Tata Engineering reported a sale of 21431 vehicles in March 2001 – an increase of 45% over February sales of 14759 vehicles and has ended the financial year with a cumulative sale of 170599 nos.

Commercial Vehicles
Commercial vehicle sales at 12522 nos. registered a jump of 49% over February sales of 8400 nos. The Company sold 8169 Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles, which is an increase of 54% over February sales of 5291 nos. and 4353 Light Commercial Vehicles, an increase of 40% over the 3109 vehicles sold in February ’01. Sales of Commercial Vehicles in the year 2000-01 stood at 84914 nos.

Passenger Cars
March 2001 saw the passenger car business unit of the Company register two milestones - achievement of the 100,000^th sale of the Indica and the re-.emergence of the Sumo as the number 1 selling multi-utility vehicle after 3 years. The passenger car business unit registered a sale of 8909 vehicles in March 2001 which was a growth of 39.8% over February 2001. The Company achieved a cumulative sale of 71961 nos. for the financial year and retained its position amongst the top 3 largest selling automobile companies in the country.

Indica continued its robust performance with a sale of 5255 nos. in March - a growth of 44% over February 2001 - and ended the year with a cumulative sale of 43,823 cars in the domestic market.

Utility vehicle sales ended on a high of 3625 vehicles in March ’01 - a growth of 34% over February ’01 - and the Company registered a cumulative sale of 27899 vehicles for the financial year. Sumo sales grew by 3% over the previous financial year in a market which has witnessed a negative growth for practically all brands.

Exports
Exports recorded an increase of 17.2% in the year 2000-2001 with exports touching 13724 vehicles as against 11709 vehicles in the corresponding period of the previous year.