Maruti domestic car sales zoom 5.3 percent

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Leading car maker Maruti Suzuki Ltd Wednesday said its sales rose 5.3 percent last month.

The company sold 71,000 vehicles in September 2008, a 5.3 percent increase compared to the total number of cars sold in September 2007, a company statement said.

The bulk of the increase came from the A3 segments, which includes models like SX4 and Dzire.

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Sales in this segment rose 51.8 percent this year. Sales in the C segment, which includes models like Omni and Versa, saw a significant growth of above 16 percent.

However, there was a major decline of above 33 percent in the A1 segment (Maruti 800) sales, the statement added.