Maruti Suzuki India maintained its leadership position in the domestic passenger vehicle market in December, with six of its models featuring in the top 10 brands last month.
According to the latest data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), in the top 10 best passenger vehicles, Maruti’s Alto retained the top position last month, with 22,589 units, as against 22,296 units in December, 2014.
The company’s compact hatchback Wagon R was grabbed the second spot with 14,645 units compared with 12,329 units in the same month last year.
Other MSIL premium hatchback Swift was third, selling 14,548 units, as against 17,410 units in the year ago month. Further, the company’s compact sedan DZire stood fourth with 13,176 units, as compared to 15,526 units a year ago.
Maruti's newly-launched Baleno made it to the sixth rank with sale of 10,572 units and its small hatchback Celerio grabbed the eighth spot with 8,019 units.
Korean car maker Hyundai Motor India’s Grand i10 moved to the fifth spot with 12,749 units in December, from seventh in the same month in 2014 with 8,210 unit sales.
Mahindra & Mahindra’s Bolero continued to be in top ten at ninth position with a sale of 7,133 units. Renault’s entry level car Kwid made it to the top ten list with sale of 6,888 units in December.
Honda’s mid sized sedan City and Hyundai’s entry level model Eon were the noteworthy exclusions from the list last month.
French carmaker Renault’s entry level car Kwid also made it to the list last month.
BW Reporters
The author is Senior Correspondent with BW Businessworld
