Mahindra Aug vehicle sales up 30 pct yr/yr

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's top utility vehicle maker, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, said on Monday vehicle sales rose 30 percent in August to 18,269 units from 14,032 units a year earlier.

Mahindra said domestic auto sales, including utility vehicles, light commercial vehicles and three-wheelers, rose 34 percent to 17,438 units from 12,981 units a year earlier.

Exports fell 21 percent to 831 units from 1,051 units.

Mahindra said it sold 2,252 units of the Logan sedan, which it makes in a joint venture with Renault.

Mahindra, also India's top tractor maker, sold 6,572 tractors in August, up 4 percent from 6,310 a year earlier.