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Maruti-Suzuki opened its new engine manufacturing facility in Gurgaon, today, where it will produce energy efficient 1,197cc K12M petrol engines. The four-cylinder engine, designed to deliver 85 ps of power, is the second aluminum engine being manufactured by Maruti in the country after the K10B, which is being used in the A-Star. The K12M engine [...]

Maruti Suzuki India said it will bring the curtains down on its once bread-and-butter car Maruti 800 starting next year. Maruti 800 has sold over 27 lakh units since its launch in 1983 would be discontinued along with the company’s second oldest model, Omni. Maruti To Phase Out 800 & Omni

Buoyed by the highest-ever monthly sales that it achieved in January, car market leader Maruti Suzuki India today said it expects its sales growth for the ongoing month to be around 5-7%. As the company looks to tighten its grip in the Indian market, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) would be increasing its sales network from [...]

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd’s January vehicle sales stood at 71,779 units as compared to 68,107 units during the same time last year, up by 5.4%. Maruti’s domestic sales rose by 5.6% to 67,005 units during the concerned month up from 63,459 units. Exports rose to 4,774 units from 4,648 units during Januray 2008, a rise [...]

Maruti Suzuki India has announced a steep fall in standalone net profit for the quarter ended December 2008, due to high raw material costs and lower sales volume. It also failed to meet analysts’ expectations. Maruti Q3 Profit Declines

India’s largest passenger car maker, Maruti Suzuki India has hiked prices by Rs 5,000- 10,000 on its higher end products with effect from January 28 attributing it to higher input prices and foreign currency movement which affects imported prices of components. The price of its most recent product ‘A Star’ hatchback, which was launched in [...]

Despite the current economic slowdown in the auto industry, Maruti Suzuki India said it will hire around 700 people in various departments in the next fiscal, even as it has raised its headcount by 745 in the current fiscal itself. Even after the inclusion of 745 staff in the current year, the company was short [...]

Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL), announced that the company had no plans to cut production and would continue with its expansion plans despite of slowing economy and adverse market conditions. The company has plans to expand its production capacity of its Manesar plant in Haryana to three lac units by end-January. Maruti Not To Cut Production

The country’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, on Thursday reported 9.95 per cent decline in sales during December last year at 56,293 units against 62,515 units in the same month of 2007. The domestic sales stood at 52,029 units compared with 58,401 units in the same month a year ago, down by 10.91 per cent, the [...]

Maruti Suzuki, may consider production cut if the market does not improve. Maruti has been negotiating contract manufacturing deal for its A-Star model with Nissan, also expects to start exports for the Japanese car maker by around February-March next year. Maruti May Cut Production