Cars & bike sales zoom in 2006-07

New Delhi: Car and bike makers ended fiscal year 2006-07 with double digit growth figures. However car companies were ahead of two wheeler makers. Maruti Udyog sold 6.32 lakh units in the domestic market in fiscal 2006-07, a growth of 21 per cent.

The company exported 39,295 units while its cumulative sales for the fiscal ending March 2007, were up 20 per cent at 6.74 lakh units as against 5.61 lakh units in the previous year.

Japanese major Honda Siel''s sales grew a little more than 43 per cent. The company sold 61,327 units in the fiscal year 2006-07 as compared to 42,727 units in the fiscal year 2005-06. The company''s monthly sales grew by a little less than 39 per cent.

Czech auto maker Skoda Auto''s March sales were up 10 per cent while General Motors'' sales for the month were up 12 per cent as it sold 4,542 units.

Two-wheeler manufacturer Hero Honda''s total sales grew by 11.2 per cent and stood at 33.36 lakh units for the fiscal year ended March 2007. The company sold 2.77 lakh units in March as against 2.72 lakh units in March 2006. Rival Bajaj Auto''s cumulative sales for two-wheelers were up 18 per cent.

The company sold 23.9 lakh two-wheelers in the fiscal year ended March 2007.