India’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, sold a total of 144396 units in January 2017. This includes 133934 units in domestic market and 10462 units of exports. The Company had sold a total of 113606 units in January 2016.
The company saw higher retail during the demonetization as Maruti Suzuki was offering massive discounts across range except on the Baleno and Vitara Brezza.
The company recently launched the Ignis premium compact hatchback and refreshed WagonR with a new version VXi+.
The Ignis has received decent response with over 10,000 booking withing a weeks launch.
The company also celebrated the 200th NEXA outlet in India making it the fastest growing auto retail channel in India, which is present in 121 cities. With 3 models on sale – S-Cross, Baleno & Ignis put together the company has sold over 1,85,000 vehicles since its inception, the bulk coming from the premium hatchback Baleno.
The Compact SUV Vitara Brezza also achieved a new milestone of crossing over 200,000 bookings in India.
The sales figures for January 2017 are given below:
