Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, the nation's biggest passenger car creator, said March domestic passenger car sales rose 13.3% from a year sooner to 147,170 units, led by growth across segment.
The Utility Vehicle (UV) fragment, excluded under passenger cars, grew 24.3% to 22,764 units in March, driven by sales of Maruti's Vitara Brezza and S-Cross models.
It is regularly seen in March that auto firms dispatch more to their dealerships in an offer to sell unsold stock before shutting represents the financial year.
Vehicle producers in India report dispatches to dealerships as sales.
The compact car segment containing Baleno, Swift and Ignis hatchbacks timed offers of 68,885 units, rising 13.5% from a year-back.
Sales in the mini car segment , involving old workhorses Alto and WagonR, rose 21.1% to 37,511 units.
In the interim, sales of the mid- sized Ciaz vehicle declined 12.1% to 4,321 units, in accordance with a pattern common since July 2017, when the governement pulled back the advantages reached out to half and half models under the GST regime.
Tata Motors Ltd on Sunday said it posted offers of 20,266 units in domestic passenger vehicles in March, a 31.3% ascent from the year-back period.
The development was on the back of expanding interest for the organization's minimized SUV Nexon and full-bodied SUV Hexa as the utility vehicle portion developed by 223%, demonstrating a pattern of developing client base for the utility vehicle section, the organization said in a public statement.
Demand was additionally driven by the Tiago hatchback and Tigor minimized car, however the general traveler auto fragment declined by 4%, the organization included.
