Maruti Suzuki sales jump 10% in November; Hyundai sales fall 7%

Maruti Suzuki India on Sunday reported that its total sales in November grew 10 percent year-on-year to 1,81,531 units.
The automaker had dispatched 1,64,439 units to its dealers in November last year.
Total domestic passenger vehicle wholesales stood at 1,41,312 units as against 1,34,158 units in the same month a year ago, a growth of 5 percent.
Sales of mini segment cars, including Alto and S-Presso, stood at 9,750 units as against 9,959 units in November 2023. The Sales of compact cars including Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis, Swift, Tour S and WagonR declined to 61,373 units as against 64,679 units in the same month a year ago.
Sales of utility vehicles such as Brezza, Ertiga, Grand Vitara and XL6 stood at 59,003 units last month as against 49,016 units earlier. Van Eeco sales stood at 10,589 units last month as against 10,226 units in November 2023, while light commercial vehicle Super Carry sales stood at 2,926 units as against 2,509 units. MSI said its exports stood at 28,633 units last month as against 22,950 units in the same month last year.
Hyundai Motor Sales Hyundai Motor India on Sunday said its total sales in November declined 7 percent year-on-year to 61,252 units. The automaker said in a statement that it had dispatched 65,801 units to its dealers in November last year. Domestic sales declined 2 percent year-on-year to 48,246 units last month as against 49,451 units in the same period a year ago. Exports also declined 20 per cent year-on-year to 13,006 units last month.
Tarun Garg, Whole-time Director and Chief Operating Officer, Hyundai Motor India, said the company’s efforts to strengthen SUV dominance continued in November as well and SUVs contributed 68.8 percent to total domestic sales. Tata Motors Sales Tata Motors Ltd on Sunday said its total sales in November rose marginally to 74,753 units as against 74,172 units in the same month last year.
Tata Motors said in a statement that total domestic sales last month rose 1 per cent to 73,246 units as against 72,647 units in November 2023. Total passenger vehicle (PV) sales, including EVs, stood at 47,117 units, up 2 percent from 46,143 units in the same month a year ago. Similarly, domestic PV sales, including EVs, rose 2 per cent to 47,063 units as against 46,068 units in November 2023.
Total commercial vehicle sales last month declined 1 percent to 27,636 units as against 28,029 units in the same period last year. Eicher Motors sales Eicher Motors Ltd on Sunday said its arm VE Commercial Vehicles recorded a 7.3 percent growth in total sales at 5,574 units in November 2024 as compared to the same month last year.

By Priyanka Roy