Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) reported a marginal fall in total sales at 1,09,104 units in February 2014, against 1,09,567 units in the same month last year.

The company’s domestic sales rose by 1.8 per cent during the month to 99,758 units as against 97,955 units in February, 2013. However, export sales came down by 19.50 per cent during the month to 9,346 units as against 11,612 units in February 2013.

In the domestic market, the company got the maximum numbers from vans (Omni and Eeco) and compact cars such as Swift, Estilo, Ritz and Celerio.

While sales of compact cars were up 19.40 per cent during the month at 28,672 units as against 24,021 units in the same month last year, van sales grew 22.10 per cent to 9,932 units in February (against 8,133 units).

Sales of compact sedan Dzire were marginally up at 18,353 units last month as compared with 18,316 units in February 2013.