Country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India continued its hold on the Indian passenger vehicles segment with six of its models featuring in the top ten selling list in the first half of this fiscal, thereby helping the company maintain its market share. According to data from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Maruti Suzuki India’s (MSI) entry level car Alto retained its position as the best selling model in April-September period this fiscal with 1,20,720 units, albeit a decline of 7.93 per cent as compared with 1,31,128 units in the year-ago period.
With six of its models in top ten best selling list, MSI maintained its share of 47.2 per cent in the domestic passenger vehicles market. The company sold a total of 7,05,287 units in the April-September period this fiscal while the total industry passenger vehicles sales stood at 14,94,039 units. In the same period last year, the company’s market share was 47.29 per cent selling 6,28,963 units out of an industry total of 13,29,874 units.
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