Friday, March 22, 2019
By Manoj Kumawat
Maruti Suzuki Alto declared to be the best selling PV model
Maruti Suzuki’s Alto has recently earned the title of best selling Passenger Vehicle (PV) model in February for crossing 24,751 units as the company has swept off the top six spots. Alto had also taken MSI’s compact sedan Dzire which was the best selling model in the same month last year. Maruti Suzuki’s Alto had also sold 19,941 units of car in the month of February last year.
As per the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), this PV model has sold 19,941 units in February 2018.
As per the sale record data of this year, the top 10 vehicle models are inclusive of:
- Dzire slipped to the fourth position selling 15,915 units as against 20,941 units in February last year.
- The second best selling model last month i.e. hatchback Swift with 18,224 units, up from third spot last year when it sold 17,291 units.
- Maruti Suzuki’s Baleno- premium hatchback was in the third place with 17,944 units, up from the fourth in the year-ago month when it sold 15,807 units.
- The new WagonR sold 15,661 units to be in the fifth position, the same as the previous generation WagonR which clocked 14,029 units in February 2018.
- On number six was the compact SUV Vitara Brezza selling 11,613 units, improving one position from last February when it sold 11,620 units.
- Hyundai Motor India Ltd's (HMIL) Elite i20 was the seventh best selling model last month with 11,547 units, down a position from the year-ago month when it sold 13,378 units.
- HMIL's popular SUV Creta was the eighth best selling PV model in February with 10,206 units, improving its position by a notch from February 2018 when it sold 9,278 units.
- The company's compact car Grandi10 was in the ninth position with 9,065 units, a spot down from the year-ago month when it sold 10,198 units.
- Tata Motors' hatchback Tiago made it to the top ten best selling passenger vehicles list with 8,286 units, replacing Mahindra & Mahindra's utility vehicle Bolero which sold 8,001 units in February 2018.
