Maruti launches all new Wagon R – Price starts at Rs 3.28lakhs

Maruti Suzuki is all set to take the Indian hatchback market fight to another level with their plans to launch the ALL New Wagon R, which is moments away. The new Wagon R – titled as ‘blue-eyed boy’ is powered by a new K10B series engine – BS IV compliant. The Wagon R was first [...]

Get ready to pay for airport usage

Airline industry went through a sweeping change with the introduction of the so called low cost airlines which finally made flying affordable to the middle class. This sweeping change came with unprecedented  air traffic and rush at the airports. This led to newer airports in the bigger cities and metros.

Now, Bangalore already has a new [...]

Jobs at Maruti : Maruti Suzuki to hire 3,000

Maruti Suzuki is set to hire 3000 people over the next three years. Maruti Suzuki, the market leader in India, has been doing high on sales number, as said here earlier. Thanks to the news of hike in car prices, coming in from everywhere.

It currently has 7,500 employees and is looking forward to more hiring [...]

India drives Suzuki and its growth

After facing a slump in every market, Japanese major Suzuki has a breather from its biggest market, India. Suzuki trebled its full year global net income forecast to 15 billion Yen ($167 million). The numbers on Suzuki’s website show that the sales numbers have fallen in all markets, except India. India is the only bright [...]

Ford Figo : One more small car to choose from

Ford unveiled its small car for India this week, called the Figo, which means “cool” in Italian. Ford plans to launch it in first quarter of 2010. The Ford Figo has a new contemporary shape & large side windows, that makes it distinctly different from other brands in this segment. It will be powered by a [...]

Maruti Suzuki SX4 to be revamped

Maruti Suzuki SX4 is scheduled to undergo a revamp. SX4 currently is not in complaince of Bharat Stage-IV emission norms. Hence, the company has decided to halt its production. SX4 will be available again in 6-8 weeks with a compliant engine and a change in model. Reports also say that the new SX4 will have a 1.6-litre engine [...]

Maruti Suzuki to design and develop a car on its own – 100% Made In India Car

Maruti Suziki, the largest car maker in India has manufacturing houses at Gurgaon and Manesar and builds more than 1 million units per year. Apart from these production houses, as part of the plan recently announced, the company is going to invest around 1000 crores for these R&D facilities in Haryana. The land allotment agreement recently got singed.

This unit at Haryana will house a R&D centre for passenger cars including India’s first state-of-the-art test track with a proving ground, wind tunnel, crash facility etc. While the development of the allotted land and construction of the test tracks will be completed during the first phase by 2012, the overall R&D facilities will be progressively completed by 2015…