Indian Motos BlogWith the Versa platform-based O2 MPV, Maruti plans to release a Zen Estilo facelift in October 09. The facelift will include minor cosmetic changes in exteriors and in interiors alongwith a Bharat Stage IV compatible engine.
Read MoreMaruti Suzuki is likely to release in October 09, a new MPV codenamed ‘O2′ based on the Versa platform. This new vehicle is currently in the advanced stages of design and would be rolled out from Maruti’s Gurgaon plant.
Read MoreMaruti Suzuki is likely to roll out cars with stop-start technology soon. This technology will boost the fuel economy by around 5-10%, but will increase the car’s price by Rs.10,000-20,000. Bosch is said to source this patented technology to Maruti.
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This is a rare occurrence. To me these guys were competitors and not potential partners or never have I envisaged a concept of them coming together before. Recession has forced a lot of manufacturers to tie-up with each other and develop cars and technology to shave costs. In India, recession hasn’t caused this occurrence for sure.
They say sometimes reality can be stranger than fiction.
India Automotive reports Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Maruti Suzuki will collaborate to develop hybrid technology. They will then have the license to incorporate them into their products.
The trio will venture into making lithium-ion batteries, controller and electric motor technologies, essential components of a hybrid powertrain. The partnership will be governed by by I V Rao, R&D chief of Maruti Suzuki and additionally charged with the post of chairman of the committee on National Hybrid Propulsion Programme.
Mahindra’s hybrid vehicle dreams began with the Scorpio hybrid which is production ready. Tata Motors has the electric vehicle technology which looks promising on the Indica Vista EV and the Indica EV.
Maruti Suzuki hasn’t shown interest in developing hybrid or electric cars in the past, but this is a good place to start as hybrid vehicles are undeniably the next phase of evolution in the automobile industry. The three are committed to making the most out of this partnership and the results will be displayed during the Commonwealth games next year.
Read MoreMaruti Suzuki has scrapped its plans of phasing out the Omni. The company is now working to upgrade the existing engine to make it BSIV compatible, as the mini van is still doing brisk sales (avg 7000 units/mth). The Maruti 800 however, will be phased out from 11 cities as planned.
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The new Suzuki Alto (Indian A-Star) is ready to go on sale in the UK from the 1st of March and from where else will the car be sourced? Maruti Suzuki will export the first few Euro-spec units from right here in India (remember that the A-Star is not made anywhere else in the world). The base version will carry an on-road price tag of £6,795.
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Maruti Suzuki India today revealed its plans to replace three of its cars — the WagonR, Omni and Versa. A person dealing with the projects said the new WagonR will be based on the Suzuki’s MR Wagon platform(like the existing model), but the exterior and interior will be throughly made-over. The new Omni will be built on Versa platform to replace both Omni and Versa.
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India’s largest carmaker – Maruti Suzuki has yet again hiked the prices (since its last hike in October’08) of its cars by Rs 5,000-10,000 with effect from January 28, attributing it to higher input prices and foreign currency movement, which affects prices of imported components.
While prices of all variants of SX4 sedan has been hiked by Rs 9,000, the price of Swift Petrol LXi has now been revised upwards by Rs 5,000.
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Tata Motors is in the process of analyzing a port at Simar to export its global car –Nano – to overseas markets. Gujarat is all set to become an important auto export hub in the country, with Mundra Port already setting up a dedicated car terminal for Maruti Suzuki.
Read MoreIt looks like Maruti Suzuki can’t stop making headlines. Day before yesterday, they were in the news for A-Star, yesterday they disclosed details of their future small car to the media, and today there’s news about a special edition Alto, which should attract attention from all the people who enter Maruti showrooms to see [...]
Read More India’s largest Auto maker and volumes player Maruti Suzuki (MSIL), has today announced that it will introduce its first fully ‘Made in India’ car in the next four years.
Maruti Suzuki which yesterday launched another great product from its stable known as ‘A-Star’ in India, at an attractive introductory price of Rs 3.47-4.12 lakh, has [...]
The Maruti Suzuki A-Star was launched yesterday, and at first sight, it looks very stylish and appeals better to me compared to the Wagon R, Estilo and the Alto. Small cars from Maruti Suzuki go down very well with Indian customers, and with this car, Maruti Suzuki expects to bounce back and get their [...]
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Maruti 800, the city car manufactured by Maruti Suzuki in India since 1984, has started showing signs of extinction. The root cause being, the stringent Euro-4 emission norms that all the car makers need to follow from 2010.
According to sources, Maruti Suzuki has acknowledged the infeasibility of launching an Euro-IV compliant version of Maruti [...]
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