Recession??? YeahEven recession fears Indias largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited achieved its highest ever domestic and total sales in January 2009. In January 2009, the company sold 67,005 units, in the domestic market, up 5.6% over corresponding month last fiscal. The previous highest monthly domestic sales were 65,216 units in November 2007. In January 2009, the company exported 4774 units.In all, the company sold 71,779 vehicles in January 2009, up 5.4% over corresponding month last fiscal. The previous highest Total Sales were registered in March 2007 (71,772 units) Contributing to the bulk of sales will be the strong performances of the Swift, A-Star, Dzire and the evergreen Alto. The Sx4 will receive a huge boost if it gets the brilliant 90bhp 1.3 Multijet which has not found its way under the Sx4s bonnet yet. Expect a premium edge when the Kizashi comes in later this year or in 2010. The sales figures for January 2009 are given below January Segment Models 2009 A1 C A2 A3 M800 Omni, Versa 5571 7759 2008 5470 8861 45957 2939 63227 232 63459 4648 68107 % Change 2008-09 1.8% 12.4% 2.0% 124.2% 5.7% 19.8% 5.6% 2.7% 5.4% 42878 64286 405650 59290 2007-08 57455 74420 413352 39841 % Change 25.4% 13.6% 1.9% 48.8% 2.2% 83.9% 1.8% 16.4% 0.5% Till January April07 March08 69553 89729 499280 49335 707897 3921 711818 53024 764842

Alto, Wagon-R, 46899 Zen, Swift, A-star SX4, Dzire Esteem, 6590 66819 186 67005 4774 71779

Total Passenger Cars MUV Domestic Export Total Sales Gypsy, Vitara

572104 585068 5560 3024

577664 588092 49644 42638

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