India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki on Saturday said its sales in October has dipped seven per cent at 64,490 units, against 69,415 units in the same month last year.
The domestic sales stood at 59,127 units compared with 64,258 units in the same month a year ago, down eight per cent, the company said in a statement.
However, exports also grew four per cent at 5,363 units, against 5,157 units in the corresponding month last year.
Sale of its once bread-and-butter model M800 dipped 26 per cent at 3,307 units, against 4,477 units last year.
The A2 segment (comprising Alto, Zen Estilo, Swift and WagonR) sales stood at 43,434 units, against 47,077 units, registering a decline of 7.70 per cent.
The company, however, managed to post a good growth of 29.6 per cent in the A3 segment (consisting of SX4, Swift DZiRE and Esteem) selling 5,412 units, against 4,177 units last year.
MSI's total passenger-car sales dropped by 8.30 per cent to 58,515 units, against 63,841 units last year.
Sales in its multi-utility vehicle segment (comprising Gypsy and Vitara) soared 46 per cent to 612 units from 417 units.
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