Maruti Udyog Ltd, the country's biggest carmaker, on Wednesday said its sales jumped by 37 per cent during April-June 2003 to 90,698 units.

The growth was driven by the strong demand of the entry model Maruti 800, whose sales soared by 63 per cent to 40,777 units during the period, a company release said in New Delhi.

The exports also went up by 254 per cent to 3,529 units.

The cumulative (April-June 2003) sales of the compact car WagonR increased by 64 per cent to 10,512 units, while Alto clocked a 46 per cent growth at 8,143 units.

The cumulative sales of Zen dipped by 2.46 per cent to 14,599 units.

In the mid-size segment, sales of Esteem rose by 16.1 per cent during the review period to 2,349 units, while that of Baleno went up by 295.1 per cent to 104 units.

Sales of the multi-purpose-vehicle Versa and Omni Van increased by 473.7 and 6.4 per cent to 809 and 13,079 units, respectively.

Meanwhile, Maruti's domestic car sales in June surged by 50 per cent to 35,780 units.

Its exports also soared by 328 per cent to 6,682 units during the month.

The impressive domestic sales performance was helped by a 56 per cent rise in M800 sales at 13,126 units.

The company also recorded a 22 per cent growth in WagonR sales at 2,978 units, while that of the Alto went up by 33 per cent to 2,452 units during the review month.

Sales of Zen also grew by 4.24 per cent to 4,909 units.

The mid-size car Esteem clocked a 20.5 per cent increase in sales to 939 units, while that of Baleno surged by 300 per cent to 136 units in June this year.

Sales of Versa MPV jumped by 368.3 per cent during the review month.