With 150,525 units sold in 2018-19, Toyota-Kirloskar Motors saw sales grow by seven percent from 140,645 units in the previous year. While the company said that demand for the Innova and Fortuner continued, there was a slowdown in consumer spending ahead of polls and demand has slowed down in the past few months, sales growth in March 2019 over the same month last year was just two per cent. Toyota and Suzuki Motor Corporation, parent of Maruti-Suzuki recently announced a partnership by which Toyota would sell versions of the Ciaz and Ertiga through Toyota dealerships and would also be producing the Vitara Brezza at their manufacturing plant at Bidar, Karnataka. In addition, Toyota would sell cars produced by Maruti-Suzuki in the African market.