PICS: Maruti records higher sales

MARUTI SALES UP 2 PC: Country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has reported 1.91 per cent increase in total sales for October, 2013. The company sold 1,05,087 units as against 1,03,108 in the same month last year. The company said its domestic sales increased marginally during the month to 96,062 units as against 96,002 vehicles in October last year. Sales in mini-car segment, including M800, Alto, A-Star and WagonR, declined by 6.8 per cent to 39,379 units as compared to 42,233 in the year-ago month, MSI said in a statement. The company said sales in the compact segment comprising Swift, Estilo, Ritz declined by 1.2 per cent to 22,188 units in October this year as against 22,459 units in the same month in 2012.