Tata Motors: Total vehicle sales at 41,338 units, up 17.2 %;exports up 94.1 %
November 2, 2005

Tata Motors reported a total sale of 41,338 vehicles (including exports) for the month of October '05, a growth of 17.2 per cent over 35,283 vehicles sold in October last year. Cumulative sales for the company at 2,36,304 units are growing by 9.5 per cent.

Commercial vehicles
The company’s sales of commercial vehicles in October '05 in the domestic market were 19,700 units, an increase of 18.2 per cent over 16,667 vehicles sold in October last year. M&HCV sales stood at 11,520 units, while LCV sales were 8,180 units.

Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 107,045 units.

Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the period April - July 2004 were 53,092

Passenger vehicles
The passenger vehicle business reported a total sale of 17,205 vehicles in the domestic market in October '05, an increase of 5.4 per cent over 16,332 vehicles in October '04.

Cumulative sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 1,01,347 units.

Exports
The company's sales from exports were 4,433 vehicles in October '05 as compared to 2,284 vehicles in October '04, an increase of 94.1 per cent. The cumulative sales from exports in the current period at 27,912 units. have recorded a 116.8 per cent growth over the corresponding figures for the previous period.