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Maruti Suzuki has crossed 1 crore sales in the Indian market, after 29 years of selling cars in the country. The first Maruti car (the original 800) rolled out in December 1983 and since then Maruti has dominated the Indian car market. It took Maruti Suzuki 23 years to sell 50 lakhs cars, while the [...]

The country’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Limited has announced that it will be setting up another of its stockyard facility in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Maruti Suzuki models are known for commanding massive waiting periods which the company wishes to bring down. The current DZire takes up to 3 to 4 months for delivery from [...]

Maruti Suzuki has been hit by capacity constraints and had to resort to procuring diesel engines from FIAT. Now the company has got the go ahead of the board to setup its own diesel engine plant in Gurgaon, which will produce the 1248cc, DDiS (Fiat’s Multijet) diesel engines. Currently Maruti Suzuki sources diesel engines from [...]

The country’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Limited has been voted as the country’s most trusted automotive brand. The survey was published in “The Brand Trust Report, India Study 2012” by Brand trust Advisory. As per the report, Maruti Suzuki is followed by other automotive OEMs like BMW, Hero Honda, Toyota and Honda in [...]

Maruti Suzuki has announced a price hike of between 0.3-3.4% on all its cars (except the Swift DZire) with immediate effect. This results in a price increase between Rs. 2400/- to Rs. 17,300/-. The company says the price hike became evident due to pressures on margins caused by the depreciating Rupee. The Rupee has fallen [...]

The country’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Limited today announced that they will be bringing in a replacement to their long standing most sought after models, the Maruti 800 and the Maruti Alto. The company is currently on the process of development with this model and it is expected to hit the market sometime [...]

Maruti Suzuki has already confirmed its Auto Expo 2012 plans. The automaker will showcase small cars along with the production version of the Ertiga. Maruti Suzuki will also showcase a compact SUV concept, which will replace the Jimy and Gypsy in the near future. Looking at how Maruti Suzuki has launched cars, we can expect [...]

According to some media reports, the country’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki might come up with another diesel plant in the next fiscal year. The company’s chairman, Mr. R. C. Bhargava said that the new diesel engine plant might come up next year in-case the government doesn’t impose any new extra taxes on diesel cars [...]

Maruti Suzuki has seen a sharp decline in its market share, after man car makers have entered into small car segment, making it highly competitive. Now India’s largest car maker wants to regain its 50% market share and is planning the launch of an MUV and SUV to drive this. These upcoming vehicles will be [...]

The country’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki is planning to start exporting models to different countries via the CKD (Completely Knocked Down) route starting with its first MPV, the to be launched Ertiga. The Ertiga is going to be launched by the company in the upcoming 2012 Delhi Auto Expo to be held from January [...]