NEW DELHI: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported a 27.1 per cent increase in total sales at 1,44,396 units in January as against 1,13,606 in the year-ago period.The company's domestic sales stood at 1,33,934 units, up 25.9 per cent from 1,06,383 in January last year, MSI said in a statement.Sales of mini segment cars, including, Alto and WagonR , grew by 10.9 per cent to 37,928 units during the month under review compared with 34,206 in January 2016, MSI said in a statement.The auto major further said sales of the compact segment comprising Swift Dzire and Baleno jumped 25.2 per cent to 55,817 units last month as against 44,575 in the year-ago month.MSI said sales of its compact sedan Dzire Tour , however, declined by 15.3 per cent during the month under review at 3,001 units. Sales of mid-sized sedan Ciaz increased by 20.2 per cent to 6,530 units during the month.Sales of utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara, Ertiga, S-Cross and compact SUV Vitara Brezza surged 101 per cent to 16,313 units in January, from 8,114 in the same month of 2016.Sales of vans -- Omni and Eeco -- also went up 34.9 per cent to 14,179 units last month as against 10,512 units in the year-ago period.Exports in January this year rose 44.8 per cent to 10,462 units as compared with 7,223 in the same month last year, MSI said.

Source: Economic Times February 01, 2017 05:50 UTC