India has scrapped a planned concession for small cars in upcoming fuel-efficiency rules after automakers including Tata Motors Ltd. and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. argued it would benefit only one company—Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., a government document shows. Maruti Suzuki controls 95% of India’s small car market. (HT Auto) A September 2025 draft of the […]
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has approved a plan to acquire land in Gujarat, as the nation’s largest carmaker seeks to expand its annual production capacity by up to 10 lakh units (1 million) to meet rising demand. The Maruti Suzuki eVitara. (HT) The board of the New Delhi-based carmaker cleared an investment of ₹4,960 crore […]
Maruti Suzuki WagonR has become only the third car to cross the production milestone of 35 lakh units, joining the likes of the Alto and Swift in a rarefied club. Maruti Suzuki WagonR hatchbacks at the company’s manufacturing plant of Maruti Suzuki in Manesar. (Reuters) Born as a Kei car in Japan in 1993 and […]
Japan’s top carmakers—Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. Ltd., and Suzuki Motor Corp.—have lined up billions of dollars of investments to Make in India, in what is seen as a pivot away from China. Suzuki’s $8 billion investment in India is to mainly expand its local capacity to 40 lakh cars a year, from some […]
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has become the first Indian carmaker to achieve cumulative sales of three crore units, underscoring the market dominance of India’s largest carmaker since inception 42 years ago. The Maruti Suzuki Swift is among the Top 3 all-time best-selling cars of India’s largest carmaker by sales (Unsplash) The New Delhi-based carmaker sold […]
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. expects small-car sales to grow faster than SUVs after India’s biggest indirect tax reform since 2017 reduced the GST rate on small cars to 18% and increased those for SUVs to 40%. The Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 is the smallest car in the portfolio of India’s largest carmaker by sales. (HT […]
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. is on track to deliver a record-setting 50,000 cars on Dhanteras, according to a company official, underscoring the resurgence in demand for cars following GST reforms. The Maruti Suzuki Victoris, the latest offering from India’s largest carmaker. (HT) “We have already done 38,500 deliveries today and expect to reach 41,000,” Partho […]