Consumer-focused automakers, such as Maruti Suzuki and Hero MotoCorp, fared better than commercial vehicle makers, going by auto sales trends in December 2020. Maruti Suzuki, which accounts for around half the cars sold in India, was among the best performers, with a 20% jump in sales compared to December last year. The company sold 1.60 […]
Maruti Suzuki India today said it had decided not to use Toyota Kirloskar’s factory in India to manufacture Vitara Brezza, also sold as Toyota Urban Cruiser in India. An agreement was announced in March last year in which the two companies announced that Maruti Suzuki will supply Baleno to Toyota in India. At the same […]
After launching car subscription services in Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Pune, India’s largest carmaker has brought the service to Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The service will cost around Rs 14,690 per month in Gujarat for a Swift LXi for a four-year contract, excluding GST. In Chennai, it will cost Rs 15,196 […]
Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt Ltd, the India-based auto-manufacturing arm of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp, has completed the construction of its third and final assembling unit to achieve its full production capacity of 750,000 vehicles per year, sister concern Maruti Suzuki said today. Unlike Maruti Suzuki, Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt Ltd is 100% owned by the […]
Maruti Suzuki India reported a whopping 31% jump in its September auto sales, while Mahindra & Mahindra reported a more modest increase of around 5% in its passenger vehicles. The commercial vehicles division continued to struggle with low demand. M&M Unlike Maruti Suzuki, which benefited from higher sales of its smaller cars, Mahindra & Mahindra’s […]
In a move that has the potential to radically alter the way cars are purchased in India, Maruti Suzuki today unveiled a new ‘subscription’ model of car sales that starts at just Rs 14,463 per month, including all maintenance, taxes, registration charges and insurance. For Rs 14,463, Maruti Suzuki will offer the customer a brand […]
Maruti Suzuki and Escorts have reported strong auto sales numbers for August 2020. While Escorts report an all-time high for its monthly tractor sales, Maruti Suzuki reported a 21.3% year-on-year jump in passenger vehicle sales, possibly indicating a move by consumers away from public transport. The company sold 1.13 lakh passenger vehicles, up from 93,174 […]
Maruti Suzuki India said it has tied up with NS Raghavan Center Entrepreneurial Learning at IIM Bangalore to scout out start-ups in the automobile sector. Maruti Suzuki, India’s biggest carmaker, will look for technology-based innovations that can be applied in the mobility sector. Among the focus areas will be digital, data and AI/ML in the […]
Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest carmaker, has started a car subscription service in India in association with ORIX, a Japan-based car rental service provider. Car subscriptions are like car leasing, but with more flexibility that comes at typically higher costs. Unlike car leasing, car subscriptions typically do not come with conditions such as travelling limits. […]
Maruti Suzuki has come out with a range of health-related products and car accessories keeping in mind the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The most interesting of these is the ‘car cabin separator’, a PVC shield that can be kept behind the front seats to seal off the front and back sections of the car. “The car […]
Maruti Suzuki has delivered a BS-VI upgrade to its popular WagonR car without implementing a price change, unlike the petrol version. The new, BS-6 compliant WagonR S-CNG Lxi will continue to be available at a price of Rs 5.25 lakh in Delhi, excluding RTO charges. The only other CNG trim, Lxi (O) will continue to […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, reported a sharp decline in the sales of its larger cars and utility vehicles in January, even as sales of small and compact cars remained resilient. Sales of Ciaz, the mid-segment sedan that costs around Rs 10 lakh, fell by a whopping 71.5% to 835 units in January compared to […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s No.1 car maker, said its SUV-like mini car, S-PRESSO, has crossed the 10,000 unit sales mark within the first month of its launch — an important milestone that puts the model in the top 10 selling cars in the country. The best-selling cars in the country, such as the Swift, moves around […]
Maruti Suzuki has increased the price of the 1 liter version of mid-size hatchback Wagon R by Rs 8,000, excluding tax in Delhi, on the occasion of the transition to the new BS-VI emission norm. The new car is available from dealers, the company said, making it one of the first BS-VI compliant cars in […]
The arrival of the festival season a month earlier than last year helped Maruti Suzuki report a decent auto sales growth for October 2019. Maruti Suzuki reported a 2.5% increase in its domestic market sales in October to 1.41 lakh vehicles, compared to 1.38 lakh in October last year. This comes after a string of […]
Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India’s biggest home-grown automakers, reported continued pain in its passenger vehicle department, but sales decline a its commercial vehicle and tractor divisions seemed to show signs of moderation in September. Domestic sales of passenger vehicles were down 33% in September, doing worse than August, when they had declined 32%. The […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, said customers can now request paid and free services and repairs for their cars at their home. The company announced a new doorstep service called ‘service on wheels’. The facility will be available for both regular cars as well as those sold via NEXA dealerships. This will not only benefit […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, released the ‘first sketch’ of XL6 — its ‘premium three-row vehicle’ that is likely to take on the likes of XUV500 and Toyota Innova. The XL6 is based on the Ertiga platform, but offers upgraded features and is more ‘sporty’ with greater ground clearance than the Ertiga. The Ertiga itself […]
Maruti Suzuki reported one of the worst auto sales declines in recent years, with sales in India falling 35.1% to 98,210 vehicles in July 2019. The company had seen a decline of 17.3% in its India retail sales in the previous month, which stood at 1.11 lakh. The decline in July was similar across the […]
Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest auto maker, has reported a 26% month-on-month fall in the production of passenger vehicles for the month of June, 2019. Compared to the same month of last year, the decline was 16.3%. The company reported total passenger vehicle production of 109,641 for June 2019, compared to 148,095 vehicles produced in […]
