5 less known Maruti facts: Workers take 2,545 steps to finish every car

Maruti Suzuki’s position as the country’s top car maker for years now is well known. It commands a 47 per cent share in domestic car market, with a result that almost every second car sold in the country is a Maruti. However, certain interesting facts related to this Suzuki owned company is not known to many.

1) Maruti consumes about 70,000 litres of paint every day to colour the 5,000 cars manufactured daily by the company at its two manufacturing units in Haryana’s Manesar and Gurgaon. Sixty five robots work to paint the bumpers alone.

2) Maruti needs 20,000 tonnes of steel