Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), the country’s largest carmaker has reported 1.1% decline in total sales for January 2013 at 114,205 units as against 115,433 units in the same month last year. The domestic sales of the company during the month stood at 103,026 units, up by 2% compared to 101,047 units in January last year. However, the company’s export registered a drop of 22.3% during the month which stood at 11,179 units as compared to 14,386 units in January last year.

The company’s total passenger car sales in the domestic market rose by 0.2% to 88,557 units against 88,337 units in the same month of 2012. Similarly, sales of mini-segment cars, including M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, fell by 10.7% to 46,479 units during the month from 50,036 units in January last year.

The sales of compact segment vehicles comprising the Estilo, Swift and Ritz models declined by 6.8% to 24,006 units from 25,756 units in the same month a year ago. Further, the sales of super compact - DZiRE increased by 97.5% to 17,060 units in January from 8,637 units in the same month last year.