Tata Motors' vehicle sales at 40,486, up by 11%

Kolkata, May 2 (UNI) Tata Motors today reported a total sale of 40,486 vehicles (including exports for the month of April 2007), a growth of 11 per cent over 36,574 vehicles sold in April last year.

A company release said here that the vehicles sales in the domestic market fluctuated, in varying degrees between the commercial and passenger vehicles segments, due to the high interest rate regime affecting retails.

The company's sales of commercial vehicles in April 2007 in the domestic market were 19,607, compared to 19,674 vehicles sold in April last year.

The sales of M&HCV products, which besides market conditions, witnessed shortfall in some critical components, stood at 10,392, a decline of 14 per cent over April 2006. LCV sales were 9,215 nos, growing by 22 per cent over April 2006.

Tata Motors passenger vehicles business reported a total sale of 16,842 vehicles in the domestic market in April 2007, an increase of 26 per cent over April 2006. The Indica sold 10,870, an increase of 28 per cent. The Indigo family registered sales of 2,632 vehicles, an increase of two per cent.

The Sumo and Safari accounted for sales of 3,340, an increase of 49 per cent over April last year.

Safari sales were 1474 nos, grew by 269 per cent.

The company's sales from exports were 4,037 vehicles in April 2007 as compared to 3,572 vehicles in April 2006, an increase of 13 per cent driven mainly by commercial vehicles.

UNI