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Expect some impact on costs due to ongoing Red Sea crisis: Maruti Suzuki

Maruti Suzuki may see some increase in costs due to the rerouting of vessels amid the ongoing Red Sea crisis, according to a senior company official. The auto major, which exported around 2.7 lakh cars last calendar year, however, noted that it does not expect the issue to have a very big impact on the company's overseas shipments. "We are seeing some logistical challenges because of the Red Sea issue. And there may be some increase in costs because of risk or because of rerouting of vessels but it should not be significant," MSI Executive Officer (Corporate Affairs) Rahul Bharti said in an analyst call. The lead time of dispatches might change, and there may be some uncertainty in vessels coming and picking up their consignments, among others, he noted. That is a small issue, which is quite common in the export business, Bharti said. Red Sea strait is crucial for 30 per cent of global container traffic and 12 per cent of global trade. About 80 per cent of India's merchandise trad

Maruti launches compact format Nexa service workshops for non-urban areas

Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday launched compact-format Nexa service workshops with plans to have 100 such outlets across the country by the end of next fiscal. Through this strategic move the auto major aims to bring the Nexa service experience to customers in non-urban centres, the company said in a statement. The first six centres inaugurated are strategically located in Ateli (Haryana), Charkhi Dadri (Haryana), Bankura (West Bengal), Dahod (Gujarat), Nirmal (Telangana), and Ooty (Tamil Nadu), it added. "With the growing similarities in consumer preferences in urban and non-urban centres, there is a notable increase in interest for our Nexa offerings from both regions," Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Managing Director & CEO Hisashi Takeuchi stated. Almost 30 per cent of the Nexa sales come from non-urban centres, he added. "To cater to these customers, we are introducing these compact-format Nexa service workshops. Our goal is to set up 100 such workshops by the end of FY 2024-25," .

Northern Railways helps Maruti export Jimny cars to African countries

Maruti Suzuki India has collaborated with Delhi Rail Division of Northern Railway to transport its Jimny cars to western ports through freight trains, which will be further transhipped in vessels to African nations, an official statement said. According to the statement, Sukhvinder Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, flagged off the first freight train with 98 cars on Tuesday from Farukhnagar station in Gurugram to Pipavav Port (West Coast) in the presence of the senior officials of Maruti as well as Delhi Rail Division. "Delhi Division, Northern Railway has become the preferred partner of Automotive Industries and in a major boost to increase export of automobile, M/s Maruti Suzuki India Limited is now transporting Maruti Cars of Jimny model to Western ports, which are further being transhipped in vessels to African nations. "The first rake was loaded on January 23, 2024, from Farukhnagar station to Pipava Port. The rake composition consists of 25 NMG (New Modified Goods) type ...

Hyundai expects SUVs to account for 65% of its total volumes in 2024

Hyundai Motor India expects sports utility vehicle sales to account for 65 per cent of its overall volumes in 2024, the company's COO Tarun Garg said. The company, which currently gets around 60 per cent of its overall volumes from SUV sales, plans to invest Rs 7,000 crore on its second plant at Talegaon, according to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The company officials declined to comment. On Tuesday, the company strengthened its SUV portfolio with the introduction of the new version of its mid-sized sports utility vehicle Creta priced between Rs 10.99 lakh and Rs 19.99 lakh (ex-showroom). The company also plans to commence production at the newly acquired manufacturing plant at Talegaon plant in Maharashtra next year, Hyundai Motor India COO Tarun Garg said.

Maruti Suzuki India hikes prices by around 0.45% across models from Jan 16

Maruti Suzuki price hike: The company's announcement followed as several automakers have announced that they will increase prices due to rising input costs and other factors

Automobile major Maruti Suzuki hikes prices by 0.45% across models

Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday said it has increased prices of its entire model range with immediate effect. An estimated weighted average of increase across models is 0.45 per cent, the auto major said in a regulatory filing. This indicative figure is calculated using ex-showroom prices of models in Delhi and will come into effect from January 16, 2024, it added. Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) sells a range of cars starting from Alto to Invicto, priced between Rs 3.54-28.42 lakh (ex-showroom).

Japan's Suzuki to invest Rs 35,000 crore for second car plant in Gujarat

Japanese carmaker Suzuki Motor will invest 350 billion rupees ($4.21 billion) for a second car plant in India's Gujarat state, its president said on Wednesday at an investment summit in India

Maruti Suzuki's total sales dip in December; exports in 2023 all-time-high

Despite the dip in December, Maruti Suzuki's compact segment continues to have the highest share in its total sales followed by utility vehicles and vans

Year ender 2023: Top auto launches of the year and what to expect in 2024

In 2023, Maruti Suzuki launched the Baleno-based crossover, Fronx, Brezza's facelift, and an all-new Grand Vitara in the SUV space and grabbed more than 50% share of the segment

Maruti Suzuki's 2024 launches: Know about new cars, prices, specs, and more

Maruti will also join the EV bandwagon with its first born-electric SUV, the eVX, which is slated to be launched in India towards the end of 2024

Maruti's first EV with a range of 550 km set to be launched by March 2025

While Maruti Suzuki retains a dominant market share in the petrol-powered affordable cars segment, given the size and range of the vehicle, the eVX is unlikely to be as affordable as Tata's Tiago EV

Maruti Suzuki November sales: Total sales up 3.39%, SUV sales rise 50%

The mid-sized sedan, Ciaz clocked just 278 units last month as compared to 1,554 units in November 2022

After Audi, Maruti Suzuki to hike prices of its cars from January 2024

Maruti Suzuki, India's largest carmaker, did not mention the quantum of price hike

Suzuki to introduce three-cylinder engines: Why is this a big deal?

Suzuki has continued with its four-cylinder engines at a time when most carmakers have shifted to three-cylinder units

Car sales to cross 4 mn mark this year on strong demand despite price hikes

Carmakers are expecting sales of 4.10 to 4.17 mn cars this calendar year. This is 8-10% more than the sales registered in 2022, despite the high base of last year

Maruti Suzuki records highest-ever monthly sale; sells 199,217 units in Oct

Utility vehicle sales for the company stood at 59,147 units in October 2023 which was almost double the 30,971 units sold in October 2022

Record sales drive up Maruti Suzuki India profit 78% to all-time high

India's largest carmaker reported a 6.3 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in domestic passenger vehicle (PV) sales, at 482,731 units, in Q2 of FY24

Maruti Suzuki at fresh high; up 4% on record quarterly sales, profit in Q2

The company reported 80.3% YoY jump in net profit to Rs 3,716.5 crore on account of higher net sales, softening of commodity prices, cost reduction efforts and higher non-operating income.

As Pak Suzuki plans to delist, a glance at Pakistan's automobile industry

Auto sector in Pakistan has registered a huge decline in sales volumes from the latter half of 2022, thanks to the import restrictions imposed by SBP on the import of CKD kits of vehicles

Maruti eyeing bigger pie of global car market, aims to 3X exports by 2030

Maruti Suzuki reported its best-ever exports which reached 259,333 units for the financial year 2022-23