“The shortage of electronic components had a minor impact on the production of vehicles that are mainly sold in the domestic market. The company took all possible measures to minimize the impact,” MSI said.
The automaker sold a total of 164,056 units in February 2022, which includes domestic sales of 137,607 units, 2,428 units sold to other OEMs and 24,021 units exported.
Small car sales, including the Alto and S-Presso, fell 17.81 per cent to 19,691 units in February 2021 as compared to 23,959.
Similarly, sales in the compact segment which includes models such as Baleno, Ignis, Celerio, Swift and DZire declined by 3.38 per cent to 77,795 units as against 80,517 cars in February 2021.
Maruti Suzuki Ciaz, which falls in the mid-sized segment, saw sales rise to 1,510 units as compared to 1,912 units in February 2021.
Sales of utility vehicles which include Vitara Brezza, S-Cross, Gypsy, XL6 and Ertiga declined to 25,360 units as compared to 26,884 vehicles sold in February 2021.
Sales of the van segment, including EECO, declined by 23.29 per cent to 9,190 units as against 11,981 in the same month last year.
Super Carry (LCV) sales have increased from 2,722 units to 3,659 units. YTD segment sales have crossed the 30k unit mark by increasing from 26,241 units. Total domestic sales declined to 1,40,035 units from 1,52,983 units.
Other OEMs (Toyota India) including Glanza (Baleno) and Urban Cruiser (Vitara Brezza) saw sales decline 59.12 per cent to 2,248 units as against 5,500 units in February 2021.
The good thing is that exports have increased two-fold to 24,021 units as against 11,486 units in the same month last year.