New Delhi: More than 80 workers have been arrested after clashes at Maruti's Manesar plant. One person died of burn injuries and sources say 85 others were injured in a scuffle at Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday. A case has also been registered against 50 workers for attempt to murder and damage to property as the management and workers blamed each other. The workers allegedly set property on fire and...
10:05 AM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: One person died of burn injuries and sources say 85 others have been injured in a scuffle at Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday. Three company officials have been admitted to a hospital. Twenty workers have been arrested and 80 have been detained. A case has also been registered against 50 workers for attempt to murder and damage to property. The workers allegedly set property on fire and ransacked...
07:57 AM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of automobiles companies gained ground today as petrol price was cut by Rs 2.46 per litre, the second reduction this month. Shares of Maruti Suzuki jumped 3.71 per cent to Rs 1,160 on the BSE and was the top gainer among the blue-chip Sensex stocks. Mahindra and Mahindra was trading up 2.91 per cent, Hero MotoCorp (2.12 per cent), Tata Motors (2.06 per cent), Bajaj Auto (1.76 per...
11:54 AM, Jun 29, 2012
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India is gearing up to introduce by the end of this year a new 800cc car that is likely to be more fuel efficient, but also more expensive, than its existing best selling model Alto. According to sources close to the development, the company will start commercial production of the car at its Gurgaon facility from July or August and will launch it by Diwali. "Although...
02:45 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Mumbai: Largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki on Thursday said it will be adding around 1,900 employees to its workforce this year, out of which around 900 will be for engineering and management divisions. "We have already hired around 200 employees so far this fiscal and the plan is to hire 900 personnel on the engineering and management side apart from around 1,000 technicians on the shop-floor, taking the total hiring to...
01:40 AM, Jun 08, 2012
Gandhinagar: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Gujarat is emerging as a global hub in the automobile sector. After signing of the State Support Agreement(SSA) agreement with Maruti Suzuki for its manufacturing facility, Modi said that Gujarat has emerged as a prominent global hub in the automobile sector. "The journey started with Tata Nano, Ford, Peugeot, and now Maruti has entered in Gujarat which will strengthen the...
01:30 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Saturday said it will invest Rs 4,000 crore, its biggest ever outside Haryana, to set up a new production facility in Gujarat by 2015-16. Besides, components suppliers of the company are also likely to make an equal amount of investment to set up their respective plants at the location. Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said the new 700-acre plant near Mehsana...
10:44 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Auto sales in India moderated in May with the country's largest car makers Maruti Suzuki, General Motors, Ford and TVS Motor posting declines in their numbers due to post-Budget price hikes, high interest rates and rising fuel prices. Hyundai Motor, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, however, witnessed sales going up. During the month, the country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp registered its highest ever monthly sales. Maruti...
09:38 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Friday reported 4.99 per cent fall in total sales at 98,884 units for May. The company had sold 1,04,073 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement. In May, MSI recorded domestic sales at 89,478 units, compared to 93,519 units in the year-ago period, registering a fall of 4.32 per cent. Similarly, MSI's exports went...
12:21 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: A day after petrol prices were hiked by an all-time record of Rs 7.50 per litre, leading car makers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor on Thursday announced discounts of up to Rs 50,000 on petrol models for a limited period. While the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India has offered a Rs 30,000 discount on its best selling small car Alto in order to stop...
07:59 PM, May 24, 2012
Maruti's first foray into the MPV segment, the Ertiga has been launched in India at a price of Rs 5.89 lakh for the base petrol variant, ex-Delhi. The Ertiga is being offered in six variants " three with a petrol engine and three with a diesel and will square off against the Innova and Xylo. It will be available in seven colours.The Ertiga uses familiar parts and bits from the...
05:08 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Car makers are hoping that bank will reduce interest rates on car loans following the RBI's cut on lending rates as the industry looks forward to overcome slow growth witnessed last fiscal. Describing RBI's cut in short term lending rate by 0.50 per cent to 8 per cent as "good direction", Maruti Suzuki India Managing Executive Officer Marketing and Sales Mayank Pareek said: "It will spur growth. I...
03:50 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Indore: Car major Maruti Suzuki on Saturday said it plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore in diesel engine manufacturing facility at its Gurgaon plant to meet the demand for Swift and Desire models. The company would manufacture 1.5 lakh diesel engines for Swift and Desire in the current year to meet the growing demand, Shashank Srivastava, chief general manager (marketing), said at a press conference after launching the new model...
07:01 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Out of the 15 million cars sold in India, Maruti Suzuki sells 10 million of them. That's the level of market share this manufacturer has in the Indian market. But in the MUV segment, Maruti dosen't have a strong vehicle. And this segment accounts for 14 per cent of the industry. More and more customers are looking to upgrade from a premium hatchback and this is the space which Maruti...
11:55 AM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki has finally launched the Ertiga MPV at a price of Rs 5.89 lakh for the base petrol variant, ex-Delhi. The Ertiga is being offered in six variants " three with a petrol engine and three with a diesel and will square off against the Innova and Xylo. It will be available in seven colours. The Ertiga uses familiar parts and bits from the Maruti kitty. Its...
02:08 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: Car sales in India rose just 2.2 percent in the fiscal year that ended in March, a year to forget for automakers marked by demand-smothering high interest rates and rising fuel costs, but are seen posting double-digit growth this year. Sales rose an annual 19.7 percent in March, a fifth straight monthly increase, but still lower than the 30 percent growth seen in the 2010/11 fiscal year, before...
05:51 PM, Apr 10, 2012
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05:32 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Monday reported highest ever monthly sales in March at 1,25,952 units, 3.28 per cent jump from 1,21,952 units in the same month last year. For the entire 2011-12 financial year however, the company's sales declined by 10.80 per cent to 11,33,695 units from 12,71,005 units in 2010-11, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. In March 2012, the Delhi-based...
11:34 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has increased the prices of its vehicles by up to Rs 17,000 following the hike in excise duty in the Budget. The increase in prices will affect the company's models ranging from small car M800 to mid-sized sedan SX4. "There has been an average increase in prices of our vehicles by 1.75 per cent after the Budget," MSI Managing Executive...
01:36 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Out of the 15 million cars sold in India, Maruti Suzuki sells 10 million of them. That's the level of market share this manufacturer has in the Indian market. But in the MUV segment, Maruti dosen't have a strong vehicle. And this segment accounts for 14 per cent of the industry. More and more customers are looking to upgrade from a premium hatchback and this is the space which Maruti...
05:43 PM, Mar 23, 2012
