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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 [...]

The country’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki has scrapped its plans on developing a Nano competitor for the Indian market. The company is supposed to showcase its parent company’s ‘K’ cars, the 660cc Palette and the MR Wagon at the Auto Expo 2012 to be held in Delhi in the month of January. However, the [...]

The country’s largest passenger car maker, Maruti Suzuki has decided to venture into the sub 800cc segment. The company already has plans to showcase 2 such cars in this segment which are already operational in Japan at the upcoming 2012 Delhi Auto Expo. The 2 cars, the Pallete and the MR Wagon are powered by [...]

India’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki has finalized a deal to buy diesel engines from the Italian car company, Fiat. According to the business deal, Fiat is going to supply 1 lakh diesel engines to Maruti Suzuki every year. This deal will be helping Maruti Suzuki to raise the production of its Swift diesel hatchback [...]

Maruti Suzuki is looking at expanding its CNG offerings in the country, by launching more CNG variants of its existing cars. CNG is considered an eco-friendly fuel and the country’s largest automaker plans to benefit from the rising petrol prices by offering CNG variants, which is a cheaper fuel to run. Maruti Suzuki has received [...]

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, the country’s largest car maker is planning to enter the fast growing market of the SUV segment when all the other players are moving into the segment of small cars and eating into its dominating market share. The company has plans to showcase this SUV at the 2012 Delhi Auto Expo. [...]

Maruti Suzuki plans to double its driving schools to 400 by 2014, from the current 192. The company claims to have trained over 10 lakhs people, though its structured driving courses. The company attained 5 lakh trainees in its safety initiative ‘National Road Safety Mission’ to promote safe driving. Out of the 5 lakh people [...]

Maruti Suzuki has hiked prices of its diesel cars between Rs. 2000 – 10,000/-. The Ritz diesel gets a price hike of Rs. 2000/-, while the SX4 diesel is ow dearer by Rs. 10,000/-. The price hike is on the Swift diesel too which is a real bummer for those who are waiting patiently for [...]

Maruti Suzuki is facing intense competition from new rivals in the hatchback segment. The company once sold every second car in the country has seen a sharp decline in its market share. Aiming to counter that, the country’s largest car maker has announced a product onslaught with the launch of 20 new models by 2016. [...]

Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest car maker was recently struck by a 14 day labour unrest at its production facility in Manesar, Haryana. After that, the company in efforts to derisk its manufacturing operations is scouting for land in Maharashtra and Gujarat. A senior Maharashtra Government official commented that preliminary discussions were held with the [...]