New delhi, Oct. 28 -- Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Tuesday reported a 26.36% decline in its consolidated net profit for the second quarter ended September at Rs.2,466.1 crore, due to higher input costs resulting from the West-Asia conflict even as the revenue rose sharply, driven by record quarterly vehicle sales volumes. The auto major had posted a net profit of Rs.3,349 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal, a regulatory filing to the exchanges showed. During July-September, total revenue from operations increased to Rs.53,355.5 crore as against Rs.42,344.2 crore in the same period of 2025-26 fiscal, Maruti Suzuki India said in the filing.Total expenses in July-September also shot up to Rs.50,619 crore as compared to Rs.39,018.4 crore in the year-ago period, the company said. Cost of materials consumed in the second quarter rose to Rs.37,488.5 crore from Rs.25,324.2 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal, it added. In a statement, Maruti Suzuki India said the operating profit (EBIT) in the quarter stood at Rs.2,803.7 crore as compared to Rs.3,382 crore in Q2 FY25-26 owing to the West Asia-conflict-linked commodity price increases.Sequentially this translated into a growth of 10.8% from Q1 FY26-27. htc...