Tata Motors reports 38 pc jump in sales

MUMBAI: Country''s leading auto manufacturer Tata Motors reported a 38 per cent jump in sales in July at 24,995 units.
Commercial vehicle sales were at 12,313 nos., up 57 per cent while Passenger Car sales at 12,682 nos., was up 22.3 per cent.
Tata Motors reported a total sale (including exports) of 24,995 vehicles in July ''03, representing an increase of 38 per cent over July sales last year.Cumulative sales for the period April?July ''03 were 85,388 nos., as against 58,913 vehicles sold last year, representing a growth of 44.9 per cent.
Sales of commercial vehicles in the domestic market in July ''03 were 11,386 nos., a growth of 59.8 per cent over 7,122 vehicles sold in July last year. M&HCV sales at 7,780 nos. grew 69.5 per cent and LCV sales at 3,606 nos. showed a growth of 42.4 per cent over July last year.
Cumulative sales in the domestic market for the period April-July ''03 were 38,107 nos., a growth of 34.4 per cent over 28,344 vehicles sold in the same period last year.
The Passenger Car business reported a total sale of 12,179 nos. in the domestic market, representing a growth of 18.7 per cent over July ''02. The Company''s sales in the April?July ''03 period, in the domestic market, were 42,301 nos., a growth of 52 per cent over the corresponding period last year.
Indica registered a sale of 7,043 nos. in July ''03 and a cumulative sale of 25,311 vehicles in the period April-July ''03, a growth of 24 per cent over the same period last fiscal. Indigo clocked its highest ever sale in a month at 2,664 nos. and the highest ever in a month by any brand in the entry mid-size segment post 1996.
Cumulative sales at 8,419 nos. in the April-July ''03 period enabled it to continue as the best selling model in its segment, for the fiscal as well as the calendar year. Utility Vehicle sales at 2,472 nos. grew 42 per cent over July last year and cumulative sales at 8,571 nos. showed a growth of 15.5 per cent in April-July ''03 over the same period last fiscal. Sumo is growing by 16 per cent while Safari continues to grow by 14 per cent.
The Company''s exports for the month of July ''03 were 1,430 nos., as against 735 vehicles sold in July ''02. Cumulative export sales for the period April-July ''03 were 4,980 nos., as against 2,754 nos. sold in the same period last year, representing an increase of 80.8 per cent.