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Mahindra and Mahindra sales for its automotive sector saw a growth of 25 per cent in June 2018 as compared to the same period last year. The automaker, which specializes in the utility vehicle segment, sold a total of 45,155 vehicles in June 2018. Passenger car sales for Mahindra, which includes the likes of the popular Scorpio, XUV500 and Bolero were up by 12 per cent as compared to June 2017, a total of 18,137 units.

Maruti Suzuki, India's largest automaker has shown a significant growth in sales in June 2018 as compared to the same period last year. Overall sales for Maruti Suzuki in June 2018 were up by 36.3 per cent as compared to June 2017. This includes a growth of 45.5 per cent in domestic sales, which stood at 1,35,662 units in June 2018. Exports however were lower than June 2018 with only 9319 units as compared to 13131 units in June 2017 a drop of 29 per cent. When it comes to the first quarter in the 2018-2019 financial year (April-June), Maruti Suzuki saw a growth of 24.3 per cent overall. Domestic sales were up by 25.9 per cent as compared to Q1 FY17-18 at 4,90,479 units. Exports for this period were at 26,639 units.

The Innova Crysta has recorded 43 per cent growth in April-June 2018 as compared to the same quarter last year while the newly launched Yaris continues to sell in good numbers for the company.

In April and May of the financial year 2018-19, Hero despatched 2 lakh more two-wheelers than its former partner Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India.

Maruti Suzuki has sold over 1 lakh units of the new Swift hatchback in India in just 145 days.This is the fastest 100,000 units for any car in India.

Hyundai India has crossed the 8 million cars production milestone in India. Hyundai started making cars in India in 1998 by launching the Santro and the company's 8 millionth was, unsurprisingly, a Hyundai Creta.

The industry produced a total of 53,78,591 vehicles including passenger vehicles, CVs, three-wheeler, two-wheeler and quadricycle in April-May 2018.

It's a big thumbs up on the safety front too as it comes with 7 airbags including curtain and knee airbags, front parking sensors, rear parking sensor with a camera, ABS with EBD, stability control and disc brakes for all four wheels.