Tata Motors reported sales of 49,647 vehicles (including exports) for September 2008, an increase of 3% compared to 48,347 vehicles sold in September last year. Cumulative sales for the company at 2,65,685 units grew by 1%.
Commercial Vehicles
The company`s sales of commercial vehicles in September 2008 in the domestic market were 28,648 units, an increase of 6% compared to 27,036 vehicles sold in September last year.
Light commercial vehical (LCV) sales were 15,927 units, a growth of 23% over September 2007. Medium & heavy commercial vehical (M&HCV) sales stood at 12,721 units, a decline of 10% over September 2007.
Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 145,740 units, a growth of 10% over 132,861 vehicles sold last year.
Cumulative LCV sales for the fiscal were 76,944 units, a growth of 20% over last year, while M&HCV sales at 68,796 units were flat compared to last year.
Passenger Vehicles
Total sales of passenger vehicles at 16,586 units in the domestic market grew by 6.5% over the previous month of August 08, but registered a decline of 2.5% over September last year. The Indica family sales at 8,598 units grew by 11% compared to the previous month and were limited by the ramp up of production of the new Indica Vista launched a month earlier.
As a result, the range showed a decline of 24% over last September. The Indica Vista is currently on a waiting list of 4-6 weeks and the company is taking all steps to ramp up production speedily, the company said in a release.
The Indigo family continues to have a good run with sales of 4,667 units, a 100.5% growth over September 2007. The Sumo and Safari accounted for sales of 3,321 units, a 1% growth compared to September 2007.
Cumulative sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal in the first six months were 97,905 units, a decline of 4.5% over the same period last year.
Exports
Exports at 4,413 vehicles in September 2008 grew by 3% compared to 4,305 vehicles in September 2007. The cumulative sales from exports for the fiscal at 22,040 units declined by 20% over 27,602 units in the same period last year.
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