
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

New Delhi: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India has raised the prices of the new diesel variants of its sedan DZire by up to Rs 12,000 from this month, citing input costs pressure. "The company is feeling the pressure of input costs. To mitigate the impact, we have hiked the prices of only diesel variants of the new DZire with effect from May 1," a senior Maruti Suzuki...

06:21 PM, May 08, 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

On this episode we tell you about Maruti Suzuki Ertiga, BMW 3 series and all the motoring news of the world. ...

09:46 PM, Apr 21, 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

In this episode of Overdrive we bring you the comparison between Xylo E9 and 2012 Innova. ...

05:00 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

Maruti's first multi purpose vehicle, the Ertiga will be launched on April 12. The Ertiga, which is based on the Swift platform, will be up against the Toyota Innova and Mahindra Xylo. The car looks similar to the Ritz and Swift - more of an extended wheelbase variant of both. The interiors feature three rows of seating with dual tone upholstery with the steering wheel having audio controls on it....

05:02 PM, Apr 11, 2012