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Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India on Monday said its board has approved a Rs 4,960-crore proposal to acquire land and expand its manufacturing capacity in Gujarat. The company's board, at its meeting held on Monday, granted approval to acquire land for the expansion of production capacity at Khoraj Industrial Estate from Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, and "the proposed capacity addition is up to 1 million (10 lakh) units", Maruti Suzuki India said in a regulatory filing. On the overall investment, the company said it would be finalised and approved by the board while framing the phases of installation of capacity. "The cost of land acquisition, development and preparatory activities approved by the board is Rs 4,960 crore," it added. The mode of financing would be a combination of internal accruals and external borrowings, Maruti Suzuki India said. The total existing capacity of the company is around 24 lakh units per annum in Gurugram, Manesar, Kharkhoda (all in
Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Saturday reported a 7 per cent growth in total sales at 2,20,894 units as compared to 2,06,434 units in the same month last year. Total domestic sales, including commercial vehicles, stood at an all-time high of 1,80,675 units as against 1,63,130 units in the same month last year, up 10.75 per cent, the company said in a regulatory filing. Domestic passenger vehicle sales were at 1,76,318 units as against 1,59,591 units in October 2024, up 10.48 per cent, it added. Sales to other OEM (Toyota Kirloskar) were at 8,915 units and exports were at 31,304 units, Maruti Suzuki India said. The company said sales of mini cars comprising Alto and S-Presso models were down at 9,067 units from 10,687 units in the same month last year. On the other hand, sales of compact cars Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis, Swift, WagonR increased to 76,143 units from 65,948 units in October 2024. Sales of utility vehicles, comprising Brezza, Ertiga, Fronx, Grand Vit
Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said it plans to add a total of 500 service workshops to its network in the current fiscal. The auto major on Wednesday announced the setting up of its 5,000th Arena Service touchpoint in Coimbatore. The company sells its product range in the country through Arena and Nexa sales networks. "We plan to continuously expand our network in future as well. In FY 2024-25, we opened 460 service touchpoints under ARENA and NEXA channels, and in FY 2025-26, we plan to add a total of 500 service workshops to our network," Maruti Suzuki MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said in a statement. With the addition of new touchpoints, the company's service network now increases to over 5,640 service touchpoints, covering 2,818 cities across India, the automaker said. In FY 2024-25, Maruti Suzuki said it serviced over 27 million vehicles, the highest ever in a single financial year. During April-September 2025, the company, through its network, has already serviced over 14