Indian Cars, Bikes

Maruti Production Surpasses Suzuki’s In 2009

27. January 2010

Maruti Suzuki has surpassed its Japanese parent Suzuki Motor Corporation in overall production in 2009. In 2009, Maruti Suzuki rolled out 9,66,399 units, while Suzuki Motor Corporation produced only 9,08,302 cars. Of the total sales in 2009, Maruti Suzuki sold 8,36,893 units in the domestic market, with the rest 1,30,688 units being exports. Its flagship [...]

Maruti Suzuki To Invest Rs. 1700 Crore

26. January 2010

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Maruti Suzuki has approved an investment of Rs 1,700 crore ($369 million) to produce an additional 250,000 cars annually. The capacity growth will happen at Manesar in northern India, where Maruti is already investing $215 million in expansion and upgrading by shifting some capacity from its ageing facility in nearby Gurgaon. The additional capacity will [...]

Maruti most online searched car brand – Google

20. January 2010

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Maruti Suzuki is the most searched car brand on the world wide web, according to a recent study done by Google India. ‘The Role of the Internet in Automotive Buying’ study reveals 56% respondents searched for Maruti Suzuki before buying a car, while 33% bought the vehicle after the online search. Honda ranked next in [...]

Maruti Suzuki Hikes Prices Marginally

17. January 2010

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Maruti Suzuki has announced a marginal increase in the price of its models, excluding recently launched Eeco, Swift (Petrol) and Gypsy models. The price increase is to partly recover the increase in the input costs arising out of raw material costs over the past one year. For some models the increase in the costs are [...]

Maruti Suzuki At 2010 Auto Expo

10. January 2010

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With 16 automobiles including ten production models, two reference exhibits – the Kizashi and SX4 Hatchback and two prototype vehicles that Maruti Suzuki has developed for the project – the SX4 Hybrid and the Eeco (Every+) Electric Vehicle, the company had the best show at the 2010 Auto Expo. There was also the R3 Concept [...]

Maruti Suzuki To Showcase 17 Cars At Expo

29. December 2009

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Maruti Suzuki will showcase 17 vehicles at the forthcoming Auto Expo. The country’s largest car maker by volume, has adopted Joys of Life as their theme for the biennial event. The display will include new launches like the Eeco as well as cars which won’t make it here soon like the Kizashi and SX4 hatchback. [...]

Maruti Alto & Wagon R To Get K-Series Heart

2. November 2009

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Maruti Suzuki will discontinue the old F-series engines in the Alto and Wagon R and replace it with the next generation K-series engines as it prepares to meet April 2010 deadline of stricter Bharat Stage IV emission norms. Along with the engine change, the cars are expected to get minor cosmetic changes to both the exterior and [...]

Maruti Plans India’s First Dual Fuel Engine

5. October 2009

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Even after having the most sales in the country by a long shot, Maruti Suzuki never seems to slow down with new development. Engineers at the company’s R&D centre in Gurgaon are in the process of developing India’s first dual fuel engine which will run on petrol and CNG. This will help in reducing the [...]

Maruti Exceeds 80 Lakh Sales In 25 Years

11. August 2009

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Maruti Suzuki which started operations in India 25 years ago has just driven past the milestone of producing 80 lakh cars. Since the rollout of the first Maruti 800 from its Gurgaon plant on December 14, 1983, the company has so far produced a total of 81,05,228 cars of its 14 models as on 31st [...]

Maruti Sells 1 Lakh KB-Series Cars

29. July 2009

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Within 10 months of starting production of the KB-series engines, Maruti Suzuki has rolled out over one lakh of these next generation engines that power the two small cars, A-Star and Ritz. The fuel-efficient technology will soon be seen in other existing as well as new models. The company produces Bharat Stage-III, Bharat Stage-IV and [...]