The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday reported a 7.88% increase in production in December at 1,15,949 units, the second successive month of hike after reducing it for nine months in a row due to demand slump.
The company had produced 1,07,478 units in December 2018, Maruti Suzuki India said in a regulatory filing.
The biggest hike in production was in the compact segment comprising new WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno, OEM Model and Dzire, at 62,448 units as against 44,329 units in the year-ago month, an increase of 40.87%.
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The mini segment consisting of Alto, S-Presso, old WagonR saw a 9.54% decline at 25,613 units as compared to 28,314 units in the same month in 2018, it added.
Source: livemint
