Sales Figure News

Answering questions about the company's current backlog of orders, Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki India said that the company’s total number of pending orders is more than 3.2 lakh units.

Total passenger vehicle sales in August 2023 stood at 3,59,228 units, a growth of 9.4 per cent compared to 3,28,376 vehicles sold during the same period last year.

The carmaker continued to see strong demand for its utility vehicles while sales for small cars such as the Alto and S-Presso declined year-on-year.

Mahindra reported SUV sales of 37,270 units in the domestic market while cumulative sales stood at 70,350 units.

In July 2023, the Indian auto industry’s collective retail sales stood at 17,70,181 units, a year-on-year growth of 10 per cent compared to 16,09,217 units sold in July 2022.

The Alto was first launched in 2000, and the moniker has been in the market for 23 years.

The company also has a massive backlog of 3,55,000 units.

In June 2023, the auto industry collective sold 17,11,379 vehicles, a combined sales output of passenger vehicles, two-wheelers, three-wheelers and quadricycle.