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Maruti Suzuki sales jump 5.27%

Maruti Suzuki has reported a 5.27% jump in total sales (including exports) during September 2008, at 71,000 units, against 67,448 units in the same month last year. The company’s domestic sales stood at 64,682 units in September this year, compared with 63,086 units in the same month a year ago, up 2.53 percent. Maruti’s exports grew 44.84% in September 2008, at 6,318 units, against 4,362 units in the corresponding month last year.

Sales of the M800 went down by 33.6% in September 2008, at 3,467 units, against 5,221 units in September last year. A2 segment (comprising Alto, Zen Estilo , Swift and WagonR ) sales stood at 45,621 units in September 2008, against 46,216 units in the same month last year, a decline of 1.29%.

Maruti posted a growth of 51.75% in the A3 segment (consisting of SX4, Swift Dzire and Esteem) at 7,413 units in September 2008, against 4,885 units in the corresponding month last year. The company’s total passenger car sales went up by 1.99% to 63,917 units in September 2008, against 62,672 units in the same month last year.

[Via: Indiaautomotive]

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Waiting period for Swift Dzire extends to 6 Months!!

The waiting period for Swift Dzire is anywhere between 5 and 9 months.When the Swift was launched dealers had said that the car had a waitlist of around two months. According to Hindustan Times, Maruti has admitted that 20,000 dzire bookings are still unserved. Maruti has delivered only 22,000 DZire cars to customers since its launch.

What makes the matter further worse is? you cannot expect a major breakthrough anytime soon. Maruti Suzuki is only producing 4500 units of dzire every month much lesser than the demand.
The Manesar plant at which Dzire would be assembled would only reach its full capacity by 2009. Till then wait,wait and wait….

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