The country’s largest car company Maruti Suzuki India Limited has released its auto sales figures for November 2022. The company has sold a total of 1,59,044 units in the month of November, which is 14% more than the figures of November last year. In November 2021, the company’s total sales were 1,39,184 units.

39,746 units were sold in the passenger vehicles segment.
Total sales for the month of November include domestic sales of 1,35,055 units, OEM sales of 4,251 units and exports of 19,738 units. The shortage of electronic components had a minor impact on the production of vehicles mainly in domestic models. The company took all possible measures in the utility vehicle segment to minimize the impact. Maruti sold 32,563 vehicles in the utility vehicle segment in November this year. The passenger vehicles segment (which includes cars and vans) posted sales of 39,746 units last month.

Talking about exports this month, the company sold 19,738 vehicles. In the light commercial vehicle segment, Maruti sold 2,660 vehicles in November 2022. Meanwhile, it was also reported recently that Maruti Suzuki India expects the company’s sales network to touch the 3,700 mark by the end of this financial year. According to a senior company official, the focus is on increasing the production capacity at the Manesar plant to 1 lakh units to meet the increased demand.

Maruti crosses 3,500 car sales outlets
The country’s largest carmaker Maruti has crossed 3,500 car sales outlets, more than double the 1,300 dealerships it had a decade ago. The company on Friday inaugurated its 3,500th outlet, the Nexa Sales Unit, in Hyderabad. Maruti Suzuki India currently has a presence in around 2,250 cities and towns in India. The company has added 237 sales outlets in 2021-22 and 170 outlets between April-October in this financial year.

Likely to touch 3,700 outlets in March
“We are likely to touch 3,700 outlets by the end of March,” said Shashank Srivastava, senior executive officer, marketing and sales, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI). Presently, both the Manesar and Gurugram plants of the company have a cumulative production capacity of over 1.5 million units per annum. Apart from this, the company has a production capacity of up to 7.5 lakh units from the Gujarat plant.