Maruti December sales jump 8.5% to 1,19,149 units

India's Largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki on Friday reported a 8.5% increase in total sales in December at 1,19,149 units as against 1,09,791 units in the same month in 2014.

The company reported increase of 13.5% during the month to 1,11,333 units as against 98,109 units in December 2014 in its domestic sales.

On the other hand, the number of passenger cars also increased by 11.6% to 91,043 units as compared to 81,564 units in the year-ago month.

In a BSE filling, the company reported its sale of vans -- Omni and Eeco -- rising 3.3% to 11,122 units in December 2015 as compared to 10,771 units in the same period of last year.

Exports during the month declined 33.1% to 7,816 units as compared to 11,682 units in December 2014.