MARUTI, TOYOTA, MAHINDRA SEE RISE IN MONTHLY VEHICLE SALES

NEW DELHI: The country’s major carmakers reported their sales for the month of November on Tuesday.

The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday reported a 1.7% increase in sales to 1,53,223 units in November. The company had sold 1,50,630 units in November last year, it said in a statement. Domestic sales increased marginally to 1,44,219 units last month as against 1,43,686 units in November 2019, it added.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Tuesday reported a 2.1% decline in total sales at 59,200 units for November. The company had sold 60,500 units in November last year. Exports, however, declined by 34.6% to 10,400 units as compared with 15,900 units in November last year, it added.

Domestic sales were up 9.4% to 48,800 units as against 44,600 units in November 2019, the company said in a statement.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Tuesday reported a 2.4% increase in its domestic sales to 8,508 units in November. The Japanese automaker had sold 8,312 units in the domestic market in November 2019.

Meanwhile, MG Motor India on Tuesday said it has reported its highest-ever retail sales in the country last month. The automaker, a wholly-owned arm of China’s SAIC Motor Corp, sold 4,163 units last month, up 28.5% as compared to 3,239 in November 2019. The company retailed 3,426 units of Hector, 627 units of Gloster and 110 units of ZS EV last month, MG Motor India said in a statement. “Buoyed by continued festival demand and the sustained demand for the Hector and ZS EV alongside the successful launch of the Gloster, we have recorded 28.5% growth in November 2020 vis-a-vis the last year. We expect the momentum to continue in December and expect to close this year on a strong note,” MG Motor India director Sales Rakesh Sidana said.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Tuesday reported a 3.62% rise in total sales at 42,731 units in November. The company had sold 41,235 units in the same month last year, M&M said in a statement. In the domestic market, passenger vehicle sales were up 24% to 18,212 units last month compared to 14,637 units in November 2019. The company’s commercial vehicles sales in the domestic market rose to 22,883 vehicles compared to 23,977 units in November 2019.

WHILE MARUTI’S SALES ROSE 1.7% TO 1,53,223 UNITS IN NOV, HYUNDAI SAW A 2.1% DECLINE IN TOTAL SALES TO 59,200 UNITS