01 December,2009 12:22 PM IST | | IANS
Car major Maruti Suzuki Tuesday said sales for November stood at 87,807 units, a rise of 84 percent over the like month last year when the company was hit hardest due to a demand slowdown and sold only 47,704 vehicles.
"November 2008 was an exceptionally low sales month due to impact of economic slowdown. This year's November sales were, however, up 17.1 percent from that in November 2007," the company said in a statement.
For the period April-November, sales grew 29.4 percent over the like period of last year to 646,139 units.
Maruti's sales in the compact car (A2) segment comprising Alto, Wagon-R, Zen, Swift, Ritz and A-Star grew 60 percent over November 2008, it said.
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The company sold 56,005 units in this segment as against 34,976 units last year.
Sale of models in its mid-sized (A3) segment comprising SX4 and D'Zire rose 46.3 percent to 8,741 cars. Exports were at 11,448 units
