new delhi automobile makers including maruti suzuki toyota mahindra and tata motors reported singledigit growth in domestic passenger vehicle sales in october with festive season purchases remaining largely mutedalthough the overall numbers were also impacted by the high base effect of last year hyundais domestic sales declined marginally while ford saw a 44 per cent dip as it prepared to launch an updated version of its best selling compact suv ecosportthe countrys largest carmaker maruti suzuki india msi said its domestic were at 136000 units up 99 per cent from 123764 in october last yearthe sales were mainly driven by compact segment comprising swift dzire and baleno which jumped by 247 per cent to 62480 units last month as against 50116 units in the yearago monthutility vehicle sales including gypsy grand vitara ertiga scross and compact suv vitara brezza increased by 298 per cent to 23382 units in october from 18008 in the same month of 2016 msi addedhowever mini segment cars including alto and wagonr witnessed a 42 per cent decline to 32490 units during the month under review from 33929 in october 2016 the automaker saidtoyota kirloskar motor tkm today reported a 645 per cent rise in domestic sales at 12403 units in octoberthe company had sold a total of 11651 units in the same month last year tkm said in a statementhomegrown auto major mahindra mahindra reported a marginal growth in its domestic sales at 48818 units last month compared to 48729 in october 2016mm president automotive sector rajan wadhera said the auto industry has had a mixed month the buildup to dhanteras and diwali was good but the demand tapered off subsequentlylast year all festivals were in october and the industry volumes had a high base he addedwadhera cautioned that going forward the auto industry would enter into a yearend period of lower salestata motors said its passenger vehicles sales in the domestic market grew by 1 per cent year on year to 16475 units last monthwhile we have grown we could have done better had it not been for the long holiday season we will maintain cautious optimism in the market and hope to see this momentum continue tata motors president passenger vehicles business unit mayank pareek said ford india reported 4382 per cent decline in domestic sales at 4218 units last month as against 7508 in october last yearexplaining the sales decline ford india president and managing director anurag mehrotra said the rampup for new model introduction has impacted our wholesale for october hyundai motor india ltd hmil also reported a marginal decline in domestic sales at 49588 units in october as against 50017 units in the same month last yearin the twowheeler segment chennaibased tvs motor co said its domestic sales declined to 270372 units as against 272229 units in the yearago monthroyal enfield the twowheeler division of eicher motors said its domestic sales were at 68014 units in october as against 58379 units in the yearago month up 165 per centsuzuki