Maruti Udyog announces sale of 60163 units in October

Maruti Udyog Ltd has announced that the Company sold 55,894 vehicles in the domestic market in October 2006.

The Company had sold 50,308 vehicles in the domestic market in October 2005.

In all, the Company sold 60,163 vehicles in October 2006. This includes 4,269 units of exports.

During the month, Alto sold a whopping 22,294 units. This was the highest ever monthly sales for any model and make in India. Previous record of highest sales was held by Maruti 800 (20,687 units in March 03)

The Company's volume in the domestic A2 segment went up by 23.5 per cent and in C segment grew by 21.6 per cent during the month compared to sales in October 2005.

The sales figures for October 2006 are given below:

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Segment	Models			For Oct			Till Oct 	April 05-
			2006	2005	%Change 2006-07	2005-06	%Change	March 06
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A1	M800		6354	9087	-30.1%	46799	49301	-5.1%	89223
C	Omni, Versa	7753	6376	21.6%	45085	38608	16.8%	66366
A2	Alto, Wagon-R,
	Zen, Swift	38940	31531	23.5%	230137	186035	23.7%	335136
A3	Baleno, Esteem	2700	3058	-11.7%	18660	17993	3.7%	31939
Total Passenger Cars    55747	50052	11.4%	340681	291937	16.7%	522664
MUV	Gypsy, Vitara	147	256	-42.6%	1835	2007	-8.6%	4374
Domestic	 	55894	50308	11.1%	342516	293944	16.5%	527038
Export 			4269	1235	245.7%	20278	20008	1.3%	34784
Total Sales		60163	51543	16.7%	362794	313952	15.6%	561822
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Source : Equity Bulls

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