New Delhi, Aug 10 - Domestic car sales increased by nearly 31 percent to cross 115,000 units in July from about 88,000 units in the same period a year ago, an industry body said Monday.

Sale of motorcycles rose over 19 percent to nearly 546,250 units from about 457,200 units, said Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) in a statement.

According to SIAM, the total two-wheeler sales surged 20 percent in July to about 719,670 units compared to 599,370 units in the corresponding month last year.

Sales of trucks and buses rose 9.6 percent from a year earlier to over 37,620 units, SIAM's data showed.