Maruti sales continue to vroom

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. sold a total of 95,649 vehicles in January 2010. This included 14,562 units of exports. This was the highest ever domestic as well as total sales for the company. Maruti had sold 67,005 vehicles in the domestic market in January 2009. For April-January 2009-10, sales grew 31.8% to 826,592 units over the like period in last fiscal. Maruti's sales in the compact car (A2) segment rose 24.8% at 58,540 units over January 2009. Sale of models in its mid-sized (A3) segment grew by 36.5% to 8,995 cars in January this year.