Maruti Suzuki posts 14 percent sales growth

Chennai: Passenger car major Maruti Suzuki India Ltd closed last month with a volume growth of 13.9 percent as compared to sales logged during January 2014.

In a statement, the company said it sold a total of 116,606 units (domestic 105,559 units, exports 11,047 units) last month up from 102,416 units (domestic 96,569 units, exports 5,847 units) sold in January 2014.

During the period under review, the company had logged 7.3 percent negative growth in the mini segment (Alto, WagonR) while other segments showed positive growth.

Maruti Suzuki logged 35 percent growth in the utility vehicles segment at 6,432 units last month while in the vans category it sold 10,113 units up from 9,345 units sold in January 2014.