New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- Riding on the back of festive season demand and wide product portfolio, Maruti Suzuki managed to reverse negative trend in car sales in October but many of its rivals and bike makers continued to witness decline in sales.
Maruti sold a total of 1,44,277 units (inclusive of OEM sales) during October, 2019 in the domestic market recording a 4.5 per cent growth over the same month a year ago. While it witnessed decline in sales of mini cars such as Alto and S-Presso, the compact segment including New WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno and Dzire posted a healthy growth of 16 per cent year-on-year.
Close rival and Korean carmaker Hyundai India sold 50,010 units in domestic market during October this year, down 3.6 per c...