Maruti Suzuki sales in August 2009

Press Release

Maruti Suzuki sales in August 2009

New Delhi, September 1, 2009: Maruti Suzuki India Limited, India’s car market leader, sold a total of 84,808 vehicles in August 2009, growing 41.6 percent in the month. This includes exports of 14,847 units, the highest ever monthly export in the company’s history.

The company had sold a total of 59,908 vehicles in August 2008.

Maruti Suzuki’s volume in the domestic A2 segment grew by 39.3 per cent. In the A3 segment the sales volume grew by 44.1 cent during the month as compared to sales in August 2008.

During the month the company crossed the milestone of 50,000 cumulative exports in this fiscal. A star is Maruti Suzuki’s flagship export model. A star, which was introduced internationally in January 2009, has been leading the export numbers since introduction. The major markets for this model in Europe include Germany, UK, France and Netherlands.

In the last week of August 2009, the company introduced the Estilo with a bolder new look and the latest, 1-litre, BS-IV compliant, K-series engine.

The sales figures for August 2009 are given below:

Segment	Models	August			Till August			April'08 - March'09
.		2009	2008	% Change	2009-10	2008-09	% Change
A1	M800	2734	3717	-26.4%	12649	25319	-50.0%	49383
C	Omni, Versa	6601	6540	0.9%	36136	33554	7.7%	77948
A2	Alto, Wagon-R, Estilo, Swift, A-Star, Ritz	52473	37667	39.3%	247321	197889	25.0%	511396
A3	SX4, D'zire	7821	5427	44.1%	36869	27376	34.7%	75928
Total Passenger Cars		69629	53351	30.5%	332975	284138	17.2%	714655
MUV	Gypsy, Grand Vitara	332	762	-56.4%	1929	2979	-35.2%	7489
Domestic		69961	54113	29.3%	334904	287117	16.6%	722144
Export		14847	5795	156.2%	54707	23918	128.7%	70023
Total Sales		84808	59908	41.6%	389611	311035	25.3%	792167

* A-star launched in November08, Ritz launched in May09, Grand Vitara 2.4 launched in July09.