Worried over the large scale violence on Wednesday that claimed the life of a senior official, Maruti Suzuki India may be considering a lockout as one of the options for now.
One person was killed and at least 40 were injured on Wednesday in a clash between workers and the managerial staff at the Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant in Gurgaon, forcing stoppage of work.
Along with the M800, MSI will also be phasing out its second oldest model, the utility van Omni. In the initial phase, the two models will be done away with in 11 cities from next year, where the Bharat Stage-IV emission norms (which is equivalent to Euro-IV norms) will become applicable. The company would not upgrade the engines of these two models to meet better emission standards, he said while also ruling out their replacements.
Popular new models like Maruti Ciaz and Hyundai Elite i20 are reported to get dearer in a few days time.
The overall winners in the National Rally Championship will drive away with top models from the company's stable.
With the domestic automart showing signs of correction, the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) is looking at strengthening its back-end operations by asking vendors to increase efficiency, besides building their own research and development capabilities.
The largest carmaker in India, Maruti Suzuki, launched the new variant of Ritz at the beginning of the New Year priced at Rs 615,000. If you wondering what special about the car; it's the automatic transmission, which is offered with VXI petrol variant. And it's good.
The Manesar plant rolls out about 1,200 units every day in two shifts.
Maruti Suzuki India to hike prices of its vehicles across models by up to Rs 20,000 from January to offset rising costs.
Leading car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Thursday reported a 22.37 per cent increase in domestic sales in April at 59,539 units as compared to 48,652 units in the same month last year.
According to the organising committee of the Commonwealth Games, orders have been placed with Tata Motors for nearly 1,800 cars during the games and some more cars, jeeps and trucks for the Queen Baton Relay that would commence its nationwide run from June 25.
First off the block will be a new multi-purpose vehicle which is being co-developed with Toyota - Suzuki's alliance partner. The model will also wear a Toyota badge.
Equity markets opened the trade on a lower note on Monday, extending the previous day's fall, with the Sensex tanking 785 points in early trade, mirroring an extremely weak trend in Asian markets. Also, unabated foreign fund outflows and selling in index majors Reliance Industries, Infosys and TCS added to the weak sentiment. The BSE benchmark Sensex was trading 785 points lower at 56,412.14. The NSE Nifty declined 243.35 points to 16,928.60
The state transport department recently announced to give permit to 3,000 new taxis.
The company has 828 sales outlets and there are plans to double them in the next five years, general manager (marketing and sales) Partho Banerjee told reporters in Kochi.
Maruti's exports are limited and mainly to countries in Africa and Latin America.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) is planning to offer low-cost houses to its 5,000 employees, as it tries to walk the extra mile to improve relations with workers.
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is recalling about one lakh units of its flagship export model 'A-Star' to replace a faulty fuel pump part. The company is replacing a faulty rubber gasket in about one lakh cars -- manufactured before August 2009 and sold in domestic as well as overseas markets, to prevent any possible fuel leakage.
The concept XA Alpha showcases the unified R&D of Suzuki Motor Corp and Maruti Suzuki India.
Ruural markets contribute a significant chunk of SUV sales and there was a slowdown in demand from semi-urban and rural areas.
The amount would depend on the time period that would elapse from the start to when capacity reaches 1.5 million cars
Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said it will reorient the production of 'Swift' and 'DZiRE' in its two facilities at Gurgaon and Manesar to enhance output. As per the plan, the company will shift the entire assembly of its sedan 'DZiRE' to the Gurgaon plant by around July next year.
The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India's 'completely made in India car' will hit the roads by 2012 and the company is likely to finalise the design within the next six months.
The automaker says it has taken into account some of the big concerns of those behind the wheels today: improved acceleration performance, strength and rigidity, spacious and a more comfortable driving experience.
Wagon R's sibling is out with additional features new body graphics, new wheel cover design, rear spoiler, bumper rub rails, body rub rails at the rear and front end, on the exterior level of the car.
The lockout at its Manesar plant notwithstanding, the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported 9.2 per cent increase in sales for July at 82,234 units as against 75,300 units in the same month last year.
India's largest passenger car maker, which witnessed around 4 per cent growth in its sales to touch 410,120 units during April-October 2008 compared to the year-ago period, has seen considerable success in attracting new customers through a multi-pronged strategy, including aggressive marketing campaign aimed at rural markets, corporate customers and central government employees and certain cost-cutting measures.
The company, which has witnessed three prolonged labour issues at the plant this year, including the ongoing strike, also blamed inexperienced workers for the trouble, saying they need to 'have some respect for law'.
Maruti Suzuki has asked its 200-odd vendors to cut their component costs by three per cent across the board in this financial year.
The sun may be slowly setting on Maruti Suzuki India's once flagship M800 model in the domestic market, but the car is springing a surprise with rising exports this financial year.
The move to commission the new facility a month ahead of schedule comes in a bid to deal with the production impasse the company finds itself in.
It will be the first company to come out with factory-fitted CNG cars.
The company had introduced the AGS technology in India with Celerio and it currently offers it in Alto K10 and WagonR also.
Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) on Saturday reported a 24 per cent jump in its car sales in the domestic market during November at 65,216 units against 52,574 units in the corresponding month last year.
The company on Monday sacked sacked 11 employees atthe plant for allegedly inciting others to strike work.
The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India is understood to be scouting for location to set up a manufacturing unit in Gujarat, which could be its first plant outside Haryana where it has been based since its inception in 1983.
Maruti has shortlisted 10 candidates so far. Tata Motors declined to give details, but confirmed it is looking at recruiting specialists for different functions of product development, given their research and development expansion plans in India. Both companies are looking at people with relevant knowhow on emission and safety norms in Europe and the US.
General Motors India reported on Monday a 64 per cent increase in its domestic vehicle sales during September at 5,751 units against 3,506 units in the same month last year. Mahindra and Mahindra reported on Monday a 24.9 per cent increase.
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