Maruti's hold on best selling car models in India continues

According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data, the company's Dzire, Swift and WagonR were the second, third and fourth biggest selling models during the period.

Rival Hyundai's Grand i10 makes it to the fifth position during the April-August period, replacing hatchback Eon which moves on the seventh position.

The company's compact sedan Xcent takes sixth position replacing hatchback i10 from the top 10 list. Honda Cars India's sedan City stands at the eighth position. It replaces compact sedan Amaze, which now moves to 10th position. Maruti's Celerio occupies the ninth position during the April-august period of the current fiscal, followed by Honda Amaze at the 10th spot.

Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Alto sold 1,03,123 units in the April-August period this fiscal as compared to 91,665 units sold in the same period of previous fiscal.

It is followed by compact sedan Dzire, with 82,912 units sold during the period. The company had sold 75,112 units of the sedan in the same period of previous fiscal.

Similarly, compact hatchback Swift continues to hold on to the third position during the April-August period this fiscal with 80,861 units sold during the period. Swift sales stood at 72,733 units in same period of previous fiscal.

Wagon R, with 63,051 units sold during the period, comes at the fourth position in passenger car segment. MSI had sold 61,298 units of the hatchback in the same period of 2013-14.

Hyundai's Grand i10 comes in at fifth position, with 40,530 units sold during the period. It has sold 1,847 units in same period of previous fiscal.

The South Korean car-maker's compact sedan Xcent sold 33,685 units during the period to take sixth position while the company's entry level car Eon comes at seventh position with 32,171 units sold during the period as against 39,463 units in the April-August period of 2013-14.

Honda's mid-sized sedan City sold 30,447 units during the April-August period to become the eight largest selling model in India. It had sold 9,855 units in the year-ago period.

MSI's Celerio, which was launched earlier this year at the Auto Expo, with 29,591 units sold during the period stood at ninth position.

Honda's compact sedan Amaze sold 28,887 units in the April-August period to take the 10th spot. It had sold 28,610 units in April-August period of 2013-14.

Source: News in Hindi and Newspaper