Indian Cars, Bikes

Maruti To Supply 35,000 A-Stars To Nissan

12. March 2010

Maruti Suzuki has received an order for 35,000 units of the A-Star for 2010-11 from Nissan. The two Japanese car giants are in a contract for three years and Nissan’s order could be revised upward depending on the demand and market situation. Nissan sources the A-Star from Maruti’s Manesar plant and sells it in the [...]

Maruti Suzuki Recalls 1 Lakh A-Stars

23. February 2010

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Recall mania continues and this time Maruti Suzuki is replacing fuel pump gaskets of the A-Star, following reports of anomalies in the fuel tank. Approximately 1 lakh cars (including exports), manufactured before August 22, 2009, will get new fuel pump gaskets and O rings. The company came across this issue last November as part of [...]

Maruti A-Star Wins TNS Customer Satisfaction Award

29. January 2010

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The Maruti A-Star have won the TNS Customer satisfaction award. The A-star has managed to pip its competitors to win the customer satisfaction award with the highest score of 95 in its segment. Compact car segment has not only grown in sales volume but in customer satisfaction as well. The Voice of Customer Awards are [...]

Suzuki Launches New & Taller Alto In Japan

19. December 2009

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Few months back when we saw the taller version of the A-Star at the Tokyo Motor Show, we thought it was just a concept and it will remain so. But Suzuki has gone ahead and launched the taller version of the Maruti A-Star in its home market as the new Alto. We however think it [...]

Maruti Suzuki Ships Out 100000th A-Star

9. December 2009

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Maruti Suzuki’s world strategic model for global markets, crossed export mark of 1 lakh units, with the shipment from Mundra Port. The company has achieved 1 lakh units cumulative export of A-Star in less than a year since its first shipment to Europe in January this year. Suzuki’s fifth world strategic model, A-Star is manufactured [...]

New Suzuki Alto Concept Already

2. October 2009

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Although the Suzuki Alto Concept is nothing close to the Maruti A-Star concept, it still exists for two reasons. The first being it is not as tiny as the current Alto and the other being its meant for the markets where the current Alto is not sold. This car runs on a 3-cylinder 658cc [...]

Maruti Rolls Out 1 Lakh A-Stars

12. August 2009

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Maruti Suzuki India has achieved the feat of rolling out the 1,00,000th A-Star. The production of the A-Star started in October, 2008. The Manesar facility which produces the A-Star, SX4, Swift and Swift DZiRE, has also crossed the 5-lakh-units production mark since the commencement of the unit. These landmarks come less than two weeks after [...]

Nissan Increases A-Star Order From Maruti

10. August 2009

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The Maruti A-Star/Alto is not only setting the sales chart on fire as a Suzuki but even as a Nissan. The growing demand for small cars in Europe has led Nissan to nearly double the cars that it buys from Maruti Suzuki. The contract manufactured A-Star’s annual order is now in excess of 50,000 units.

Maruti A-Star Launched In Saudi Arabia

28. June 2009

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Suzuki Saudia, the sole distributor of Suzuki vehicles in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has introduced its new Suzuki Celerio 2010 compact car into the Kingdom’s dynamic $9 billion automotive market. The Maruti A-Star is known as the Maruti Alto worldwide and as the Suzuki Celerio in Saudia Arabia. The Celerio paves the way for [...]

Maruti To Export A-Star To Africa & South America

13. June 2009

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Maruti Suzuki plans to take the A-Star to new markets, such as Africa and the Latin America. Maruti is looking to tap new markets for exports, as the demand is shifting towards compact cars globally. This would help Maruti meet its target of exporting 1.5 lakh cars, across all models, in the current fiscal, two [...]