India's Maruti Suzuki Feb vehicle sales up 1.3 pct

Sat Mar 1, 2008 12:30am EST
 
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MUMBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - India's biggest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MRTI.BO) said on Saturday it sold 63,822 vehicles in February, up 1.3 percent from 62,999 units last year.

In a statement, Maruti said it sold 59,311 units in the domestic market, up 0.4 percent from 59,095 units a year earlier. Its exports rose 15.5 percent to 4,511 units from last year's 3,904 units.

Maruti, which has nearly half the Indian market with such popular models as the Alto and the Swift hatchback, is 54.2-percent-owned by Suzuki Motor Corp (7269.T). (Reporting by Bharghavi Nagaraju; editing by Louise Heavens)

 
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