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Maruti Suzuki has strengthened its grip on Indian roads and accounts for a 50% market share

One company in a market of over a dozen carmakers has been shaping the industry’s growth, defying all odds. We are talking about Maruti Suzuki, the carmaker that has grabbed over 50 per cent of the world’s fifth biggest market, which is also one of the fastest-growing.
 
Going by its market share, the Suzuki-promoted company is an aberration. India’s biggest carmaker continues to get bigger by gaining share in an expanding market. It now holds a multi-year high of 50 per cent, up from about 47 per cent in 2016-17. In fact, Maruti Suzuki is the company that has