SUV rush continues to add thunder to Maruti Suzuki sales in May

  • Maruti Suzuki witnessed a significant surge in sales numbers in May 2023.
Maruti Suzuki continued its march of dominance in the Indian car market in the month of May (2023). The country's largest car maker sold a total of 178,083 passenger vehicle units, including both domestic and overseas sales. 
Domestic sales of Maruti Suzuki stood at 146,596 units last month while exports were at 26,477 units. A sizeable chunk of sales for the company is now coming from utility vehicles.
While small and hatchback models have been the traditional strong point for Maruti Suzuki for decades, the company has now bet big on utility vehicles. As many as 46,243 units of such vehicles were sold in May.
The Brezza, for instance, is a very popular model in the sub-four-meter segment. The SUV was given a significant update in 2022 and has since continued its march in the Indian automotive market.
Then there is the Grand Vitara mid-size SUV that too was launched in 2022 as an entirely new product. There is a strong hybrid version of this SUV and this is the flagship model at present.
The only concern area for Maruti Suzuki, as well as most other OEMs, are sedans Maruti sold just 992 units of the Ciaz last month. Popularity of sedans have fallen significantly in the past few years as people move towards SUV body type.
The bread and butter for the company, however, remain its smallest vehicles. A total of 83,655 units of hatchbacks like Maruti Alto K10, WagonR, among others, were sold last month. The company may be going big with its SUV foray but officials underline that the momentum in India will still be coming in from such vehicles.
Going forward, Maruti is expected to further cement its position of sheer dominance even though supply-side issues continue to be a challenge for the industry as a whole.
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SUVs played a key role in the sales growth of the automaker.
Maruti Suzuki continued its march of dominance in the Indian car market in the month of May (2023). The country's largest car maker sold a total of 178,083 passenger vehicle units, including both domestic and overseas sales. 
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Maruti Suzuki continued its march of dominance in the Indian car market in the month of May (2023). The country's largest car maker sold a total of 178,083 passenger vehicle units, including both domestic and overseas sales. 
Domestic sales of Maruti Suzuki stood at 146,596 units last month while exports were at 26,477 units. A sizeable chunk of sales for the company is now coming from utility vehicles.
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Domestic sales of Maruti Suzuki stood at 146,596 units last month while exports were at 26,477 units. A sizeable chunk of sales for the company is now coming from utility vehicles.
While small and hatchback models have been the traditional strong point for Maruti Suzuki for decades, the company has now bet big on utility vehicles. As many as 46,243 units of such vehicles were sold in May.
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While small and hatchback models have been the traditional strong point for Maruti Suzuki for decades, the company has now bet big on utility vehicles. As many as 46,243 units of such vehicles were sold in May.
The Brezza, for instance, is a very popular model in the sub-four-meter segment. The SUV was given a significant update in 2022 and has since continued its march in the Indian automotive market.
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The Brezza, for instance, is a very popular model in the sub-four-meter segment. The SUV was given a significant update in 2022 and has since continued its march in the Indian automotive market.
Then there is the Grand Vitara mid-size SUV that too was launched in 2022 as an entirely new product. There is a strong hybrid version of this SUV and this is the flagship model at present.
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Then there is the Grand Vitara mid-size SUV that too was launched in 2022 as an entirely new product. There is a strong hybrid version of this SUV and this is the flagship model at present.
The only concern area for Maruti Suzuki, as well as most other OEMs, are sedans Maruti sold just 992 units of the Ciaz last month. Popularity of sedans have fallen significantly in the past few years as people move towards SUV body type.
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The only concern area for Maruti Suzuki, as well as most other OEMs, are sedans Maruti sold just 992 units of the Ciaz last month. Popularity of sedans have fallen significantly in the past few years as people move towards SUV body type.
The bread and butter for the company, however, remain its smallest vehicles. A total of 83,655 units of hatchbacks like Maruti Alto K10, WagonR, among others, were sold last month. The company may be going big with its SUV foray but officials underline that the momentum in India will still be coming in from such vehicles.
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The bread and butter for the company, however, remain its smallest vehicles. A total of 83,655 units of hatchbacks like Maruti Alto K10, WagonR, among others, were sold last month. The company may be going big with its SUV foray but officials underline that the momentum in India will still be coming in from such vehicles.
Going forward, Maruti is expected to further cement its position of sheer dominance even though supply-side issues continue to be a challenge for the industry as a whole.
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Going forward, Maruti is expected to further cement its position of sheer dominance even though supply-side issues continue to be a challenge for the industry as a whole.

Maruti Suzuki on Thursday announced that it sold a total of 178,083 cars in May 2023, which combines both domestic sales numbers and exports to overseas countries. The automaker registered sales of 146,596 units in the domestic market last month, while sales to other OEMs like Toyota were 5,010 units, and it exported 26,477 units to other countries.

Just like the last several months, in May 2023 as well, a large chunk of Maruti Suzuki India's sales came from the utility vehicle segment, which recorded 46,243 units, as compared to 28,051 units sold in the same month of 2022. In the utility vehicle segment, Maruti Suzuki sells models like Brezza, Ertiga, Fronx, Grand Vitara, S-Cross and XL6. The automaker claims that in the first two months of this financial year, it sold 82,997 units of SUVs and crossovers, which is significantly higher than the 61,992 units recorded in the same period of last fiscal. The automaker also sold 12,818 Eeco vans last month.

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In the mid-size sedan segment, where Maruti Suzuki Ciaz is the company's only offering, it clocked 992 units last month, up from 586 units registered in May 2022. Maruti Suzuki also said that it sold 2,009 units of Ciaz in this fiscal so far, up from 1,165 units sold in the first two months of last financial year.

In the hatchback and compact sedan segment, the automaker claims to have sold 83,655 units in May this year, slightly down from 85,355 units sold in May last year. In the mini segment, where the auto company sells Alto and S-Presso, it registered a subtle dip in sales with 12,236 units sold, compared to 17,408 units recorded in May 2022. In the compact car segment, however, the company witnessed a slight surge in sales last month, with 71,419 units sold last month, compared to 67,947 units sold in May 2022.

The automaker, in an official release, said that the shortage of electronic components like microchips had a minor impact on the vehicle production.

First Published Date: 01 Jun 2023, 12:56 PM IST
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