maruti cars on the road there is ample referral available to prospective customers while pareek declined to reveal future product strategy et learns the company is actively working on the compact suv and compact diesel engine to power small cars maruti suzuki has clearly outpaced the market and that too on a very high base rural sales have grown 1215 making up for 28 of companys overall sales an increase of 3 to its overall domestic volumes et learns in a city such as mumbai which is generally first to feel the pinch of a slowdown maruti suzuki increased its market share by 556 in passenger vehicles posting a growth of over 10 in a falling market it sold close to 55000 units in april to february in a market of 125 lakh units hyundai motor india too has increased its share by 12 in mumbai while brands like vw ford gm tata motors and toyota have posted a decline out of top five models in the city four are marutis models including dzire wagonr swift ertiga and the fifth model in hyundais i20 according to rathore unlike a gm or volkswagen the dealers of maruti suzuki and hyundai are more experienced to handle the tough times they have seen many highs and lows and they are adept at not only pulling customers but pushing cars in the market too opined rathore