News here of Tata's March sales, and also some year-to-date numbers: the Indian market calculates on an April to April basis, so these represent eleven months of 2006-2007.

Tata's domestic sales of Commercial Vehicles (CV) in March were up 13 per cent at 30,720 vehicles as against 27,289 vehicles in March last year. Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles (M&HCV) sales stood at 17,673 units, up eight per cent over March last year. LCV sales were up 19 per cent at 13,047 units.

Cumulative CV sales in the domestic market for the fiscal year 2006-2007 were up 39 per cent at 299,173 units. Year-to-date M&HCV sales were 173,381 units, while LCV sales for the period were 125,792 units.