Tata Motors vehicle sales up by 44.5 per cent
August 01, 2006

Tata Motors reported a total sale of 45,056 vehicles (including exports) for the month of July 2006, a growth of 44.5 per cent over 31,173 vehicles sold in July last year. Cumulative sales for the company at 1,71,210 are growing by 44.3 per cent.

Commercial vehicles sales
The company's sales of commercial vehicles in July 2006 in the domestic market were 21,534 vehicles, an increase of 54.3 per cent over 13,957 vehicles sold in July last year. M and HCV sales were at 12,139 vehicles, a growth of 51.5 per cent over last July, while LCV sales were 9,395 vehicles, a growth of 58 per cent over last July.

Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 84,676 vehicles, an increase of 65.4 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Cumulative M and HCV sales were at 48,746 vehicles, an increase of 62.5 per cent over last year, while cumulative LCV sales for the fiscal were 35,930 vehicles, an increase of 70 per cent over last year.

Passenger vehicle sales
The passenger vehicle business reported a total sale of 18,238 vehicles in the domestic market in July 2006, an increase of 40.4 per cent over last July. The Indica sold 11,941 vehicles, a growth of 62 per cent over last July. The Indigo family registered sales of 2,589 vehicles, a decline of 16.5 per cent over last July. The Sumo and Safari accounted for sales of 3,708 vehicles, a growth of 46.8 per cent over last July, with Safari registering its highest ever monthly sale of 1,229 vehicles.

Cumulative sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 67,694 vehicles, an increase of 25 per cent over the previous year. Cumulative sales of Indica at 44,664 vehicles registered a growth of 38 per cent over the previous year, while cumulative sales of the Indigo family at 10,905 vehicles registered a decline of 8.7 per cent over last year, lower than the decline of the entry mid-size segment this fiscal. Cumulative sales of Sumo and Safari were 12,125 vehicles, a growth of 22.9 per cent over last year.

Exports
The company's sales from exports were 5,284 vehicles in July 2006 as compared to 4,220 vehicles last July, an increase of 25.2 per cent. The cumulative sales from exports in the current period at 18,390 vehicles have recorded a 38.3 per cent growth over the corresponding figures for the previous period.