Total vehicle sales at 55,440, up by 19 pc

Kolkata, Feb 3: Tata Motors has reported a total sale of 55,440 vehicles (including exports) for the month of January, a growth of 19 per cent over 46,635 vehicles sold in January last year.

A company release said here today that the cumulative sales for the company at 4,62,892 and was growing by 31 per cent.

The company's sales of commercial vehicles in January 2007 in the domestic market were 28,896, an increase of 36 per cent over 21,301 vehicles sold in January last year. M&HCV sales stood at 17,097 nos, a growth of 31 per cent over January 2006, while LCV sales were 11,799, a growth of 44 per cent over January 2006.

Cumulative sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 2,40,594, an increase of 46 per cent over last year. Cumulative M&HCV sales stood at 1,39,402, an increase of 43 per cent over last year while LCV sales for the fiscal were 1,01,192, an increase of 51 per cent over the same period last year.

It said the passenger vehicle business reported total sales of 22,801 vehicles in the domestic market in January 2007, an increase of 10 per cent over January 2006.

Overall, both passenger cars and utility vehicles reported highest ever sales for any month since launch.

Cumulative sales of passenger vehicles in the domestic market for the fiscal were 1,79,811, an increase of 21 per cent over the previous year. Cumulative sales of the Indica at 1,16,827, registered a growth of 33 per cent over the previous year, while cumulative sales of the Indigo family at 26,506 nos. registered a decline of 15% over last year.

Cumulative sales of Sumo and Safari were 36,478, registering a growth of 25 per cent over last year.

The company's sales from exports were 3743 vehicles in January 2007 as compared to 4569 vehicles in January 2006, a decline of 18 per cent. The cumulative sales from exports in the current period at 42,487 have recorded a 7 per cent growth over the corresponding figures for the previous period.

UNI