Maruti Suzuki, which is considered as the largest automobile manufacturer across the country has ended FY 2017 with a growth of 10.7 percent. A total of 1,20,066 Maruti Suzuki units had been sold by the company in December 2017. Out of them, 1,19,286 units were of domestic sales whereas, 10,780 units were of export sales. As against in December 2016 about 1,06,414 units had been sold by the company domestically and exported 11,494 units, that means a total of 1,17,908 units were sold in December 2016.
It showing that the domestic sales of cars in December 2017 have enhanced by 12.1 percent as compared to December 2016. When we break the sales into segment-wise, the mini segment of Maruti Suzuki comprises Alto and WagonR, the company sold about 32,146 units in December 2017, which was increased by the growth of 2 percent in the sales of Alto and WagonR, as compared to December 2016. Under the compact segment, it includes car models like Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno, Dzire.
The company had sold a total of 53,336 units of this segment and the growth enhanced by 23.2 percent as against the sales in December 2016. The Utility Segment include Gypsy, Ertiga, Vitara Brezza and the S-Cross and 19,276 units were sold in December 2017, which displaying a growth of nearly 20 percent over the sales of December 2016.
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The Maruti Ciaz sales diminished by 35.8 percent. In December 2016, a total of 3,711 Maruti Ciaz units were sold by the company as against the sales of 2,382 units in December 2017. The exports in December 2017 was 10,780 units whereas it was 11,494 units in December 2016, showing a decrement by 6.2 percent.
26 units of Super Carry Model of Maruti Suzuki had been sold by the company in December 2016, whereas 726 units in December 2017, which shows a growth 2792 percent.