The companies continue to see heavy demand in utility cars.
The scrip jumped as investors tracked weakness in the Japanese yen which would boost margins of Suzuki's Indian subsidiary by reducing the costs of imports.
Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reopened its Manesar plant amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to the violence in which one senior company official was killed and 100 others injured.
After the July 18 violence at the Manesar plant in which one senior executive was killed, the company had fired 546 workers.
MSI had said the safety and well-being of its employees were paramount.
The auto major likely to start work for phase one of its Gujarat project within next three months.
Top HR minds in India, including Santrupt Misra of Aditya Birla Group, Satish Pradhan of Tata Sons, P Dwarakanath of Max India, Aquil Busrai (ex-IBM India) and Price Augustine of Mahindra & Mahindra and Pankaj Bansal of People Strong were among those who brainstormed with Maruti Suzuki India chief operating officer (administration) S Y Siddiqui last week.
There is the range of new launches during this year's festive season.
Going all out to market the all new Alto 800, pricing the base variant of the new car lower than the outgoing model, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), today said it will start exporting the car from Gujarat's Mundra port from December this year. The first export market is likely to be Chile in South America.
In what seems to be a softening of stance, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) has decided not to take any immediate steps to de-recognise the newly instituted Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union (MSWU) of the Manesar unit.
The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Monday said its cumulative exports have crossed one million units with the milestone car headed for Denmark.
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.
Leaders of Maruti Suzuki Workers Union could not be contacted for their comments on future course of action.
The company has in the meantime said the plant will remain closed.
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.
Automobile manufacturers are offering freebies, ranging from gold coins and LED televisions to record discounts, to push petrol vehicle sales.
The company sells a range of models starting with the small car M800 to the luxury sedan Kizashi, which are priced between Rs 204,000 and Rs 17.5 lakh or Rs 1.75 million (ex-showroom Delhi).
Sales of the Maruti's mini-segment cars such as M800, A-Star, Alto and WagonR, fell by 15.87 per cent
If the 'connecting rod bolt' is found defective, the company will replace the component free of cost.
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 car maker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), is looking to regain lost ground in the small car segment with the launch of a completely new version of its erstwhile best- selling model Alto.
Maruti Suzuki is offering cash discounts ranging from Rs 5,000 on its hatchback Celerio to Rs 35,000 on entry level Alto800.
As expected, land prices in the region have shot through the roof in the last three to four months, rising about 12 times compared to prices a couple of years earlier.
Still recovering from the impact of workers' violence in July at the Manesar plant, the company also said it is looking at 10 per cent increase in overall production this fiscal.
Expressing solidarity with agitating Maruti Suzuki workers, about a hundred protesters from various trade unions staged a demonstration outside Haryana Bhawan on Thursday, seeking the government's intervention for reversing the suspension and dismissal of workers by MSI.
Your plans to bring home a dream vehicle may just have become a little more distant, with automobile manufacturers considering price increases to offset the impact of higher excise duty levied in the Union Budget.
The company, which sells every second car in the domestic market, said it expected production and sales to grow between 4 per cent and 8 per cent for the financial year started in April.
The domestic car market leader said there will be no cash outflow from MSI as the merger is proposed to be effected through a share swap agreement.
Top companies across sectors -- automobile maker Maruti Suzuki, consumer electronics giant Samsung to IT giant Infosys -- have reopened factories and offices as India took its first steps towards resuming economic activity after weeks under a near-total coronavirus lockdown.
Toyota is working on developing six subcompact cars as part of its global strategy to increase volumes in emerging markets over the next four years.
Toyota is working on developing six subcompact cars as part of its global strategy to increase volumes in emerging markets over the next four years.
The company will restart the production at the unit under heavy police presence.
The new body -- Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union -- has received its registration number from the Haryana Labour Department this week and the company has also decided to recognise it for any future negotiations at the plant.
Chinese automakers Great Wall Motors, FAW Haima Automobile, and Changan Automobile, after dithering about entering India for some years, have been encouraged by the robust sales performance of the late entrants Kia Motors and MG Motors even in a slowing market.
Let alone a discount, they might not even get the model, variant or colour of choice in BS-IV-compliant vehicles.
Maruti Suzuki said there are many reasons for this downturn in the auto market such as liquidity crunch, increased prices of products due to regulatory issues, higher taxes and rise in insurance rates.
The company had sold 92,161 units in the same month previous year, MSI said in a statement.
The NSE Nifty gained 77.85 points, or 0.71 per cent, to finish at 11,008.30. Intra-day, it shuttled between 10,821.55 and 11,035.65.
The development comes after a recent notification from the Union home ministry, which has permitted companies to resume manufacturing operations and reopening of shops in red, green and orange zones with certain riders.
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