Automakers posted record sales in October, with the festive season drawing more customers to showrooms and dealers also stocking up to meet demand.

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Maruti Suzuki India, TVS Motor Co, Tata Motors, Hero Honda Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra. Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Ford India, Hyundai Motor India and General Motors India — all posted higher sales in the month.

Maruti posted a 39% jump in sales to 118,908 vehicles (85,415 vehicles). Despatches in October were the highest in a month, beating the previous high of 108,006 units in September and making the October the fifth month ever when sales in any month crossed the 100,000 mark.

This October, even domestic sales breached the one lakh unit sales for the first time ever at 107,555 units (71,551 units).

As per its capacity expansion plan, Maruti raised output at its two factories by 10% last month to meet increased festival season.

Capacity constraints have led to waiting periods of 15 days to a few months on as many as 11 of Maruti’s 15 car models.

Sales of Maruti small cars, including the Alto, Alto-K10, A-star, WagonR, Ritz, Estilo and Swift, rose 51% from a year earlier to 77,502 units, while sales of sedans SX4 and Dzire jumped 32% to 11,621 units.

Maruti also sold 15,379 Omni and Eeco multipurpose vehilces, up 50%, while sales of Gypsy and Vitara SUVs more than doubled to 422 units. Exports, however, dropped 18% to 11,353 vehicles.

Tata Motors, India’s biggest auto maker by sales, saw passenger vehicle sales rise by 22 per cent to 24,478 units (20,011 units).

The company dispatched 3,065 Nano mini cars, up 2% from a year earlier but down 44.5% from the 5,520 cars sold in September; 8103 units of the world’s cheapest car were sold in August.

Sales at Mahindra, India’s largest utility vehicle maker by sales, were up 34% at 34,495. The company sold 15,908 units of its SUV Scorpio and utility vehicles Xylo and Bolero, up 21%. Exports more than doubled to 2,004 units. Ford India’s sales surged to 9,026 vehicles from 3,458 a year earlier, boosted by strong demand for small car Figo, which it launched this March.

Figo sales since launch crossed the 50,000 unit mark (at 52,644 units) and the company extended its footprint by opening dealerships in Kathmandu.

Toyota reported 17% growth to 6,602 vehicles (5,650 vehicles). Toyota’s Etios small car is scheduled for launch on December 1.

Hyundai Motor India Ltd. posted its highest-ever local sales of 34,725 vehicles in October, up 23% from 28,301 a year earlier. Exports, however, fell 25% to 17,500.

In two-wheelers, Hero Honda sold a record number of two-wheelers in October. Sales crossed the half million mark to 505,553, up 43% from 354,156 units and beating the previous high of 435,933 in May.

TVS Motor’s two- and three-wheeler sales rose 48% in October to 195,271 units from 131,941 a year earlier, surpassing the previous monthly high of 188,005 in September.

Motorcycle sales at the country’s third-largest two-wheeler maker by sales grew 49% to 84,233 units, while scooter sales jumped 58% to 44,659.

General Motors India said its sales rose 36% to 10,051 units, helped by higher demand for the Beat and the Spark.