EVs to play a key role in reaching 850,000 units in exports by 2030-31
Industry leaders Maruti Suzuki India and Tata Motors saw a decline in domestic wholesale sales of 5 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively
The shift towards larger vehicles also impacted MSI's mini-segment cars and compact car sales
Led by robust demand in the festive period, Maruti Suzuki India and Tata Motors are looking to have record retail sales in October. The companies are also eyeing bumper deliveries to customers on Dhanteras. The country's largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, said it has delivered about 30,000 units to customers on Tuesday. "We are also expecting another 10,000 deliveries tomorrow. Last year we had witnessed registration of around 23,000 units," Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer (Marketing & Sales) Partho Banerjee told PTI in an interaction. He noted that the company is witnessing robust demand and is expecting deliveries of around 2 lakh units this month. "October is going be all-time high for us in terms of retail sales. It will be the highest ever. The earlier highest was 1,91,476 units in October 2020," Banerjee said. The bumber sales are also expected to bring down inventory levels for the company to around 30 days from the current 36-37 days, he noted. Tata Motors ...
Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday reported an 18 per cent year-on-year dip in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,102 crore for the second quarter ended September hit by the withdrawal of indexation benefit and change in the tax rate on long term capital gains on debt mutual funds. The country's largest carmaker had posted a net profit of Rs 3,786 crore in the July-September quarter of last fiscal. Total revenue from operations increased to Rs 37,449 crore for the second quarter as against Rs 37,339 crore in the year-ago period, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a regulatory filing. On a standalone basis, the company reported a net profit of Rs 3,069 crore for the September quarter, down 17 per cent as compared with Rs 3,716 crore in the same period last year. Net sales of the company stood at Rs 35,589 crore against Rs 35,535 crore in the same quarter last year. MSI said it sold a total of 5,41,550 vehicles during the July-September quarter, of which the domestic market volume stood at
The fall in Maruti Suzuki share price came after the company's Q2FY25 results fell short of estimates
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In September 2024, Maruti Suzuki reported total sales of 184,727 units, comprising 148,061 units in domestic sales, 8,938 units sold to other OEMs, and 27,728 units in exports
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday said a Haryana GST appeals authority has upheld a tax demand of Rs 139.3 crore against the company. "The Commissioner (Appeals) has passed an order for period July 2017 to August 2022 upholding the demand of Rs 1,393 million, in matter of tax liability under reverse charge basis on certain services," MSI said in a regulatory filing. The company had paid the tax amount before the issuance of show cause notice dated September 28, 2023, it added. The country's largest carmaker said it will be filing an appeal against the appellate order before the Tribunal. The order will have no major impact on the financial, operational or other activities of the company, it added. Maruti Suzuki shares on Wednesday ended 0.35 per cent up at Rs 11,963.15 apiece on BSE.
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The new Swift CNG has been launched in India with a starting price of Rs 8.19 lakh. The carmaker discontinued diesel models and aims to sell over six lakhs in FY 2024-25
Maruti Suzuki India is looking to sell around 6 lakh CNG vehicles in the current fiscal, an increase of around 25 per cent as compared to FY24, according to a senior company executive. The country's largest carmaker company on Wednesday expanded its CNG model range as it rolled out its premium hatchback Swift with S-CNG trims. "This fiscal we are targeting to sell around 6 lakh CNG units. We ended last year with sales of around 4.77 lakh units," Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer (Marketing and Sales) Partho Banerjee told PTI in an interaction. In the April-August period this fiscal, the auto major has so far sold 2.21 lakh units, he added. The new Swift comes in three variants priced at Rs 8.19 lakh; Rs 8.46 lakh and Rs 9.19 lakh respectively. Banerjee said the S-CNG trims deliver a fuel-efficiency of 32.85 km/kg. "The company pioneered the production of CNG vehicles in India back in 2010. Since then, we have sold over 2 million S-CNG vehicles to date, contributing to
Japanese carmaker wants 'sustainable' growth in electric car market by addressing three major concerns
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is looking to establish a holistic ecosystem for electric vehicle buyers as it gears up to introduce its first battery-powered model early next year. The company will look at setting up charging infrastructure for EVs and also other critical elements like having resale avenues for such models. "We are not only going to launch the product, we are going to basically provide a complete ecosystem for the customers who are going to be part of the electric vehicle family," Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Senior Executive Officer (Marketing & Sales) Partho Banerjee told reporters on the sidelines of the 64th SIAM annual session here. He noted that the biggest concern for EV users is regarding the range. "Secondly, it is the EV infrastructure and thirdly it is about the residual value of the vehicle after five years," Banerjee said. He stated that the company's first EV model, a mid-sized SUV, would be unveiled at the Bharat Mobility show in ..
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) is looking at a significant increase in its overseas shipments by 2030, MD and CEO Hisashi Takeuchi said on Tuesday. Speaking at the 64th annual session of industry body SIAM here, he noted that the automaker's overseas shipments will witness "multiples of growth" in coming years. "There is no reason why India should not target a big pie of global trade. As Maruti Suzuki, I can tell you we are not talking about percentage growth but in terms of multiples of growth. So, our exports from India today are three times of what we had four years ago. Not only that, our exports will be 3 times of today in about 6 years from today," Takeuchi said. The company is already exporting some vehicles back to Japan, he said. Last month Maruti Suzuki commenced export of its sports utility vehicle Fronx to Japan. The first consignment of over 1,600 vehicles left for Japan from Gujarat's Pipavav port. Fronx is the first SUV from the MSI stable to be launched in Japan. MS
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