Maruti Udyog is set to roll out the five-millionth car from its facility in Gurgaon, Haryana this month-end.\n
Maruti Udyog Ltd on Thursday reported a 27.24 per cent increase in domestic sales at 50,904 units in May this year as against 40,006 units in the same month last year.
Top carmaker Maruti Udyog will give freebies of up to Rs 28,900 on its two car models this week to counter a similiar offer by arch-rival Hyundai.
Leading carmaker Maruti Udyog on Tuesday kicked off a new 'loyalty bonus' programme for its existing customers in a fresh attempt to boost car sales.
Maruti Udyog on Tuesday launched the upgraded versions of its compact car 'WagonR' and said it will decide on hiking vehicle prices by this year-end due to increasing cost pressures following the appreciation of the Yen and rising steel prices.
Maruti's Alto retained the top position in June with 14,856 units, as against 15,750 units in June last year.
Even as sales of M800 model fell 30 per cent and exports declined, car market leader Maruti Udyog Ltd on Monday reported a 13.6 per cent rise in sales in the just-concluded fiscal at 5,36,301 units against 4,72,122 units in 2003-04.
Maruti has reported a 3 per cent rise in vehicle sales to 43,603 units in February 2005 including 3,777 units of exports, as against 42,263 vehicles sold in the corresponding period last year.
India's biggest carmaker Maruti Udyog Ltd on Thursday announced an across-the-board price hike, though marginally by 0.38 per cent.
However, compared to August, vehicle sales increased by 15.25 per cent on the back of discounts. Maruti led the market in offering heavy discounts and incentives for buyers and dealers, reports Arindam Majumder.
The list clearly shows the dominance of Maruti and Hyundai in the Indian passenger vehicle market.
Maruti and Hyundai favoured among used car buyers
A 40.7 per cent dip in the sales of Maruti's bread and butter model M 800 virtually offset the gains from Alto, WagonR and Zen as the carmaker posted a marginal four per cent rise in domestic sales in May 2004.
Maruti Udyog Ltd, India's biggest carmaker, said on Friday that its sales surged by a robust 38.4 per cent at 39,838 units in April 2004 over 28,793 units in the same month last year.
Maruti Udyog on Friday announced a 0.2-0.75 per cent hike in prices of its main models and variants with immediate effect.
Maruti Udyog Ltd, the country's biggest carmaker, on Wednesday said its sales jumped by 37 per cent during April-June 2003 to 90,698 units.
Maruti is sticking to this strategy at a time when rival Hyundai is looking to make the most of the monopoly it will have in the compact diesel segment from April 1, 2020, when the BSVI emission norms kick in. The market leader's confidence stems from the rapid shift in favour of petrol in the PV segment. For newer models such as MG Hector and Seltos, nearly 75 per cent bookings are for petrol variants, Kia has 55 per cent from petrol variants. The change in customer preference from diesel variants to petrol has happened quickly over the past few years.
Maurti and Hyundai recorded jump in sales in May.
7 Maruti models among top 10 best selling passenger vehicles in April
While Hyundai Motor India reported a marginal growth, Toyota Kirloskar Motor witnessed a dip in sales last month.
Unhappy with the rumblings in the party, an Aam Aadmi Party volunteer, who claims to have designed the party's logo, has written to the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking him to stop using the logo.
Maruti's exports in May were down 2.4% at 9,089 units
Ahead of the international auto show that begins next Wednesday, the Indian auto industry continues to be buffeted with bad news. According to data released by leading automobile companies on Saturday, the industry's sales volumes in January fell about five per cent from those in the same month last year.
Car makers see good sales post Diwali.
Sales of four- and two-wheelers almost halved in August, compared to the equivalent month last year.
Maruti Suzuki India continued its grip in the passenger vehicles market in India with five of its models in the top ten best selling models in June.
Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Honda Cars and Tata Motors posted single digit growth during the period under review while M&M reported decline in sales.
In the two wheeler segment, TVS Motor Company reported a 24 per cent increase in total sales at 304,795 units in April.
Farzana Khatoon, wife of National Investigation Agency officer Tanzil Ahmad who was shot dead in an April 3 attack which also left her grievously injured, succumbed on Wednesday morning.
According to the latest data from SIAM, in the top 10 best passenger vehicles, Maruti's Alto retained the top position last month
Maruti's Alto retained the best-selling model tag in January with 22,998 units as against 21,462 in January 2016.
The car will compete with Hyundai Grand i10 and Maruti Suzuki Celerio
Kejriwal runs his party with the proverbial iron fist and has learnt to temper his aggression, say people close to him.
UP police on Tuesday claimed to have solved the case of murder of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed by arresting two persons and contended that domestic dispute was the motive behind the crime.
Maruti's 7 models in India's top ten selling passenger vehicles in 2016-17
Following the assault of a Tanzanian female student in Bengaluru, a team of external affairs ministry and high commissioner of Tanzania will visit the city on Friday to take stock of the situation.
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