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</p><p>Sales of country’s largest car manufacturer, Maurti Suzuki, declined by 13.9% overall in June 2016 as compared to what it stood a year ago. While the domestic sales were down by 10.2% to 92,133 units, exports took a hit of 44.7% and stood at 6,707 units. This decline in sales is mainly attributed to fire at one of its supplier plants. Maruti Suzuki smartly carried out the necessary maintenance during the period wherein the production was suffering.</p><p>Segment-wise, sales of Alto and Wagon R dipped 19.3% year on year basis. Coming to the compact car segment where Maurti’s product portfolio is pretty strong comprising of Swift, Celerio, Baleno and Dzire, sales came down by 12.5%. Sales of Dzire D-tour, basically first generation Dzire targeted for cab market, slipped by 28.5%. Ciaz sale also took a dive measuring 24.3%.</p><p>However, thanks to Vitara Brezza, utility segment saw a massive jump for Maruti where it offers Ertiga, Vitara Brezza, Gypsy and S-cross. Total sales increased by 75.5% standing at 9,708 units. Sales of S-Cross have picked up slowly after price cut.</p><p>June 2016 also marked the end of the 1st quarter of the financial year 2016-17. Maruti sales in Q1 this year grew 2.1% compared to last financial year. It must be noted that Exports were down to 26,103 &nbsp;units marking a reduction of 26.7%.</p>Currently, Baleno and Vitara Brezza are pulling strong sales for Maruti and command a waiting list of months for Vitara Brezza. Baleno is sold through Nexa outlets and despite limited number of Nexa outlets, Baleno is runaway success for Maruti and could be envy for competitors as its got the cash register ringing for Maruti.<br><p></p>