Maruti A-Star

Maruti Rolls Out 1 Lakh A-Stars

August 12, 2009

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 [...]

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Nissan Increases A-Star Order From Maruti

August 10, 2009

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. [...]

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Maruti A-Star Launched In Saudi Arabia

June 28, 2009

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 [...]

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Suzuki Alto Achieves 10 Million Sales

May 23, 2009

The Suzuki Alto has reached the 30th year of an illustrious history that began with its first-generation launch in May 1979. The Alto is also in the spotlight for having reached 10 million units of aggregate worldwide sales at the end of March 2009. Since the first-generation launch, 4.8 million Alto units have been sold [...]

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Maruti Targets 1.4 Lakh A-Star Sales

May 8, 2009

Maruti Suzuki which has earmarked Rs. 1,800 crore for this fiscal, has said that it is likely to notch up 1.4 lakh A-Stars till 31st March, 2010. This is mainly due to the fact that it is targeting more than 70% increase in exports in 2009-10 to over 1.2 lakh cars from 70,000 units in [...]

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Maruti Ships Nissan Pixo To Europe

April 26, 2009

Maruti Suzuki has already shipped 2,000 Nissan Pixo cars from its dedicated car export port at Mundra in Gujarat to Europe. The 5-door hatchback car, which has been contract-manufactured by Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Indian arm for Nissan’s left-hand drive markets in Europe, is essentially a rebadged and restyled version of Maruti Suzuki A-Star. The car [...]

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Maruti A-Star Records 39 Kmpl Mileage

March 20, 2009

India’s most fuel efficient car, the Maruti Suzuki A-star has achieved a spectacular mileage of 39.48kmpl in a fuel efficiency rally in Mumbai.  In a similar mileage rally at Chennai, the winning contestant achieved 37.6kmpl mileage in his A-star. Earlier, in a fuel efficiency test conducted by ARAI, A-Star delivered a mileage of 19.6kmpl. This [...]

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Maruti To Ship A-Star Next Year

December 26, 2008

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd , India’s leading car maker, expects to begin shipping its A-star small car to Nissan from February-March for sale in Europe, Maruti’s managing director said on Wednesday. Shinzo Nakanishi, however, said Maruti was yet to agree on the exact volume of cars it would supply to Nissan. Maruti To Ship A-Star [...]

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Maruti Plans To Sell 50,000 Units Of A-Star

November 22, 2008

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd said on Friday that it was targetting sale of about 50,000 units of its latest model A-Star in the Indian market. The car would be manufactured in Manesar production facility where the capacity has been upgraded to manufacture three lakh cars a year. Maruti Plans To Sell 50,000 Units Of A-Star

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Maruti A-Star Review

November 20, 2008

Maruti’s A-Star is not only an important car for Maruti but even for Hyundai. After the launch of the Hyundai i10, Maruti hasn’t had swift sales. However the A-Star is set to change that. The Maruti A-Star has been priced very well and we won’t be suprised if it becomes the car of the year [...]

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