Tata Motors reported a total sale (including exports) of 35,283 vehicles in October 2004, an increase of 31.3  per cent over 26,862 vehicles sold in October 2003. 

The sales for the period April - October, 2004 were 215,777, a jump of 30.5 per cent over 165,384 nos. sold in the corresponding period last year.

Commercial  vehicles (CV)
The company sold 16,667 vehicles in October 2004 in the domestic market, an increase of 29.6 per cent over October 2003 sales. Total CV sales in the domestic market at 100,620 nos. showed a growth of 30.7 per cent over 76,994 nos. sold in the same period last fiscal.

M&HCV sales for the first seven months of the year stood at 68,918 nos. (50937 nos. last year), representing a growth of 35.3 per cent, and LCV sales at 31,702 nos. (26,057 nos. last year) grew 21.7 per cent.

Passenger vehicles
The company became the official vehicle and country sponsor for India for the First India Asean Car Rally, being flagged off from Guwahati on November 22, 2004. The company achieved its highest sales ever in any month in October, crossing the 16,000-sale mark for the first time with a total sale of 16,332 nos. This was a growth of 33.2 per cent over October 2003 and the fifth occasion this calendar year when the company improved its best ever monthly performance. For the fiscal, cumulative sales at 102,280 nos. are growing by 29 per cent.

The overall sales in October were aided by robust Indica sales, which also had its best month ever with a sale of 9,634 nos. Cumulative sales for the fiscal at 62,090 nos. are growing by 32 per cent. The company launched a fourth intermediate variant of the Indica range in October, which has been received well. The Indigo Marina continued to have a strong demand pull in the second month of its launch with the Indigo family’s sales holding on to September peak levels, with a sale of 3,698 nos. The company’s offerings in the entry mid-size segment this fiscal are growing by 47.3 per cent this fiscal. Sumo and Safari sales at 3,000 nos. for the month and at 17,326 nos. for the fiscal are growing by 4.2 per cent.

Exports
The company’s exports for the month of October 2004 were 2,284 nos. as against 1,737 nos. sold in October 2003 .The cumulative export sales for the period April-October 2004 were 12,877 nos. an increase of 40.7 per cent over 9,153 nos. sold in the same period last year.