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Maruti Suzuki gains 2% after promoter buys 3.45 lakh shares via open market

ICICI Securities said this is sentimentally positive for the company and a confidence boosting measure

Improving outlook, upgrades to keep wheels turning for auto companies

In addition to volumes, margins, too, are expected to expand

Persistent chip, logistics woes frustrate car delivery timelines

Persistent chip and logistics woes frustrate delivery timelines. Open order books in Feb breach 700K; wait period for some models exceed a year

Maruti Suzuki ties up with SMAS Auto to boost vehicles subscription

Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said it has partnered with SMAS Auto Leasing India Pvt Ltd to enhance its vehicles subscription programme. SMAS is the fifth partner to offer a range of the company's vehicles on white plate subscription, wherein the vehicle is registered under the user's name and hypothecated to the subscription partner, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement. Maruti Suzuki Subscribe with SMAS is now available across cities, including Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai, it added. Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer, Marketing and Sales Shashank Srivastava said since its introduction two years ago, the Maruti Suzuki Subscribe programme has received good response, specially from "today's asset-light generation who prefer flexible buying decisions". "Through new partnerships and city expansions, we wish to expand our reach even more and serve our customers with more ease and convenience, he added. SMAS Auto Leasing Genera

Semiconductor shortage continues to impact production: Maruti Suzuki CFO

Maruti Suzuki India continues to witness an impact on its production as semiconductor supplies still remain challenging and unpredictable, according to the company's CFO Ajay Seth. In order to deal with the situation, the auto major is now working on ways to maximise its output from available supply of electronic components. Although the supply situation improved in the third quarter ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the second quarter of this fiscal, the country's largest carmaker could not produce around 46,000 units in the October-December period owing to the semiconductor shortage. "Limited visibility of electronic components is a challenge in planning our production. Electronic component shortage is still limiting our production volumes," Seth said in an analyst call. The supply situation of electronic components continues to remain unpredictable, he added. "Our supply chain, engineering, production and sales teams are working towards maximising the production volume fro

Maruti Suzuki India's pending orders rise to around 405,000 units in Jan

Maruti Suzuki India's pending orders have jumped to around 4.05 lakh units this month as the inflow of bookings continues to be steady, while newly introduced SUVs Jimny and Fronx also added to the numbers, according to a senior company official. The bookings for Jimny have crossed 11,000 units, while that of Fronx is around 4,000 units. In the third quarter ended December 2022, the company's pending customer orders stood at about 3.63 lakh vehicles, out of which about 1.19 lakh orders were for newly launched models. "We are at around 4,05,000 bookings (at present), which are pending, and that means that we are seeing in the flow of bookings and of inquiries at a pretty good level," Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, Shashank Srivastava told PTI. Compared to January 2022, the inquiry is higher by 28 per cent and bookings by 16 per cent in the same month this year, he said. The increase in pending orders has also been accelerated by the company's two .

Sensex, Nifty50 end flat in a wobbly trade; Tata Motors, Maruti surge 3%

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Maruti Suzuki to recall 11,177 Grand Vitara SUVs to fix seat belt defect

The company, which is majority owned by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp, will report its results for the quarter ending Dec. 31 on Tuesday

Maruti Suzuki Q3 preview: Profit may decline up to 8% QoQ on lower volumes

Maruti Suzuki Q3: Net profit may come in the range of Rs 1,794.4 crore to Rs 1,940 crore, as per brokerages' estimates

Exports of Grand Vitara commence; first shipment goes to Latin America

Maruti Suzuki India aims to export the model to more than 60 countries across Latin America, Africa, Middle East, ASEAN and neighboring regions

No near-term boost likely for auto stocks from Expo 2023, say analysts

Analysts, however, believe investors may adopt 'buy on dips' strategy for the pack as overall sales growth is expected to remain steady going forward

Maruti Suzuki launches two CNG powertrain options of SUV Grand Vitara

Maruti Suzuki India on Friday said it has launched two CNG powertrain options of its mid-sized SUV Grand Vitara, priced at Rs 12.85 lakh and Rs 14.84 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The country's largest carmaker said the CNG trims come with a five-speed manual gearbox with a fuel efficiency of 26.6 km/kg. The 1.5 litre gasoline-powered variants of the car are priced from Rs 10.45 lakh to Rs 19.49 lakh. "The introduction of the S-CNG option further expands the appeal of the Grand Vitara. The Grand Vitara S-CNG will contribute to our aggressive plan to widen our green-powertrain offerings, expanding to 14 models," Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer Marketing & Sales Shashank Srivastava said in a statement. The Grand Vitara S-CNG can also be owned through Maruti Suzuki Subscribe at an all-inclusive monthly subscription fee starting from Rs 30,723, the company stated.

Top carmakers post double-digit export growth with Maruti at the wheel

Clock 11% growth in the first 11 months of 2022

Maruti Suzuki India logs 28% rise in exports at 263,068 units in 2022

Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reported a 28 per cent rise in exports at 2,63,068 units in 2022, its highest ever overseas shipments. The company's previous highest exports was achieved in 2021 with 2,05,450 units. The highest exported models in 2022 were Dzire, Swift, S-Presso, Baleno and Brezza, the company said in a statement. "Crossing the 2 lakh milestone in exports for the second consecutive year signifies the trust, quality, reliability, performance, and affordability of our products," Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) Managing Director & CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said. He further said, "this achievement further aligns with our strong commitment to the government of India's 'Make in India' initiative to manufacture products to delight global customers." The company said in 2022, it exported more than double the volume it exported in pre-COVID year 2019, which stood at 1,07,190 units. In 2020, its exports had declined to 85,208 units due to the pandemic and supply chain ...

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Maruti Suzuki's production falls 18% to 124,722 units in December

Maruti Suzuki India's production in December 2022 was lower by 17.96 per cent at 1,24,722 units, according to a regulatory filing by the company. The company had a total production of 1,52,029 units in the same month a year ago. Production in mini cars and compact segment, comprising models such as Alto, S-Presso, Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis, Swift and WagonR, was lower at 83,753 units last month as compared to 1,06,090 units in December 2021. Production of utility vehicles, including Brezza, Ertiga, Jimny, S-Cross and XL6, was also lower at 27,303 units as compared to 31,794 units in the year-ago month, the filing added. Light commercial vehicle Super Carry's production stood at 587 units as against 3,262 units in December 2021. In an interaction on Sunday, Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales Shashank Srivastava had said the company wanted to keep its stock at a very low level starting January. "We had to control the production because we wanted to

Maruti Suzuki seeks correct accounting of GHG emission benefits of ethanol

Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday sought correct accounting of greenhouse gas emission benefits of ethanol blended fuel under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) norms. The second phase of CAFE norms came into effect from April this year. The regulation first came into force in India from April 1, 2017. It is aimed at lowering fuel consumption of vehicles by reducing their CO2 emissions, mandating the average corporate CO2 emission to be less than 130 gm/km by 2022, applicable to all petrol, diesel, LPG and CNG fuelled vehicles. Under CAFE II regulations, the average corporate CO2 emission must be less than 113 gm/km. The corporate average in CAFE refers to the sales-volume weighted average for every automobile manufacturer. To promote ethanol and flex-fuel, SIAM has made some specific policy enablers requests to the road transport and highways ministry, Maruti Suzuki India MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said at a SIAM event here. "One of our key requests is

Chip shortage to cause bigger hit to Dec production: Maruti Suzuki India

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, the country's top carmaker, said on Friday it expected a shortage of electronic components to impact its production in December more than in recent months

Maruti Suzuki plans price hike in Jan due to inflation-led cost pressure

Maruti Suzuki said the price hike would vary across models

Auto shares trade weak post November sales; Eicher, M&M down up to 3%

M&HCV segment witnessed mixed performance while LCV segment witnessed near double digit de-growth leading to overall de-growth in CV space.