Ssangyong Motor

SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- SsangYong Motor Co. said Monday its sales fell 3.2 percent last month from a year earlier due to weak exports. 

SsangYong Motor sold 11,349 vehicles in August, down from 11,725 units a year earlier, the company said in a statement. 

Domestic sales rose 9.7 percent to 9,055 units in August from 8,255 a year earlier. But exports plunged 32 percent to 2,366 units from 3,470 during the same period, it said. 

In the January-August period, the maker of the flagship G4 Rexton and Rexton Sports sport utility vehicles sold a combined 90,925 vehicles, down 2.7 percent from 93,483 a year earlier, the company said. 

Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. owns a 72.85 percent stake in SsangYong Motor. 

SsangYong Motor's G4 Rexton SUV (Yonhap)

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