Maruti Suzuki’s total sales up 3% to 181,343 units in September, hits 1 mn-mark in H1FY24

Maruti Suzuki’s passenger vehicle (PV) market has crossed 3 million-mark for the first time till September-end, said Shashank Srivastava from Maruti Suzuki in a virtual interaction with reporters.

India’s biggest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Limited on October 1 recorded total sales of 181,343 units in September, up 2.8 percent from year-ago period driven by higher utility vehicle sales. Total sales in the month include domestic sales of 153,106 units, sales to other OEM of 5,726 units and exports of 22,511 units, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Along with that, the automaker achieved a milestone of surpassing its half-yearly sales mark of one million units for the first time. The company recorded a total sale of 1,050,085 units for the period of April-September 2023.

Maruti Suzuki’s passenger vehicle (PV) market has crossed 3 million-mark for the first time till September-end, said Shashank Srivastava from Maruti Suzuki in a virtual interaction with reporters.

Moreover, the company’s domestic sales for last month were up 2.5 percent at 158,832 units versus 154,903 units on year-on-year basis.

Sales of mini segment cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, declined to 10,351 units last month from 29,574 units in Septmeber 2022, it added.

Dispatch of compact cars, including Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis and Swift also fell to 68,552 units over 72,176 units in the year-ago period.

Utility vehicles, consisting of Brezza, Grand Vitara, Jimny, Ertiga and XL6, clocked sales of 59,271 units last month as compared to 32,574 units in August last year.

Maruti Suzuki also said its exports last month stood at 22,511 units as against 21,403 units in the same month last year.

Meanwhile, shares of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd closed 0.20 percent higher at Rs 10,586.70 apiece on September 30 against.