Maruti leads in sales figure of November
Published On Dec 02, 2009 11:04 AM By Ritesh
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India's leading car maker's proceed to see double-digit sales growth in month of November. Maruti Suzuki India Limited Jumped 17.1 per cent sales growth in the last month compared to November 2008. The company sold 56,005 units of cars in A2 segment against 34,976 units in the last year. The major sales came from the fast-growing A2 segment Maruti Swift, Maruti Wagon R, Maruti A-Star, Maruti Alto and Maruti Zen Estilo grew more than 60 per cent over November 2008. The company's former brand, the Maruti 800 also grew 32 per cent sales to 3,040 cars. Korean carmaker Hyundai posted 93 per cent sales growth to 28,162 cars in November compared to the same month last year. The company jumped its highest sales data in its operation period of last month. Hyundai, vice-president (Marketing and Sales) Arvind Sexena, said, “The overall economic position has been positive and this has translated in to more steps in the showroom and higher automobile sales as indicated by this month’s figures. We hope that the company will continue to grow on economic track as it will maintain a double digit increase figure which helps the Indian automotive industry. ” On the other hand, Tata Motors sales increased 48 per cent to 18,480, while Fiat's grew six times to 1,965 units. Utility vehicle maker, Mahindra and Mahindra, saw sales Jumped double to 15,193 units against the previous year. The company's SUVs major sales came from Mahindra Xylo, Mahindra Bolero, Mahindra Scorpio but Mahindra Logan keep to get muted response. It sold 279 cars in November 2009 compared with 300 cars in the years-ago period. Honda Siel cars India (HSCI) minimum increased 2 per cent in sales to 5,125 cars. General Motors, the completely-owned supporter of troubled American car maker, reported sales jump highest at 65.27 per cent to 7,118 cars against 4,307 sold in the same month of the previous year. Two-wheelers sales were apply largely by the leader Hero Honda, it sold 3.81 lakh two-wheelers last month compared with 32 per cent sales increased over last year. “With the highest ever sales in November, the company has crossed 3 million sales target in the current financial year. Hero Honda senior VP (Marketing and Sales)said, We will cross our set target of 4 million two-wheelers by end of the fiscal. TVS Motors, Chennai-based two-wheeler company, jumped sales growth 37 per cent to 1.06 lakh two-wheelers. The sales growth came from higher demand from scooters, motorcycle sales rose 38 per cent to 25,000 units marginally droop to 45,080 units in November compared 45,276 units sold in the same month 2008. Volkswagen will introduce a new Volkswagen Beetle on 4th Dec, 2009 and Volkswagen Polo to be launched in the next year in India.