Maruti Suzuki said it has opened booking for its WagonR 2019. Customers can book the car by paying Rs 11,000 at any of the company’s dealer showrooms across India or via the company’s website. The car is expected to be officially unveiled on January 23, even though the company did not reveal the launch date. […]
Following the intimation given last month, Maruti Suzuki increased the prices of its cars by up to Rs 10,000 with effect from today. The price change is applicable “for select models owing to increase in commodity prices and foreign exchange rates etc,” said the automaker, which accounts for about 50% of the cars sold in […]
SUV maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, which is feeling the heat from India’s bigger car maker Maruti Suzuki, has announced its latest offering — the five-seater XUV300 — to take on Vitara Brezza, India’s largest selling SUV. The model will be launched in the 1st half of February 2019, Mahindra said. The XUV300 belongs to […]
With rising fuel prices, sales of CNG models are on track to jump 54% this year at India’s biggest car maker, Maruti Suzuki. The company has sold 7.66 lakh units of CNG vehicles in the first eight months of the year, more than the 7.46 lakh vehicles sold in the whole of last year. At […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, said it will increase car prices next month due to increased costs. “Over the past year, the cost of company’s vehicles has been impacted adversely due to increase in commodity prices and foreign exchange rates, etc. “Hence, it has become imperative for the Company to pass on some impact […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, said its premium hatchback, Baleno, averaged sales of 13,158 units since launch, crossing the 5 lakh mark this month. Moreover, sales in the first seven months of this financial year have been 20% higher than that in 2017. The numbers are surprisingly strong for a ‘premium’ car. Part of […]
Weeks after Mahindra & Mahindra announced the Marazzo, Maruti Suzuki has announced a total revamp of its affordable utility vehicle, Ertiga, at a cost of Rs 900 cr. The company said the vehicle, which has an image of being rather boringly utilitarian due to its plain looks, has been totally rebuilt using its parent Suzuki’s […]
Maruti Suzuki is on track to see growth of more than 10% this year in the shipment of its highest-selling premium car ever, the Vitara Brezza. In the first seven months of the year, it has sold 95,000 units of mini SUV, or 13,571 units per month. Last year, it had sold an average of […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker, reported flat sales for October. Total sales, including exports, came in 1.47 lakhs versus 1.46 lakhs last year, rising just 0.2% on year. Domestic sales did slightly better than exports as they were up 1.5% at 1.38 lakh. Exports, on the other hand, fell 17% on year to 8,666 […]
The 2018 version of Ciaz, the ‘A3’ sedan from Maruti Suzuki, has notched up bookings of over 10,000 in the first month, India’s largest carmaker said. This comes as a relief as the numbers had seen a drastic decline in the run-up to the launch of the new, 2018 model in August. The new variant, […]
Suzuki, the Japan-based parent of India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki, has started real-life testing of electric vehicles in India. The company had, in September, promised to bring 50 units of its electric vehicles to India for conducting tests in real life conditions. “This extensive real-life usage of the vehicles in multiple terrains and climatic conditions […]
Maruti Suzuki Eeco, India’s largest selling affordable utility vehicle, has crossed the 5 lakh sales milestone, nearly eight years after it was introduced. The ‘van’ was brought in as a bigger, safer and stronger alternative to the relatively successful Omni. However, Eeco failed to match up to the success of the Omni, partly because the […]
Fitch Ratings has revised Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc’s outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’, indicating a higher risk of a downgrade in its credit rating in the future. The move comes in the wake of higher investments by the company into research and development and rising depreciation of past investments, resulting in more cash burn […]
Jaguar Land Rover today reported total retail sales of 36,629 vehicles in August 2018, down 4.9% year on year, hit by a 38% fall in sales in China due to ongoing tariff war between the US and China. However, Chinese retail sales showed a slight improvement compared to last month, when they had fallen 47% […]
Mahindra & Mahindra has unveiled its next SUV, the Marazzo, at a price that is considerably below what the market was expecting. While the ‘shark-inspired’ UV was supposed to be priced in the same range as the XUV500, the actual starting price is about 20% below that of the 500. Against Rs 12.6 lakhs for […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s biggest carmaker, said it will contribute Rs 3.5 cr, including employee contributions, to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund in the context of floods in Kerala. “With regard to the recent floods and colossal damages in Kerala, Maruti Suzuki stands with the people of Kerala and prays for quick rehabilitation of all […]
Mahindra & Mahindra’s passenger vehicle sales continued to be impacted by the success of Vitara Brezza and other SUV models from its biggest rival Maruti Suzuki. For the July quarter, total utility vehicle sales at Mahindra & Mahindra fell by 7% compared to a year ago to 17,879, even as sales of cars and vans continued […]
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, said it will recall 1,279 units of new Swift and new Dzire cars to check for a defect in the airbag system. These vehicles were manufactured between 7th May 2018 and 5th July 2018, the company added. The suspected defect is in the Airbag Controller Unit. The company said the recall is […]
Maruti Suzuki said it has sold 3 lakh units of Vitara Brezza, the most popular SUV to have hit the Indian market ever. Given that the model was launched in March 2016, this works out to average sales of 10,700 units per month. The number of cars that sell above 10,000 units in India can […]
India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki unveiled a new look for Vitara Brezza, one of the most successful cars in its history. The company also announced that it is selling around 12,300 units per month, making it the most popular SUV in India. “The exterior and interior features have been given a makeover, enhancing the bold […]
