Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest car-maker on Saturday reported a 14.4 per cent fall in total sales in May this year at 84,677 units, while two and three-wheeler maker TVS reported a 6.17 per cent decline in its total sales for the same month at 1,65,151 units.
However riding mainly on the launch of its sedan Amaze, Honda Cars India ltd logged a significant 9.8 per cent increase in its domestic sales for May 2013 at 11,342 units, its highest ever monthly sales.
Showing a major jump in its sales, France-based auto major Renault reported a 13-fold increase in sales in India in May at 6,013 units, owing mainly to the popularity of its SUV Duster.
Hyundai Motor India ltd reported a meagre 2.1 per cent increase in its total sales in May at 56,856 units as against 55,669 in the same month last year. Maruti Suzuki India had posted a total sales of 98,884 units in the corresponding month last year. For May, the firm reported 13 per cent decline in domestic sales at 77,821 units, over 89,478 units in May, 2012, MSI said in a statement.
MSI’s exports last month went down by 27.1 per cent to 6,856 units from 9,406 units in the year-ago period, the company said.