Mumbai, Aug 1 (UNI) Car major Maruti Suzuki (India) reported a massive fall of 36.3 percent in its domestic sales for the month of July 2019 at 98,210 units against 154,150 units in corresponding period last year.
Taking Toyota Glanza sales into account as the car is manufactured at the Suzuki plant in Gujarat, Maruti’s domestic sales stood at 100,006 units, still down 35.1 percent from a year ago.
Exports during July also fell 9.4 percent to 9,258 units as against 10,219 units a year ago, pushing down Maruti's total sales by 33.5 percent to 109,264 units as against 164,369 units sold in July 2018.
Except for the mid-sized sedan segment, which includes the Ciaz, all other passenger car segments registered a huge decline in sales. The mini segment (Alto and Old WagonR) was the worst hit, with sales declining by 69.3 percent. The Compact segment -- which is Maruti’s biggest segment by sales with cars like WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno and Dzire -- saw sales falling by 22.7 percent.
Sales of utility segment cars Gypsy, Ertiga, Vitara Brezza and S-Cross also declined 38.1 per cent in July, while the Vans segment (Omni, Eeco) sales fell 37.9 percent Light Commercial Vehicle Super Carry sales inched up 0.5 percent.
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