales in July were driven by an 86 per cent jump in sales in the C-segment, comprising of Omni, Versa and Eeco. Launched in January 2010, the Eeco has been received well and is largely responsible for the spurt in this segment.

The car major also recorded a 33.2 per cent jump in sales in the A2 segment comprising of models like Alto, WagonR, Ritz, Zen, Estilo, Swift and A-Star. Maruti sold over 64,000 of these models in July. Sales in A3 segment (Dezire & SX4) also increased 13 per cent though sales of Maruti 800 fell 40 per cent after the model was withdrawn in several cities to meet emission norms.

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Segment	Models	July			Till July			April'09 - March'10
.		2010	2009	% Change	2010-11	2009-10	% Change	April'09 - March'10
A1	M800	1680	2796	-39.9%	8586	9915	-13.4%	33028
C	Omni, Versa, Eeco	13617	7302	86.5%	47138	29535	59.6%	101325
A2	Alto, Wagon-R, Estilo Zen, Ritz, Swift, A-Star	64079	48115	33.2%	234592	194848	20.4%	633190
A3	SX4, D'Zire	10352	9101	13.7%	39310	29048	35.3%	99315
Total Passenger Cars		89728	67314	33.3%	329626	263346	25.2%	866858
MUV	Gypsy, Grand Vitara	386	214	80.4%	3375	1597	111.3%	3932
Domestic		90114	67528	33.4%	333001	264943	25.7%	870790
Export		10743	10546	1.9%	51180	39860	28.4%	147575
Total Sales		100857	78074	29.2%	384181	304803	26.0%	1018365

& Eeco was launched in January 2010.