Maruti sales up 84 pc a year after worst show

Maruti Suzuki told that sales for November stood at 87,807 units, a rise of 84 percent over the like month last year when the company was hit hardest due to a demand slowdown and sold only 47,704 vehicles. The company also stated that November 2008 was an exceptionally low sales month because of the economic slowdown. This year's November sales were up 17.1 percent from that in November 2007.

In the month from April-November, sales grew 29.4 percent over the like period of last year to 646,139 units. Maruti's sales in the compact car (A2) segment including Maruti Alto, Maruti WagonR, Maruti Zen, Maruti Swift, Maruti Ritz and Maruti A-Star grew 60 percent over November 2008. Sale of models in its mid-sized (A3) segment comprising  Maruti SX4 and Maruti Swift Dzire rose 46.3 percent to 8,741 cars.  Volkswagen Beetle and Volkswagen Polo are the upcoming cars in India.