Maruti Suzuki Desire was best selling car in 2018

Maruti Suzuki Dzire

Maruti Suzuki's small sedan 'Dzire' was the best-selling passenger vehicle model in the domestic market in April-November 2018. It has exceeded the company's 'Alto' in terms of sales. Maruti car retains its passenger vehicle category. The top 10 models include Maruti's seven cars and three vehicles from Hyundai.

According to the news agency language, according to the figures of SIAM, the automobile manufacturers, Maruti sold 1,82,139 units of DZire in April-November. In the same period a year ago, it sold 1,53,303 DZire cars. The company's small car Alto is second in terms of passenger vehicle sales. During April-November 2018, Maruti sold 1,69,343 alto as compared to 1,75,996 units sold during the same period a year ago. At that time Alto was the best-selling model.

The third best-selling car is the Swift. The company sold 1,60,897 Swift cars during this period This figure is 1,15,192 vehicles in April-November. In the first eight months of the current financial year, Maruti sold 1,49,270 units of its premium hatchback car Baleno. Baleno remained fourth. In the same period last year, it sold 1,26,098 Balenos. Maruti's small SUV Vittara Brezza remained fifth in terms of sales. The company sold 1,09,247 Vitara Brezza in April-November.  In the same period last year, the company had sold 1,00,370 units.

WagonR remained sixth in this category. During the period, the company sold 1,07,061 WagonR cars. In the same period last year, it sold 1,14,425 units. Premium Hatchback Elite I20 of Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) sold 92,817 units in April-November. Elite I20 remained seventh in terms of sales. Last year in April-November, it sold 89,988 vehicles. Hundai's Grand I was at the eighth position. During this period, it sold 88,016 i10 cars, compared to that in last year, it sold 1,03,375 Grand I10 cars. At the same time, Hyundai's SUV Crata remained at the ninth place with 84,701 units sold. In the same period a year ago, the company had sold 71,808 Creta. Maruti's Celereo is ranked 10th in this list. In April-November, Maruti sold 70,079 Celereos, which was 66,682 units in the same period a year ago.

~Abhay Lodha