Maruti Suzuki posts flat sales in June

After selling 100,709 cars in April (+27.29%) and 102,359 units in May (+13.03%) albeit on lower year-on-year bases, Maruti Suzuki India has reported total domestic sales of 102,626 units in June 2015, a year-on-year growth of 1.8% (June 2014: 100,964). With this, the carmaker wraps up the first quarter of FY2015-16 with 341,329 units, a growth of 13.8% over the same period the previous year (270,643 units).

In June, Maruti felt the pressure of slowing sales for the entry level duo of the Alto and Wagon R sold 34,336 units, down 27.9% (June 2014: 47,618), which could be a pointer to slowing sales from the rural market and Tier 2 and 3 towns.  

Demand for the compact car quartet comprising the Swift, Celerio, Ritz and Dzire remained high at 45,701 units, up 24.4% (June 2014: 36,741) while the Dzire Tour (for cabs and fleet operators) sold 2,893 units as compared to 1,542 units in June 2014.

The premium Ciaz sedan sold around 3,700 units, which means it has crossed cumulative sales of 45,000 units since its launch in September 2014.

On the export front, Maruti Suzuki sold 12,130 units, up 2.7% (June 2014: 11,809) while for Q1 FY16 it has shipped a total of 35,635 cars, up 21.8% (Q1 FY15: 29,251).