Maruti Suzuki's sales down 9.2 per cent in Aug'2008

India’s big car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has reported a 9.2% drop in sales during August this year. In a conference statement, the company said that it sold 59,908 vehicles in the month under consideration as against 65,968 units recorded in August 2007.

Passenger car segments in the A1, A2, A3 and C categories recorded a dip of 11 per cent during the month under consideration.

A total of 59,944 passenger cars like Alto, Swift, Wagon-R and M-800 were sold in August, 2008 as against 53,351 in the corresponding month of last year.