Suzuki headquarters in Japan avoids damage (1) tradeonlytoday told us that Suzuki reports that its corporate headquarters in Japan, and those who work there, were not harmed in the recent earthquake and tsunami. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire nation of Japan as they begin to assess the damage and rebuild their communities [...]
Suzuki UK update entire range Suzuki have been lanuched Kizashi in Japan and extended it to the USA, Australia and more recently parts of Europe. Next stop is Britain and while this well-appointed model is deemed by Suzuki to be a niche product – they hope to sell around 500 – potential buyers can rest [...]
Consultancy’s view about the Koreans After it began exporting cars to in 1986, Hyundai Motor became the butt of ridicule. Its vehicles enjoyed a couple of years of rising popularity, mainly because they were substantially cheaper than the competition’s, but then sales plunged. The company learned, the hard way, that rattles, engine and transmission problems, [...]
Maruti Suzuki RC Bhargava interview:Hopes to boost production by 12-14% this year Below is transcript of RC Bhargava interview with CNBC-TV18’s Latha Venkatesh and Sonia Shenoy. Q: What is your take on the budget this year? A: The automobile industry and I personally are quite happy with the budget. It was a good budget which [...]
Maruti plans new plant in Rohtak A high utilisation level, robust demand is leading the country’s largest car maker to contemplate setting up its New manufacturing plant at Rohtak. Sources in the know of the development said that Rohtak plant would have a capacity of 6 lakh unit per annum. Rohtak plant will be spread [...]
Suzuki Solio production doubled in two months,New Moco order more than 10,000 in 1 month Since March 2011, Suzuki will raised “Solio” small station wagon to 7,000 units per month more than doubled compared with the production of the original plan. Since its launch in January.The formal plans is only 1,000 units per month for [...]
Indiatimes: Import of Japanese automobiles, spare parts to stop Japanese automobile companies in India will stop importing high-end cars, bikes and critical spare parts as their parent companies have downed shutters of factories in Japan after earthquake and tsunami played havoc with operations. “We are assessing the impact on vendors that supply to our parent [...]
Volkswagen CEO admits to differences with Suzuki on JV Volkswagen on Wednesday admitted that there were “differences” with Suzuki over plans to take their partnership forward, though adding that the two companies were trying to find out joint opportunities for cooperation in the Indian small car market. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, said at the [...]
Suzuki unveil Swift “Samurai Design” Suzuki Italy unveils special Suzuki Swift edition “Samurai Design” with limited number of unit build.Suzuki are said to offers more equipment and advantageous prices to increase the attractiveness of the Swift.The car will have imperial Japanese flag on the roof, Mirrors with custom plates,Exterior painting “Red Passion” and decorative stickers [...]
Maruti considering diesel engine-powered SUVs,two new models in compact segment Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest automaker, has drawn up an aggressive strategy to retain its 45-50 per cent share of India’s rapidly burgeoning car market that is expected to hit 5 million units by 2015, from the current 2 million. The blueprint includes upgrades or [...]
