Tata Motors' vehicle sales up by up 23.8 per cent
October 3, 2006

Tata Motors reported a total sale of 49,157 vehicles (including exports) for the month of September 06, a growth of 23.8 per cent over 39,707 vehicles sold in September last year. Cumulative sales for the company at 2,65,829 numbers are growing by 36.3 per cent.

Commercial vehicles
The company’s sales of commercial vehicles in September 2006 in the domestic market were 26,627 numbers, an increase of 39.5 per cent over 19,087 vehicles sold in september last year. M&HCV sales stood at 15,193 numbers, a growth of 34.1 pe cent over september 2005 while LCV sales were 11,434 numbers, a growth of 47.4 per cent over September 2005.

Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 1,34,372 numbers, an increase of 53.8 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Cumulative M&HCV sales stood at 77,394 numbers, an increase of 48.7 per cent over the corresponding period last year while cumulative LCV sales for the fiscal were 56,978 numbers, an increase of 61.4 per cent over the corresponding period last year.

Passenger vehicles
The passenger vehicle business reported a total sale of 18,609 vehicles in the domestic market in September 2006, an increase of 15.7 per cent over September 2005. The Indica sold 10,694 numbers, a growth of 10.6 per cent over September 2005. The Indigo family based on the encouraging response to its facelifted version, registered sales of 3,568 numbers, an increase of 6.4 per cent over September 2005. The Sumo and Safari accounted for sales of 4,347 numbers, a growth of 42.3 per cent over September 2005. Safari registered its highest ever sales of 1,543 numbers in the month.

Cumulative sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 1,04,294 numbers, an increase of 24 per cent over the previous year. Cumulative sales of Indica at 67,728 numbers registered a growth of 35.2 per cent over the previous year while cumulative sales of the Indigo family at 16,643 numbers registered a decline of 9.9 per cent over last year. Cumulative sales of Sumo and Safari were 19,923 numbers, a growth of 27.8 per cent over last year.

Car sales were adversely affected during the month due to a fire-led stoppage of production in the last week. October sales are also going to be restrained due to the impact.

Exports
The company's sales from exports were 3,921 vehicles in September 2006 as compared to 4,542 vehicles in September 2005, a decrease of 14 per cent. The cumulative sales from exports in the current period at 27,163 numbers have recorded a 17.6 per cent growth over the corresponding figures for the previous period.