SUMMARY
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India had eight of its models in SIAM's ten best-selling passenger vehicles list in May, even as the overall automobile market witnessed a sharp decline. The overall passenger vehicle wholesales in India had witnessed the steepest decline in nearly 18 years, dropping by over 20 percent in May to 2,39,347 units against 3,01,238 units in the year-ago month. The company's popular hatchback Swift was the best-selling model last month clocking 17,039 units, up from the fourth spot in the same month last year when it sold 19,208 units, according to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). Here are the top 10 selling passenger vehicles, according to SIAM (with inputs from PTI):
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#1 Maruti Swift: The company's popular hatchback Swift was the best-selling model last month clocking 17,039 units, up from fourth spot in the same month last year when it sold 19,208 units, according to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). The first ever Maruti Swift was launched in May 2005 in the petrol and diesel variant. (Image: MSI website/Caption: PTI)
2 / 9#2 Maruti Suzuki Alto: Coming in second was entry level model Alto with sale of 16,394 units as against 21,890 units in year-ago month, retaining the same spot. (Image: MSI website/Caption: PTI)
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