Maruti Suzuki posts 7.1% rise in sales at 1,23,034 units in May

Country's largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday posted 7.1% increase in total sales at 1,23,034 units in May.

The company had sold 1,14,825 units in May 2015.

Domestic sales of the company rose 10.6% during the month to 1,13,162 units as against 1,02,359 units in the same month a year ago.

Sales of mini segment cars, including Alto and WagonR, however, declined by 5.6% to 33,105 units as compared with 35,062 units in the year-ago month, MSI said in a statement.

The company said sales of the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz, Dzire and Baleno surged 11% to 46,554 units in the reported month as against 41,926 units in May last year.

MSI said sales of its compact sedan Dzire Tour declined by 19.9% to 2,555 units during the month under review compared with 3,190 units in May 2015.

Sales of mid-sized sedan Ciaz soared 3.5% to 5,188 units in May.

Sales of utility vehicles including Gypsy, Grand Vitara, Ertiga, S-Cross and recently launched compact SUV Vitara Brezza surged over two-fold to 13,596 units in May from 5,567 units in the corresponding month last year.

Sales of vans -- Omni and Eeco -- rose 4.8% to 12,164 units in May as against to 11,602 units in the same period of the previous year.

Exports during the month declined by 20.8% to 9,872 units compared with 12,466 units in May 2015, MSI said.