Car sales spring surprise in Sept

  • 14/10/2008

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)

BS Reporter / Mumbai October 14, 2008, 0:10 IST Two-wheelers too soar 14.51% After recording a fall in sales for two consecutive months, the car segment surprised experts with a marginal gain of 2.83 per cent by selling 108,823 units in a relatively slack month of September, which is when buyers generally postpone their purchase to the festive period. The price-sensitive car segment had recorded a fall of 1.70 per cent and 4.35 per cent during July and August this year. Market leader Maruti Suzuki witnessed a fall of 1.3 per cent in sales in the A2 segment, which is also the volume generating segment comprising compact cars such as Alto, Wagon R, Zen Estilo and Swift. This was the company