The move is a part of the company's plans to expand its portfolio of eco-friendly vehicles, which could see other models such as Alto, Eeco, Estilo and SX4 also powered by CNG fuel, industry sources said.
MSI's exports, however, fell by 13 per cent to 10,554 units.
Automobile sector saw a huge spurt in sales in September as per figures that poured in on Friday.
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is understood to be planning to ramp up its output by about 10 per cent to produce over 1,10,000 units every month from October.
With 15 models and a market share of close to 50 per cent, it rules the Indian market, selling almost 1.5 million units every year, rolling out one model every ten seconds.
Automobile companies put in an impressive show in April.
Bajaj Auto's margins are expected to expand 100 basis points, as volumes have recovered.
According to information available on the company's website, Swift, which was launched as a world strategic model in 2004, reached cumulative worldwide sales of four million units in August 2014 -- nine years and nine months since the start of sales in 2004.
After a strong opening, shares of the car-maker further zoomed 9.37 per cent to Rs 1,899.90 -- its 52-week high on the BSE.
Maruti's 7 models in India's top ten selling passenger vehicles in 2016-17
In a statement issued on Friday, India's largest car manufacturer said that 'due to sharp increase in the input costs and also introduction of BS-IV norms in some models, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has decided to pass on part of this cost impact to customers.'
In March it reported an increase of 38.85 per cent in sales in the domestic market to 110,424 units from 79,530 units.
Named ConceptFutureS, it is a uniquely styled compact car with distinct SUV like characters and will define the next generation of design for compact vehicles in India, the company said.
Car makers Volkswagen, BMW, Nissan, Ford, Fiat, Skoda, Maruti, Tata, and Toyota are all set to make 2010 a delightful year for car lovers.
Sales for the same month last year were at 79,872 units.
With seven models to choose from, it can get quite confusing.
Market leader Maruti Suzuki India's passenger vehicles sales declined by 2.34 per cent last month at 133,702 units. Hero MotoCorp reported total two-wheeler sales of 480,196 units last month, down 20.05 per cent.
India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is planning to launch a new version of its small car Alto, the highest selling model in India, with a bigger engine.
The company further said once the situation was brought to its attention, it made the distributor acutely aware of the "inappropriateness of the action".
Maruti Suzuki has outperformed Suzuki Motor Corp in terms of profitability, with the Japanese parent today posting a consolidated net profit of 28.91 billion yen (about Rs 1,395 crore) for the fiscal 2009-10, almost half of that of the India's largest carmaker.
Sales for the same month previous year were at 84,804 units, Maruti Suzuki India said.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wooed Indian auto giant Maruti Suzuki to set up a car project in Gujarat and said that the state government would provide all the facilities to it.
Clock 11% growth in the first 11 months of 2022.
The company had sold 85,669 units during the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India said.
Top 10 vehicles, value-wise, is dominated by the two players in the market, Maruti Suzuki & Hyundai
Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday became the first Indian automobile company to produce one million cars in a year.
The company's Ritz, launched in May, was the first car in India to conform the Bharat Stage-IV emission norms.
According to industry sources, the company has stopped its production of the current SX4 model in order to change engine, which would be in compliant with the Bharat Stage-IV norms.
The company's overseas sales growth was driven mainly by the export of its flagship model A-Star, which clocked sales of over one lakh units till December 2010, within 11 months of launch.
While Maruti leads with 30% volume growth, Hyundai sold 18,337 vehicles in rural markets during April-June
The country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki, will finalise investment plans for a new plant at its Manesar facility at a board meet of the company in mid-October.
The small car, initially supposed to hit the market by 2011, was delayed by a year due to differences between the partners over pricing and design.
"Our sales have been growing since December 2008. December 2008-July 2009 are great months", Maruti Suzuki India chairman R C Bhargava told reporters in Chennai. He hoped that the next two-three months would yield a double digit growth.
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Tuesday said it plans to have an output of 15 lakh (1.5 million) units by 2015 to maintain its 50 per cent market share in the Indian car market.
Maruti Suzuki will showcase 17 vehicles at the forthcoming Auto Expo in January 2010.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has cleared the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) of the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). According to investment banking sources, the so-called final observations were issued by the market regulator on Tuesday evening. Following the market regulator's nod to the IPO papers, the insurer can launch its share sale. However, LIC may not launch its IPO immediately given the current volatile market conditions.
Major automobile manufacturers like Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors and Toyota Kirloskar on Tuesday reported decline in domestic passenger vehicle sales in May compared to the previous month as a spike in COVID-19 cases and lockdowns across various states hit production and dispatches. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), which shut production from May 1 to May 16 so as to divert oxygen from industrial use for medical purposes, reported domestic dispatches to dealers at 35,293 units last month, down 75 per cent from 142,454 units in April. The company said sales of its mini cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, declined by 81 per cent to 4,760 units in May as against 25,041 units in April this year.
The country's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, on Monday said it has stopped working on LPG models as it will roll out CNG variants of the entire range of its cars from early 2010, the first of which could be its highest selling model Alto.
Mercedes Benz, BMW and Audi have sharply increased their sourcing from India.
Automobile companies saw remarkable growth in sales in June.
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