Premium trouble for Maruti Suzuki as Nexa sales drop

THE RUGGED JIMNY - with which Maruti Suzuki planned on take on Mahindra Thar — has dropped 37.6% (from 6,646 units to 4,146 units), even as Mahindra has sold 97,092 units till now this year, a massive increase of 37.5% over last year’s 60,646 units.

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Sales of Maruti Suzuki’s most expensive car, the Invicto priced =25 lakh onwards, increased 9.6% (from 2,757 units to 3,022 units), but these are meagre numbers to make a positive impact on the carmaker’s overall sales. Analysts said the car