Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Reflecting the current pathetic condition of domestic car sales in the country, Maruti Suzuki is offering a discount of Rs 5,000 on its best selling model, the Maruti Suzuki Swift. The offer, however, is being made only on the diesel variant. Besides, the company also is offering ‘no waiting period’ on its hatchback. Further, as per few media reports, the company also has offered Rs 10,000 discount on Swift DZire compact sedan.

Automaker has reported 7.9% decline in total sales (including export) for February 2013 at 109,567 units as against 118,949 units in the same month last year. The domestic sales of the company during the month stood at 97,955 units, down by 9% compared to 107,653 units in February last year. However, the company’s export registered a jump of 2.8% during the month which stood at 11,612 units as compared to 11,296 units in February last year.