Japanese small car major Suzuki Motor Corporation on Monday said overall passenger vehicle wholesale in the Indian market is expected to grow around 1-2 per cent in 2025-26, with the company's arm Maruti Suzuki looking to outpace industry growth. The company which has earmarked total capital expenditures of 380 billion yen for 2025-26 said "investments in India will account for approximately 50 per cent" of it with plans to increase production capacity of passenger vehicles. On the outlook for FY2025-26 in India, Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) in an investor presentation said, "Although SUVs continue to be strong in the market, demand for compact cars continues to be sluggish, and the overall market for wholesale sales is expected to grow by (around) 1 to 2 per cent." It further said, "With the launch of two new SUVs, including the BEV e VITARA, our company plans to outpace market growth." In addition, the new Kharkhoda plant where it initiated production in February this year, wil
Maruti Suzuki is making its production capabilities flexible so that more models, including electric vehicles, could roll out from the same manufacturing set-up, according to a senior company official. The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is looking to add another 20 lakh units-production capacity by 2030-31 with about 28 different models in the market. Currently, the auto major has a production capability of around 26 lakh units per annum across its manufacturing plants in Haryana and Gujarat. The two plants in Haryana at Gurugram and Manesar roll out around 16 lakh units per annum. The new plant in Kharkhoda has also commenced production. To begin with, the new facility will have an annual production capacity of 2.5 lakh units and produce the compact SUV Brezza. Suzuki Motor Gujarat, a unit of the company, has also set up a facility in Gujarat with an installed production capacity of 7.5 lakh units per year. "In terms of production planning, increasingly we are ma
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Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday reported a 7 per cent increase in total sales to 1,79,791 units in April. The company sold a total of 1,68,089 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. Its total domestic passenger vehicle sales rose marginally to 1,38,704 units compared to 1,37,952 units in the year-ago month, it added. Sales of mini segment cars, comprising Alto and S-Presso, dropped to 6,332 units against 11,519 units in April last year. Sales of compact cars, including Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis, Swift and WagonR, rose to 61,591 units from 56,953 units in the year-ago month. Utility vehicles, consisting of Brezza, Ertiga, Grand Vitara and XL6, clocked sales of 59,022 units last month compared to 56,553 units earlier. Sales of van Eeco stood at 11,438 units last month against 12,060 units in April last year, while that of light commercial vehicle Super Carry were 3,349 units compared to 2,496 units earlier. MSI said its exports last m
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Suzuki Motor Corporation and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Wednesday announced a proposal to set up Osamu Suzuki Centre of Excellence in India in honour of late Osamu Suzuki, the former chairman of the Japanese small car major. The Osamu Suzuki Centre of Excellence (OSCOE) is proposed to be located in Gujarat and Haryana, and will work towards supporting the national objective of high manufacturing growth and raising the standard of component manufacturers (across tier-1, 2 & 3) to make supply chains of the country globally competitive, Maruti Suzuki India said in statement. It will also work to build infrastructure and develop programmes in collaboration with academia and others to propagate Japanese manufacturing philosophy, the statement added. "The programme would include, but not limited to formal teaching, lectures, discussions, seminars etc. Importantly, the efforts of OSCOE would go beyond the automotive sector to other areas of manufacturing," it added. The announcement to ..
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