Leading automaker Maruti Suzuki on Monday reported a year-on-year sales growth of 4.3% in January.

The automaker has sold a total of 160,752 units of which, 142,604 units in the domestic market. However,  the company reported a minor dip in sales of its mini and compact vehicles last month in comparison to January of 2020 but the overall momentum was good.  The vehicles which registered good performance in the UV sub-segment includes Ertiga, S-Cross, XL6 and Vitara Brezza. As many as 23,887 units from this sub-segment were sold last month vis-a-vis 16,460 units a year earlier - a growth of 45.1%. It is important to note here, however, that the S-Cross and Vitara Brezza had received updates in the months after January of 2020.

Maruti Suzuki had sold around eight thousand more units a year ago. Ciaz sedan manages to hold on for now and 1,347 units of the car were sold last month as against 835 in January of 2020 - a positive change of 61.3%.

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