Showing signs of recovery for the two consecutive months, the country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki, on Monday reported a 24.08 per cent rise in its total sales during February at 79,190 units compared with 63,822 units in the same month last year. The last month's sales were the highest ever 'February-sales', Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.

After September last year, MSI's sales had declined drastically for the next three months by 7.1 per cent, 27.4 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively. In January, the company's sales, however, rose by 5.39 per cent.