Tata Motors: Total vehicle sales at 46635 units, up 19.6 per cent
February 2, 2006

Tata Motors reported a total sale of 46,635 vehicles (including exports) for the month of January '06, a growth of 19.6 per cent over 39,000 vehicles sold in January last year. Cumulative sales for the company at 352,819 units are growing by 10.9 per cent.

Commercial vehicles
The company’s sales of commercial vehicles in January '06 in the domestic market were 21,301 units, an increase of 25.3 per cent over 17,003 vehicles sold in January last year. M&HCV sales stood at 13,086 units, while LCV sales were 8,215 units.

Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 164,770 units.

Passenger cars
The passenger car business reported its highest ever monthly sales with an achievement of 20,765 vehicles, in the domestic market in January '06, a growth of 15 per cent over January '05. The Indica grew by 18.7 per cent at 12,640 units – the sales being the highest ever in any month primarily on account of good demand for the January '06 introduced Indica V2 Xeta Petrol and the October '05 introduced Indica V2 Turbo Diesel. The Indigo range grew by 15.6 per cent with a sale of 3,865 units. The Sumo and Safari accounted for sales of 4,260 units, a growth of 5 per cent.

Cumulative sales of passenger cars in the domestic market for the fiscal were 148,275 units, a growth of 3.7 per cent.

Exports
The company's sales from exports were 4,569 vehicles in January '06 as compared to 3,943 vehicles in January '05, an increase of 15.9 per cent. The cumulative sales from exports in the current period at 39,774 units have recorded a 71.1 per cent growth over the corresponding figures for the previous period.