Tata Motors sales rise 31% in December

Automaker TATA MOTORS today reported 30.63 per cent increase in its December sales last year at 67,441 units sold as compared to 51,627 units sold in the same month in 2009. The homegrown firm's total passenger vehicles sales in the domestic market in December 2010 stood at 19,706 units, which is a jump of 34.48 per cent from the same month previous year, the company said in a statement. The company's latest offering Nano's sales during the month stood at 5,784 units, up by 60 per cent. 'Indica' reported sales of 5,923 units, which is 40 per cent up from the units sold in December 2009, Tata Motors said. 'Indigo' family recorded sales of 5,234 units, a rise of 3 per cent over the same month in the previous year. Sales of 'Sumo' and 'Safari' increased by 62 per cent to 2,765 units. In the domestic commercial vehicles segment, the company sales increased by 25.08 per cent, as it sold 41,926 units last month compared with 33,519 units sold in December during 2009. Light commercial vehicles' sales during the month were at 24,558 units, a growth of 35 per cent over the previous year, while medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales stood at 17,368 units, a growth of 14 per cent compared with the year-ago period. The company exports grew by 69.18 per cent to 5,809 units sold last month compared to 3,454 units sold in December 2009.