The figures are encouraging for the auto industry amid apprehension that due to higher cost and lack of fuel availability, cars with stricter emission standards may not be popular in initial stages. Automakers had even cited this confusion as one of the reasons for dwindling car sales in India, reports Arindam Majumder.
Maruti Suzuki produced 9,66,069 cars from January to December 2009, up 27 per cent from the year ago.
Automobile exports from India rose 26 per cent year-on-year in September quarter driven by highest-ever shipments of passenger vehicles, two-wheelers and three-wheelers during the period, as per the latest data released by industry body SIAM.
Apart from physical stores, the company operates 2,700 digital touch points in the form of web pages, which is gaining good traction from tier-II and III centres.
Auto major Maruti Suzuki tops the chart for buyers' satisfaction with newly launched cars, while Tata Motors found its berth at the bottom, says a study by JD Power.
New subsidiary to supply cars to Maruti Suzuki
Among the Sensex constituents, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki India, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Tata Consultancy Services, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, UltraTech Cement, Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles were the laggards. However, Eternal, Titan, Adani Ports, Bharat Electronics Ltd, State Bank of India, Bajaj Finserv, NTPC and Bharti Airtel were among the gainers.
Overseas shipments at auto firms expanded at a brisk pace year-on-year (YoY) in March, bumping up the overall annual exports for FY22 and taking it to a record level for some like Maruti Suzuki India and Bajaj Auto. Amid a semiconductor shortage, a depreciating rupee and a strong demand in various export destinations, passenger vehicle makers diverted capacity meant for the local market in favour of the more-lucrative export market. Among the passenger vehicle makers, market leader Maruti Suzuki led the rally with its overseas shipments touching a record level of 238,376 units in FY22 - the highest for the company in any financial year.
Maruti Suzukisaid it was trying to offer more factory-fitted CNG cars to address environmental concerns
It may not have a bold design but it addresses the needs for comfortable and affordable commuting.
Maruti Suzuki India will set up a skill development centre in Gujarat, where it is investing Rs 4,000 crore to set up a manufacturing facility, even as it is trying to restore normalcy at its Manesar plant in Haryana.
India's largest automobile manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki is planning to launch the company's entry-level sports utility vehicle, Jimny in the country by the year-end.
The automobile and auto-ancillary sector is expected to show strong Q3FY26 results, aided by festival-led demand, rationalisation in goods and services tax (GST) rates for select categories of vehicles, easing interest rates, and improving rural sentiment.
Shows i10 in poor light two weeks after Hyundai took swipes at Ritz.
The new Seltos has grown in size with a length of 4460mm and that's 95mm longer!
Cash holdings of equity mutual fund (MF) schemes moderated in September amid a slowdown in fresh inflows. Equity MF schemes held cash worth Rs 1.76 trillion at the end of September 2025 - about Rs 400 crore lower than the previous month, according to a report by Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research.
Removal of mark-ups to be paid by Maruti, other changes could raise funding need to Rs 6,000 crore.
Maruti Suzuki has given Nexa franchises to only existing dealers.
Maruti recorded a 13.12% year-on-year surge in average revenue earned per car in 2023 compared to M&M's 7.56%, Hyundai's 6.76% and Tata Motors' 1.88%.
Maruti Suzuki Celerio will now come equipped with ABS and airbags for all its variants.
The long awaited product is likely to be launched early next year.
Celerio's 793-cc diesel engine is the smallest in the market.
Maruti Suzuki exported 1,47,000 units in 2008-09, the highest ever export figures, with the compact car A-star alone clocking over 1,27,000 units.
Stock market sentiment is likely to remain optimistic going ahead, though some consolidation cannot be ruled out after the recent sharp rally in the benchmarks, analysts said. According to experts, the Nifty and Sensex could indeed move towards new record highs before the end of the year, if global cues stay supportive, crude oil prices remain benign and there is continued domestic earnings momentum.
Seven years after it announced Nexa, there's no mistaking the seriousness with which Maruti wants the segment to grow, says Pavan Lall.
While Toyota will acquire 4.94 per cent shares of Suzuki, worth $ 908 million, the latter will make a $ 454-million investment in the biggest automaker of Japan. Premium products from the Maruti stable such as the Baleno, Ciaz and Vitara Brezza will be sold under the Toyota brand with small changes.
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday launched a new version of its multi-purpose vehicle XL6 as it gears up to bring a slew of new products this fiscal and take the challenges of prevailing uncertainties head-on. The new XL6 is powered by a 1.5-litre petrol engine with a peak power of 75.8 kW. It is available in manual and automatic transmission options, priced between Rs 11.29 lakh and Rs 14.55 lakh (ex-showroom). Speaking at the launch, newly appointed Maruti Suzuki India managing director and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said, "With the uncertainties prevailing today, the business realities are continuously evolving.
Hyundai got two stars for Grand i10 Nios and Kia got three stars for Seltos.
Japanese auto major Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday said its long-serving chairman Osamu Suzuki will retire and assume the role of senior advisor subject to shareholders' approval in the ordinary general meeting to be held in June this year.
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported a 66 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 487 crore in the second quarter ended September 30, 2021, as production was affected by the ongoing semiconductor shortage. The rise in commodity prices also had an adverse impact on the company's earnings.
Network scale seen as central to tapping smaller markets.
The e-SURVIVOR symbolises Maruti Suzuki's commitment to help develop the entire life cycle of EVs in India
Two in every five Celerios being sold by Maruti are now equipped with the AMT technology.
Maruti Suzuki India managing executive officer (production) M M Singh said that although commodity prices had come down, the company was still 'struggling with (high) steel prices.' By 2010, Maruti plans to produce one million units from its two plants at Gurgaon and Manesar in Haryana.
The country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki, today launched a multi-purpose vehicle, Eeco, at an introductory price between Rs 2.59 lakh (Rs 259,000) and Rs 2.89 lakh (Rs 289,000).
MSI will inspect certain WagonR models for a possible issue of fuel hose fouling with metal clamp.
The final blueprint of the multi-crore global tie-up between Volkswagen and Suzuki Motor Corporation has started to unfold, with Maruti Suzuki looking at becoming an original equipment maker in cars for the German automaker for markets outside India.
Among major Sensex gainers Bajaj Finserv rose the most by 1.42 per cent, Axis Bank gained 0.80 per cent, Infosys by 0.72 per cent, Mahindra & Mahindra by 0.60 per cent, Tata Motors by 0.55 per cent, Bajaj Finance by 0.53 per cent and Tata Steel by 0.52 per cent. Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, HCL Technologies, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki India, Trent Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services were the losers.
Maruti Suzuki, which crossed the one-million car production mark last year, will have to produce at least 100,000 additional units this year to meet the demand.
Small car wizard, Maruti Suzuki's supremacy goes back to the year 1983 when the carmaker started its innings in India.
