Country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki registers 2.4% dip in sales in November

New Delhi: The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki registered a fall of 2.4% to sell 135,775 units last month. The company had sold 139,133 units in the corresponding period of the last financial year. Sales of mini-cars Alto and S-Presso declined 15.1% 22,339 units in November. Meanwhile, those of compact cars - Swift, Baleno, Ignis, WagonR, Celerio, DZire, Tour S - fell 1.8% to 76,630 units. Wholesale volumes of midsize sedan Ciaz went up 29.1% to 1870 units, albeit on a low base. Sales of utility vehicles and vans rose in the period under review. While sales of utility vehicles (Ertiga, XL6, Vitara Brezza, S-Cross) increased 2.4% to 23,753 units last month, those of vans went up 10% to 11,183 units. The company sold 3,181 units of light commercial vehicle Super Carry last month, which is an increase of 40.3% over 2,267 units sold in the year ago period. Untitled Carousel 79451872 79491447 79504500 79502547

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