Ssangyong Motor Co., the local unit of Indian auto conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., said Thursday that its sales shot up 11.1 percent on-year in September as soaring sales at home helped offset plunging exports. 

Ssangyong sold 11,489 units last month, the automaker said in a press release. The figures do not include complete knockdown kits that are assembled abroad.

Overseas shipments nosedived 35.6 percent to 3,383 units over the cited period.

On its home turf, however, its sales surged 59 percent on-year to 8,106 units, due mainly to the continued popularity of its Tivoli SUV.

Sales of the Tivoli have totaled 43,523 units since its launch in April.

Cumulative sales during the January-September period came to 103,651 units, down 1.9 percent from the previous year, according to Ssangyong. (Yonhap)