Tata Motors: Total vehicle sales at 35,598 units, up 11.4 per cent
January 4, 2006

Tata Motors reported a total sale of 35,598 vehicles (including exports) for the month of December '05, a growth of 11.4 per cent over 31,951 vehicles sold in December last year. Cumulative sales for the company at 3,06,184 units are growing by 9.7 per cent.

Commercial vehicles
The company’s sales of commercial vehicles in December '05 in the domestic market were 18,730 units, an increase of 1.4 per cent over 18,467 vehicles sold in the same period last year. M&HCV sales stood at 11,110 units, while LCV sales were 7,620 units.

Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 1,43,469 units.

Passenger vehicles
The passenger vehicle business reported a total sale of 13,037 vehicles in the domestic market in December '05, an increase of 35.4 per cent over December '04. The Indica sold 6,977 units, an increase of 40 per cent over December '04. The Indigo family registered sales of 2,753 units, an increase of 29 per cent over December '04. The Sumo and Safari accounted for sales of 3,307 units, an increase of 32 per cent over December '04. The company’s retail sales at around 24,000 units in December '05 was the highest ever in any month. Its retail promotion scheme of ‘Drive Away A Millionaire’ on the occasion of the 1-million sales milestone being crossed earlier in October met with a stupendous response across the country.

Cumulative sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 1,27,510 units, an increase of 2 per cent over the same period last fiscal.

Exports
The company's sales from exports were 3,831 vehicles in December '05 as compared to 3,857 vehicles in December '04, a decrease of 0.7 per cent. The cumulative sales from exports in the current period at 35,205 units have recorded a 82.4 per cent growth over the corresponding figures for the previous period.