Maruti Suzuki lines up Rs 5,000 cr capex for FY19

Country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today said it has earmarked Rs 5,000 crore for capex in the current fiscal.

It plans to invest in various activities including new product development, engineering, maintenance of plants and network.

MSI has also earmarked close to Rs 1,000 crore in 2018-19 to buy land parcels for new dealerships.

"We have earmarked Rs 5,000 crore capex for the current fiscal," MSI Chairman RC Bhargava told reporters here.

If needed, the company can invest even more on buying land parcels in the current fiscal, he added.

MSI invested around Rs 790 crore for buying land parcels last fiscal.

As part of its network expansion strategy, the company plans to buy land parcels, build dealerships and then lease them to selected dealers.

The trigger for the land purchase is the increasing prices across the country, especially in high-potential belts, which impacted profitability of dealerships