Maruti Suzuki

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Type Public (BSE MARUTI, NSE MARUTI)

Industry Automotive

Founded 1981 (as Maruti Udyog Limited)

Headquarters New Delhi, India [1]

Mr. Shinzo Nakanishi, Managing Director

Key people
and CEO

Products Automobiles, Motorcycles

Revenue US$4.8 billion (2009)

Employees 6,903 [2]

Parent Suzuki Motor Corporation

Website MarutiSuzuki.com

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Hindi: मारित सुजूकी इंिडया िलिमटेड) a partial subsidiary of Suzuki
Motor Corporation of Japan, is India's largest passenger car company, accounting for over 45%
of the domestic car market. The company offers a complete range of cars from entry level Maruti
800 and Alto, to hatchback Ritz, A star, Swift, Wagon-R, Estillo and sedans DZire, SX4 and
Sports Utility vehicle Grand Vitara.[3]
It was the first company in India to mass-produce and sell more than a million cars. It is largely
credited for having brought in an automobile revolution to India. It is the market leader in India
and on 17 September 2007, Maruti Udyog Limited was renamed Maruti Suzuki India
Limited. The company's headquarters are located in New Delhi. [1]

Contents
[hide]
• 1 Profile
• 2 Partner for the joint venture
• 3 Joint venture related issues
• 4 Industrial relations
• 5 Services offered
○ 5.1 Current sales of automobiles
 5.1.1 Manufactured locally
 5.1.2 Imported
○ 5.2 Discontinued car models
○ 5.3 Manufacturing facilities
 5.3.1 Gurgaon Manufacturing Facility
 5.3.2 Manesar Manufacturing Facility
○ 5.4 Sales and service network
○ 5.5 Maruti Insurance
○ 5.6 Maruti Finance
○ 5.7 Maruti TrueValue
○ 5.8 N2N Fleet Management
○ 5.9 Accessories
○ 5.10 Maruti Driving School
• 6 Issues and problems
• 7 Exports
• 8 See also
• 9 References and notes
• 10 Latest News
• 11 External links

[edit] Profile
Prashant Kumar CEO & MD Suzuki Motor Corp.. Currently doing training at MSD. Rajesh
DPM , MSD
Maruti 800 in Nainital hill

The old logo of Maruti Suzuki India Limited. Later the logo of Suzuki Motor Corp. was also
added to it

'To Munsiyari on a Maruti 800', Uttarakhand Himalayas

Maruti Suzuki plant in Gurgaon

Maruti Suzuki is India and Nepal's number one leading automobile manufacturer and the market
leader in the car segment, both in terms of volume of vehicles sold and revenue earned. Until
recently, 18.28% of the company was owned by the Indian government, and 54.2% by Suzuki of
Japan. The BJP-led government held an initial public offering of 25% of the company in June
2003. As of 10 May 2007, Govt. of India sold its complete share to Indian financial institutions.
With this, Govt. of India no longer has stake in Maruti Udyog.

Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) was established in February 1981, though the actual production
commenced in 1983 with the Maruti 800, based on the Suzuki Alto kei car which at the time was
the only modern car available in India, its only competitors- the Hindustan Ambassador and
Premier Padmini were both around 25 years out of date at that point. Through 2004, Maruti
Suzuki has produced over 5 Million vehicles. Maruti Suzukis are sold in India and various
several other countries, depending upon export orders. Models similar to Maruti Suzukis (but not
manufactured by Maruti Udyog) are sold by Suzuki Motor Corporation and manufactured in
Pakistan and other South Asian countries.
The company annually exports more than 50,000 cars and has an extremely large domestic
market in India selling over 730,000 cars annually. Maruti 800, till 2004, was the India's largest
selling compact car ever since it was launched in 1983. More than a million units of this car have
been sold worldwide so far. Currently, Maruti Suzuki Alto tops the sales charts and Maruti
Suzuki Swift is the largest selling in A2 segment.
Due to the large number of Maruti 800s sold in the Indian market, the term "Maruti" is
commonly used to refer to this compact car model ("Maruti" is another name of the Hindu god,
Hanuman).
Maruti Suzuki has been the leader of the Indian car market for over two decades.
Its manufacturing facilities are located at two facilities Gurgaon and Manesar south of Delhi.
Maruti Suzuki’s Gurgaon facility has an installed capacity of 350,000 units per annum. The
Manesar facilities, launched in February 2007 comprise a vehicle assembly plant with a capacity
of 100,000 units per year and a Diesel Engine plant with an annual capacity of 100,000 engines
and transmissions. Manesar and Gurgaon facilities have a combined capability to produce over
700,000 units annually.
More than half the cars sold in India are Maruti Suzuki cars. The company is a subsidiary of
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan, which owns 54.2 per cent of Maruti Suzuki. The rest is owned
by public and financial institutions. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National
Stock Exchange in India.
During 2007-08, Maruti Suzuki sold 764,842 cars, of which 53,024 were exported. In all, over
six million Maruti Suzuki cars are on Indian roads since the first car was rolled out on 14
December 1983.
Maruti Suzuki offers 13 models, Maruti 800, Alto, WagonR, Estilo, A-star, Ritz, Swift, Swift
DZire, SX4, Omni, Eeco, Gypsy, Grand Vitara. Swift, Swift DZire, A-star and SX4 are
manufactured in Manesar, Grand Vitara is imported from Japan as a completely built unit
(CBU), remaining all models are manufactured in Maruti Suzuki's Gurgaon Plant.
Suzuki Motor Corporation, the parent company, is a global leader in mini and compact cars for
three decades. Suzuki’s technical superiority lies in its ability to pack power and performance
into a compact, lightweight engine that is clean and fuel efficient.
Nearly 75,000 people are employed directly by Maruti Suzuki and its partners. It has been rated
first in customer satisfaction among all car makers in India from 1999 to 2009 by J D Power Asia
Pacific.[4]
Further information: Timeline of Maruti Suzuki

[edit] Partner for the joint venture

Sanjay Gandhi owned the Maruti Technical Services Limited, which ran into trouble and was
liquidated. After the death of Sanjay Gandhi, the Indira Gandhi government assigned a
delegation of Indian technocrats to hunt for a collaborator for the project. Initial rounds of
discussion were held with the giants of the automobile industry in Japan including Toyota,
Nissan and Honda. Suzuki Motor Corporation was at that time a small player in the four wheeler
automobile sector and had major share in the two wheeler segment. Suzuki's bid was considered
negligible.
While the major companies were personally represented in the initial rounds of discussion,
Osamu Suzuki, Chairman and CEO of the company ensured that he was present in all the rounds
of discussion. Osamu in an article writes that it subtly massaged their (Indian delegation's) egos
and also convinced them about the sincerity of Suzuki's bid. Suzuki in return received a lot of
help from the government in such matters as import clearances for manufacturing equipment
(against the wishes of the Indian machine tool industry then and its own socialistic ideology),
land purchase at government prices for setting up the factory Gurgaon and reduced or removal of
excise tariffs. This ensured that Suzuki conscientiously nursed Maruti Suzuki through its infancy
to become one of its flagship ventures.[5]
[edit] Joint venture related issues

Maruti Suzuki's A-Star vehicle during its unveiling in Pragati Maidan, Delhi. A-Star, Suzuki's
fifth global car model, was designed and is made only in India.[6] Besides being Suzuki's largest
subsidiary in terms of car sales, Maruti Suzuki is also Suzuki's leading research and development
arm outside Japan
Relationship between the Government of India, under the United Front (India) coalition and
Suzuki Motor Corporation over the joint venture was a point of heated debate in the Indian
media till Suzuki Motor Corporation gained the controlling stake. This highly profitable joint
venture that had a near monopolistic trade in the Indian automobile market and the nature of the
partnership built up till then was the underlying reason for most issues. The success of the joint
venture led Suzuki to increase its equity from 26% to 40% in 1987, and further to 50% in 1992.
In 1982 both the venture partners had entered into an agreement to nominate their candidate for
the post of Managing Director and every Managing Director will have a tenure of five years[7]
Initially R.C.Bhargava, was the managing director of the company since the inception of the
joint venture. Till today he is regarded as instrumental for the success of Maruti Suzuki. Joining
in 1982 he held several key positions in the company before heading the company as Managing
Director. Currently he is on the Board of Directors.[8] After completing his five year tenure, Mr.
Bhargava later assumed the office of Part-Time Chairman. The Government nominated Mr.
S.S.L.N. Bhaskarudu as the Managing Director on 27 August 1997. Mr. Bhaskarudu had joined
Maruti Suzuki in 1983 after spending 21 years in the Public sector undertaking Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited as General Manager. Later in 1987 he was promoted as Chief General
Manager, 1988 as Director, Productions and Projects, 1989 Director, Materials and in 1993 as
Joint Managing Director.
Suzuki Motor Corporation didn't attend the Annual General Meeting of the Board with the
reason of it being called on a short notice.[9] Later Suzuki Motor Corporation went on record to
state that Mr. Bhaskarudu was "incompetent" and wanted someone else. However, the Ministry
of Industries, Government of India refuted the charges. Media stated from the Maruti Suzuki
sources that Bhaskarudu was interested to indigenise most of components for the models
including gear boxes especially for Maruti 800. Suzuki also felt that Bhaskarudu was a proxy for
the Government and would not let it increase its stake in the venture.[10] If Maruti Suzuki would
have been able to indigenise gear boxes then Maruti Suzuki would have been able to
manufacture all the models without the technical assistance from Suzuki. Till today the issue of
localization of gear boxes is highlighted in the press.[11]
The relation strained when Suzuki Motor Corporation moved to Delhi High Court to bring a stay
order against the appointment of Mr. Bhaskarudu. The issue was resolved in an out-of-court
settlement and both the parties agreed that R S S L N Bhaskarudu would serve up to 31
December 1999, and from 1 January 2000, Jagdish Khattar, Executive Director of Maruti Udyog
Limited would assume charges as the Managing Director.[12] Many politicians believed, and had
stated in parliament that the Suzuki Motor Corporation is unwilling to localize manufacturing
and reduce imports. This remains true, even today the gear boxes are still imported from Japan
and are assembled at the Gurgaon facility.
[edit] Industrial relations
For most of its history, Maruti Udyog Limited had relatively few problems with its labour force.
Its emphasis of a Japanese work culture and the modern manufacturing process, first instituted in
Japan in the 1970s, was accepted by the workforce of the company without any difficulty. But
with the change in management in 1997, when it became predominantly government controlled
for a while, and the conflict between the United Front Government and Suzuki may have been
the cause of unrest among employees. A major row broke out in September 2000 when
employees of Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) went on an indefinite strike, demanding among other
things, revision of the incentive scheme offered and implementation of a pension scheme.
Employees struck work for six hours in October 2000, irked over the suspension of nine
employees, going on a six-hour tools-down strike at its Gurgaon plant, demanding revision of the
incentive-linked pay and threatened to fast to death if the suspended employees were not
reinstated. About this time, the NDA government, following a disinvestments policy, proposed to
sell part of its stake in Maruti Suzuki in a public offering. The Staff union opposed this sell-off
plan on the grounds that the company will lose a major business advantage of being subsidised
by the Government.
The standoff with the management continued to December with a proposal by the management
to end the two-month long agitation rejected with a demand for reinstatement of 92 dismissed
workers, with four MUL employees going on a fast-unto-death. In December the company's
shareholders met in New Delhi in an AGM that lasted 30 minutes. At the same time around 1500
plant workers from the MUL's Gurgaon facility were agitating outside the company's corporate
office demanding commencement of production linked incentives, a better pension scheme and
other benefits. The management has refused to pass on the benefits citing increased competition
and lower margins.[13]
[edit] Services offered
[edit] Current sales of automobiles

Maruti Omni

India's Corps of Military Police personnel patrolling the Wagah border crossing in the Punjab in
a Maruti Gypsy.
Maruti WagonR

Maruti Alto

Maruti Suzuki Swift

Maruti Suzuki Zen Estilo

Suzuki SX4

5th Generation Suzuki Alto is sold as Maruti Suzuki A-Star in India.

Maruti Suzuki Swift DZire

Suzuki Splash is sold as Maruti Suzuki Ritz in India.

[edit] Manufactured locally
 1. 800 (Launched 1983)
2. Omni (Launched 1984)
3. Gypsy (Launched 1985)
4. WagonR (Launched 2002)
5. Alto (Launched 2000)
6. Swift (Launched 2005)
7. Estilo (Launched 2009)
8. SX4 (Launched 2007)
9. Swift DZire (Launched 2008)
10. A-star (Launched 2008)
11. Ritz (Launched 2009)
12. Eeco (Launched 2010)
13. Alto K10(Launched 2010)
[edit] Imported

Suzuki Grand Vitara

1. Grand Vitara (Launched 2007)
2. Kizashi (Launched 2011)
[edit] Discontinued car models
1. 1000 (1990–1994)
2. Zen (1993–2006)
3. Esteem (1994–2008)
4. Baleno (1999–2007)
5. Zen Estilo (2006–2009)
6. Versa (2001–2010)
7. Grand Vitara XL7 (2003–2007)
*Source

[edit] Manufacturing facilities

Maruti Suzuki has two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in India.[14] Both manufacturing
facilities have a combined production capacity of 1,250,000 vehicles annually.
[edit] Gurgaon Manufacturing Facility
The Gurgaon Manufacturing Facility has three fully integrated manufacturing plants and is
spread over 300 acres (1.2 km2). All three plants have an installed capacity of 350,000 vehicles
annually but productivity improvements have enabled it to manufacture 700,000 vehicles
annually. The Gurgaon facilities also manufacture 240,000 K-Series engines annually. The entire
facility is equipped with more than 150 robots, out of which 71 have been developed in-house.
The Gurgaon Facilities manufactures the 800, Alto, WagonR, Estilo, Omni, Gypsy and Eeco.
[edit] Manesar Manufacturing Facility
The Manesar Manufacturing Plant was inaugurated in February 2007 and is spread over
600 acres (2.4 km2). Initially it had a production capacity of 100,000 vehicles annually but this
was increased to 300,000 vehicles annually in October 2008. The production capacity was
further increased by 250,000 vehicles taking total production capacity to 550,000 vehicles
annually. The Manesar Plant produces the A-star, Swift, Swift DZire and SX4.
[edit] Sales and service network
As of 31 March 2010 Maruti Suzuki had 802 dealerships across 555 towns and cities in India. It
had 906 dealer workshops and 1,834 Maruti Authorised Service Stations in 1,335 towns and
cities.[15] It has 30 Express Service Stations on 30 National Highways across 1,314 cities in India.
Service is a major revenue generator of the company. Most of the service stations are managed
on franchise basis, where Maruti Suzuki trains the local staff. Other automobile companies have
not been able to match this benchmark set by Maruti Suzuki. The Express Service stations help
many stranded vehicles on the highways by sending across their repair man to the vehicle.[16]
[edit] Maruti Insurance
Launched in 2002 Maruti Suzuki provides vehicle insurance to its customers with the help of the
National Insurance Company, Bajaj Allianz, New India Assurance and Royal Sundaram. The
service was set up the company with the inception of two subsidiaries Maruti Insurance
Distributors Services Pvt. Ltd and Maruti Insurance Brokers Pvt. Limited[17]
This service started as a benefit or value addition to customers and was able to ramp up easily.
By December 2005 they were able to sell more than two million insurance policies since its
inception.[18]
[edit] Maruti Finance
To promote its bottom line growth, Maruti Suzuki launched Maruti Finance in January 2002.
Prior to the start of this service Maruti Suzuki had started two joint ventures Citicorp Maruti and
Maruti Countrywide with Citi Group and GE Countrywide respectively to assist its client in
securing loan.[19] Maruti Suzuki tied up with ABN Amro Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Limited,
Kotak Mahindra, Standard Chartered Bank, and Sundaram to start this venture including its
strategic partners in car finance. Again the company entered into a strategic partnership with SBI
in March 2003[20] Since March 2003, Maruti has sold over 12,000 vehicles through SBI-Maruti
Finance. SBI-Maruti Finance is currently available in 166 cities across India.[21]
"Maruti Finance marks the coming together of the biggest players in the car finance business.
They are the benchmarks in quality and efficiency. Combined with Maruti volumes and
networked dealerships, this will enable Maruti Finance to offer superior service and competitive
rates in the marketplace".
— Jagdish Khattar, Managing director of Maruti Udyog Limited in a press conference
announcing the launch of Maruti Finance on 7 January 2002[19]
Citicorp Maruti Finance Limited is a joint venture between Citicorp Finance India and Maruti
Udyog Limited its primary business stated by the company is "hire-purchase financing of Maruti
Suzuki vehicles". Citi Finance India Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Citibank Overseas
Investment Corporation, Delaware, which in turn is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Citibank
N.A. Citi Finance India Limited holds 74% of the stake and Maruti Suzuki holds the remaining
26%.[22] GE Capital, HDFC and Maruti Suzuki came together in 1995 to form Maruti
Countrywide.[23] Maruti claims that its finance program offers most competitive interest rates to
its customers, which are lower by 0.25% to 0.5% from the market rates.
[edit] Maruti TrueValue
Main Article: Maruti True Value
Maruti True service offered by Maruti Suzuki to its customers. It is a market place for used
Maruti Suzuki Vehicles. One can buy, sell or exchange used Maruti Suzuki vehicles with the
help of this service in India. As of 31 March 2010 there are 341 Maruti True Value outlets.
[edit] N2N Fleet Management
N2N is the short form of End to End Fleet Management and provides lease and fleet
management solution to corporates. Its impressive list of clients who have signed up of this
service include Gas Authority of India Ltd, DuPont, Reckitt Benckiser, Sona Steering,
Doordarshan, Singer India, National Stock Exchange and Transworld. This fleet management
service include end-to-end solutions across the vehicle's life, which includes Leasing,
Maintenance, Convenience services and Remarketing.[24]
[edit] Accessories
Many of the auto component companies other than Maruti Suzuki started to offer components
and accessories that were compatible. This caused a serious threat and loss of revenue to Maruti
Suzuki. Maruti Suzuki started a new initiative under the brand name Maruti Genuine
Accessories to offer accessories like alloy wheels, body cover, carpets, door visors, fog lamps,
stereo systems, seat covers and other car care products. These products are sold through dealer
outlets and authorized service stations throughout India.[25]
[edit] Maruti Driving School
A Maruti Driving School in Chennai
As part of its corporate social responsibility Maruti Suzuki launched the Maruti Driving School
in Delhi. Later the services were extended to other cities of India as well. These schools are
modelled on international standards, where learners go through classroom and practical sessions.
Many international practices like road behaviour and attitudes are also taught in these schools.
Before driving actual vehicles participants are trained on simulators.[26]
"We are very concerned about mounting deaths on Indian roads. These can be brought down if
government, industry and the voluntary sector work together in an integrated manner. But we felt
that Maruti should first do something in this regard and hence this initiative of Maruti Driving
Schools."
— Jagdish Khattar, at the launch ceremony of Maruti Driving School, Bangalore
[edit] Issues and problems
On February, 24, 2010, Maruti Suzuki India, announced recalling of 100,000 A-Star hatchbacks
to fix a fuel leakage problem. the company will replace the gaskets for all 100,000 A-Star cars.[27]
[edit] Exports
Maruti Exports Limited is the subsidiary of Maruti Suzuki with its major focus on exports and it
does not operate in the domestic Indian market. The first commercial consignment of 480 cars
were sent to Hungary. By sending a consignment of 571 cars to the same country Maruti Suzuki
crossed the benchmark of 300,000 cars. Since its inception export was one of the aspects
government was keen to encourage. Every political party expected Maruti Suzuki to earn foreign
currency.
Angola, Benin, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Europe, Kenya, Morocco, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Chile,
Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador are some of the markets served by Maruti Exports.
[edit] See also
Companies portal

• Suzuki Motor Corporation

• Cars in India
• Automobile industry in India
[edit] References and notes
1. ^ a b "Contact Us". Marutisuzuki.com. http://www.marutisuzuki.com/contact-us1.aspx. Retrieved
2011-03-10.
2. ^ Maruti Udyog Ltd. Company Profile [1]
3. ^ "Automobile Industry India". Imagin Mor Pty Ltd.
http://imaginmor.com/automobileindustryindia.html.
4. ^ "J.D.Power and Associates - Press Release". Businesscenter.jdpower.com. 2009-10-27.
http://businesscenter.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2009241. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
 5. ^ The Hindu, Business Published on Monday, 24 November 2003. Osamu Suzuki's article was
published in Kenshu, a Japanese quarterly publication of the Association for Overseas Technical
Scholarship.me too is a partner... [2]
6. ^ The Earthtimes (2008-01-09). "Suzuki's A-Star concept in global debut at Delhi auto show |
Earth Times News". Earthtimes.org. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/171202.html.
Retrieved 2010-06-26.
7. ^ Rediff on the Net: A successful marriage goes to court 19 September 1997 [3]
8. ^ "Rediff, On the Net - Date: 3 September 1997". Rediff.com. 1997-09-03.
http://www.rediff.com/business/sep/03mul.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
9. ^ "Rediff, On the Net Date: 27 August 1997". Rediff.com. 1997-08-27.
http://www.rediff.com/business/aug/27mul.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
10.^ "Rediff on the Net ''Bhaskarudu: The man Suzuki loves to hate''". Rediff.com. 1997-09-22.
http://www.rediff.com/business/sep/22maruti.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
11.^ Business Linte: Maruti Suzuki disinvestment — Releasing the clutch Sunday, 19 May 2002 [4]
12.^ "Government, Suzuki resolve Maruti Suzuki row 8 June 1998". Rediff.
http://www.rediff.com/business/1998/jun/08maruti.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
13.^ "Article Timeline of Maruti Suzuki Labour Unrest, World History Archive". Hartford-
hwp.com. http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/52a/index-db.html. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
14.^ "Facilities". Marutisuzuki.com. http://www.marutisuzuki.com/facilities.aspx. Retrieved 2010-
10-10.
15.^ "Maruti Suzuki's Network". Marutisuzuki.com. http://www.marutisuzuki.com/company-at-a-
glance.aspx. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
16.^ 5 Paise Stock Broking's report on Maruti Udyog Limited before the IPO (.pdf file) [5]
17.^ The Hindu Business:Saturday, 11 May 2002 - Maruti launches car insurance [6]
18.^ The Hindu Business Line Sunday, 18 December 2005 -Maruti Insurance ramps up sales [7]
19.^ a b c Press Release by Maruti Suzuki, Cached page from Google
20.^ Business Line, Saturday, 15 March 2003, SBI ties up with Maruti Suzuki for car loans [8]
21.^ Retail Yatra. Com, 8 August 2003 -Maruti Suzuki, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur join hands
for car financing Jaipur [9]
22.^ The Hindu, Online edition of India's National Newspaper, Published: Thursday, 26 July 2001,
Citicorp Maruti Finance gets P1 plus [10]
23.^ Maruti Finance, Joint Ventures[dead link]
24.^ Writeup about the Maruti N2N Fleet Management Solution
25.^ Maruti Genuine Accessories[dead link]
26.^ Deccan Herald, Online edition of Sunday, 20 March 2007 "Maruti Suzuki's first driving school
in Bangalore"[11]
27.^ "Maruti Suzuki recalls 1 lakh 'A-Star' cars; stk flat". 24 February 2010.
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/buzzing-stocks/maruti-suzuki-recalls-1-lakh-a-star-cars-stk-
flat_443459.html. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[edit] Latest News

• Maruti Suzuki Wagon R Duo reintroduced with Dual fuel option
 • Suzuki Motor Q3 op profit up 31 pct, keeps forecast
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maruti vehicles

• Maruti Suzuki Official Website

• Maruti True Value
• Maruti Driving School
• Maruti Udyog Official Website
• Maruti for NRI
• Maruti Auto card

[show]v · d · e Maruti Suzuki road car timeline, Indian market, 1980s–present

1980s 1990s 2000s

Type
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

800

Alto

Zen

A-star
City car
Es
Zen
til
Estilo
o

Wagon-R

Rit
z

Subcomp
Swift
act

Swift
DZire

1000
Compact
Esteem

Baleno

SX4
 Omni
Microvan
Versa

Gypsy
SUV
Grand Grand
Vitara XL7 Vitara

[show]v · d · eCars in India

L
o
c
a
l
Chinkara • Hindustan • ICML • Mahindra • Mahindra Renault • Maruti Suzuki • Premier •
B San • Tata
r
a
n
d
s

F
o
r
e
i
g Audi • Bentley • BMW • Chevrolet • Fiat • Ford • Honda • Hyundai • Jaguar •
n
Lamborghini • Land Rover • Maybach • Mercedes-Benz • Mitsubishi • Nissan • Porsche •
B Renault • Rolls-Royce • Škoda • Suzuki • Toyota • Volkswagen • Volvo
r
a
n
d
s

H Chevrolet Spark • Chevrolet Beat • Chevrolet Aveo U-VA • Fiat Nuova 500 • Fiat Grande
a
Punto • Ford Figo • Honda Jazz • Hyundai Santro • Hyundai i10 • Hyundai i20 • Maruti
t
c 800 • Maruti Suzuki Alto • Maruti Suzuki WagonR • Maruti Suzuki Estilo • Maruti Suzuki
h A-star • Maruti Suzuki Ritz • Maruti Suzuki Swift • Nissan Micra • Škoda Fabia • Tata
b Nano • Tata Indica • Toyota Etios • Volkswagen Beetle • Volkswagen Polo
a
c
k
s

Chevrolet Aveo • Chevrolet Optra • Chevrolet Cruze • Ford Ikon • Ford Fiesta • Fiat
S
e Linea • Hindustan Ambassador • Honda City • Honda Civic • Honda Accord • Hyundai
d Accent • Hyundai Verna • Hyundai Sonata • Maruti Suzuki Swift DZire • Maruti Suzuki
a SX4 • Mahindra Renault Logan • Mitsubishi Lancer • Nissan Teana • Renault Fluence •
n
Škoda Octavia • Škoda Laura • Škoda Superb • Toyota Etios • Toyota Prius • Toyota
s
Corolla • Tata Indigo • Volkswagen Jetta • Volkswagen Passat

L
u
x Audi A4 • Audi A6 • Audi A8 • Bentley Arnage • Bentley Brooklands • Bentley
u Continental Flying Spur • Bentley Mulsanne • BMW 3 Series • BMW 5 Series • BMW 7
r
Series • BMW M5 • Jaguar XF • Jaguar XJ • Maybach 57 and 62 • Mercedes-Benz C-
y
Class • Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class • Mercedes-Benz E-Class • Mercedes-Benz S-Class •
c Porsche Panamera • Rolls-Royce Ghost • Rolls-Royce Phantom • Toyota Camry • Volvo
a S60 • Volvo S80 • Volkswagen Phaeton
r
s

P
e
r
f
o
r
m
a Audi TT • Bentley Azure • Bentley Continental GT • BMW M3 • BMW M6 • BMW Z4 •
n Chinkara Roadster • Jaguar XK • Lamborghini Gallardo • Lamborghini Murciélago •
c
e Mercedes-Benz CL-Class • Mercedes-Benz SL-Class • Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class • Nissan
370Z • Porsche 911 • Porsche Boxster • Porsche Cayman • Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé •
V Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé • San Storm
e
h
i
c
l
e
s

S Audi Q5 • Audi Q7 • BMW X3 • BMW X5 • BMW X6 • Chevrolet Captiva • Ford

 Endeavour • Honda CR-V • Land Rover Discovery • Land Rover Freelander • Maruti
Suzuki Gypsy • Mahindra Scorpio • Mercedes-Benz M-Class • Mitsubishi Pajero •
U
Mitsubishi Montero • Mitsubishi Outlander • Nissan X-Trail • Porsche Cayenne • Premier
V
s RiO • Range Rover • Range Rover Sport • Renault Koleos • Suzuki Grand Vitara • Tata
Safari • Toyota Fortuner • Toyota Land Cruiser • Toyota Land Cruiser Prado • Volkswagen
Touareg • Volvo XC90

V
a
n
s
,

M
i
n
i Chevrolet Tavera • Maruti Omni • Maruti Eeco • Maruti Versa • Mahindra Xylo •
v Mercedes-Benz Viano • Premier Sigma • Tata Sumo • Tata Aria • Toyota Innova
a
n
s
,

M
P
V
s

T
r
u Mahindra Bolero Camper • Mahindra Maxx Pickup • Mahindra Scorpio Getaway • Tata
c TL
k
s

S
e
e

a Transport in India • Indian Automobile Industry • Registration plates

l
s
o
 [show]v · d · eAutomobile industry in Japan

M
a
ASL · Daihatsu · Dome (Jiotto · Hayashi) · Duesen Bayern · Honda (Acura) · Isuzu ·
r
Kojima · Mitsuoka · Mazda (Amati · Autozam · Efini · Eunos · M2 · Xedos) · Mitsubishi
q
Motors · Nissan (Datsun · Infiniti · Prince) · UD Trucks · Otomo · Subaru · Suzuki (Hope) ·
u
Tommy Kaira · Toyota (Hino Motors · Lexus · Scion · Sigma · TOM'S) · Yamaha
e
s

A
s
s
o
c
i Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
a
t
i
o
n

[show]v · d · e BSE SENSEX companies of India

Bajaj Auto · Airtel · BHEL · Cipla · DLF · · HDFC · HDFC Bank · Hero Honda · Hindalco ·
HUL · ICICI Bank · Infosys · ITC · Jaiprakash Associates · Jindal Steel & Power Ltd · L&T ·
Mahindra & Mahindra · Maruti · NTPC · ONGC · Reliance Communications · Reliance
Infrastructure · RIL · SBI · Sterlite Industries · TCS · Tata Motors · Tata Steel · Tata Power ·
Wipro
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruti_Suzuki"
Categories: Companies established in 1981 | BSE Sensex | Car manufacturers of India |
Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange | Companies listed on the National Stock
Exchange of India | Motor vehicle manufacturers of India | Maruti vehicles | Gurgaon | Suzuki
Hidden categories: All articles with dead external links | Articles with dead external links from
October 2010 | Articles containing Hindi language text
Personal tools
• Log in / create account
Namespaces
• Article
• Discussion
Variants
Views
• Read
 • Edit
• View history
Actions
Search
Top of Form
Special:Search

Search

Bottom of Form
Navigation
• Main page
• Contents
• Featured content
• Current events
• Random article
• Donate to Wikipedia
Interaction
• Help
• About Wikipedia
• Community portal
• Recent changes
• Contact Wikipedia
Toolbox
• What links here
• Related changes
• Upload file
• Special pages
• Permanent link
• Cite this page
Print/export
• Create a book
• Download as PDF
• Printable version
Languages
• ‫العربية‬
• Deutsch
• Español
 • ‫فارسی‬
• Français
• िहनदी
• Italiano
• മലയാളം
• 日本語
• Norsk (bokmål)
• Polski
• Русский
• தமிழ்
• తలుగు
• This page was last modified on 10 March 2011 at 06:50.
• Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;
additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details.
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit
organization.
• Contact us
• Privacy policy
• About Wikipedia
• Disclaimers

Talk:Maruti Suzuki
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
WikiProject Companies [hide] C
o
m
p
a
n
i
e
s
W
i
k
i
p
e
d
i
a
:
W
i
k
i
P
r
o
j
e
c
t

C
o
m
p
a
n
i
e
s
T
e
m
p
l
a
t
e
 :
W
i
k
i
P
r
o
j
e
c
t

C
o
m
p
a
n
i
e
s
C
o
m
p
a
n
i
e
s

a
r
t
i
c
l
e
s

Companies portal

v · d · eThis article is within the scope of WikiProject Companies, a collaborative

effort to improve the coverage of companies on Wikipedia. If you would like to
participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a
list of open tasks.
 ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.

??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

[show]WikiProject Companies To-do:

H
•

Organiz
ational_r
etaliator
y_behav
ior
Should
probably
be
merged
to
Whistle
blower
Goodye
ar Tire
and
Rubber
Compan
y
PbNatio
n
article is
currentl
y in the
format
of a
forum,
however
it is
more
notable
as a
compan
y(if it is
notable
at all)
than a
forum.
Essar
Group
needs
proper
introduc
tion
section,
headers,
and
better
flow
•

Tag the
pages of
any
compan
y
articles
with the
{{
tal
Compa
nies}
}
template
Tag the
talk
pages of
any
compan
y
articles
with the
{{
iProj
ect
Compa
nies
}
project
banner
Find
editors
who
have
shown
interest
in this
subject
and ask
them if
they
would
like to
join our
efforts
Contribu
te to
discussi
ons on
project
guidelin
es and
lists
Identify
articles
for
improve
ment
and list
here

WikiProject India [hide](Rated B-class, Mid-importance) I

n
d
i
a
W
i
k
i
p
e
d
i
a
:
W
i
k
i
P
r
o
j
e
c
t

I
n
d
i
a
T
e
m
p
l
a
t
e
:
W
i
k
i
P
r
o
j
e
c
t

I
n
d
i
a
I
n
d
i
a

a
r
 t
i
c
l
e
s

India portal

v · d · eThis article is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to

improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to
participate, please visit the project page.

B This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale.

This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance

Mid
scale.

This article was last assessed in October 2006.

This article was a past Indian Collaboration of the Month.

WikiProject Automobiles [hide](Rated B-class, Mid-importance) A

u
t
o
m
o
b
i
l
e
s
W
i
k
i
p
e
d
i
a
:
W
i
k
i
P
r
o
j
e
c
t

A
u
t
o
m
o
b
i
l
e
s
T
e
m
p
l
a
t
e
:
W
i
k
i
P
r
o
j
e
c
t

A
u
t
o
 m
o
b
i
l
e
s
A
u
t
o
m
o
b
i
l
e

a
r
t
i
c
l
e
s

Cars portal

v · d · eThis article is within the scope of WikiProject Automobiles, a

collaborative effort to improve the coverage of automobiles on Wikipedia.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can
join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.

B This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale.

This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance

Mid
scale.

This article is about a person, place, or concept whose name is originally rendered in
one of the multiple Indic scripts; however the article does not have that version of its
name in the article's lead paragraph. Anyone who is knowledgeable enough with the
original language is invited to assist in adding the Indic script.
For more information, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Indic).
Contents
[hide]
• 1 Sanjay Gandhi
• 2 Maruti Udyog
• 3 Maruti Udhyog (cross post from Hydkat's user page)
• 4 Reference and Notes
• 5 links on maruti car models and labour unrest
• 6 Wow, great work
• 7 one more history link
• 8 Maruti technical services private limited (MTSPL)
• 9 Blue Linked the Timeline Link
• 10 Maruti Omni
• 11 List of Maruti Factories
• 12 Maruti Versa and Maruti 1000
• 13 pls. fix sub sec - accessories

[edit] Sanjay Gandhi

The company's website says that it was incorporated in 1980. However till today Sanjay Gandhi
is remembered for his contribution and (some people say it misuse / Corruption) to Maruti. Can
someone please contribute as to what was the name of the company when Sanjay Gandhi
initiated the project and also any other information also. --Aravind Parvatikar 07:08, 11 February
2006 (UTC)
[edit] Maruti Udyog
1981 is the date when Maruti Udyog was incorporated as a company in India. It was formed
more than ten year before in 1971. Also can someone tell me what the difference between
Maruti Suzuki and Maruti udyog
hydkat 05:40, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Caution: I may be wrong I dont have any source to quote
I believe that Maruti Suzuki is the brand name of the company. After the government
diluted its stake the Suzuki logo started appearing on the grill. If you can see a old Maruti
800 or Maruti 1000 or even esteem it doesn’t have the Suzuki logo but instead carries
simple Maruti logo.The company is listed as ‘’’Maruti Ugyog Limited’’’ on the stock
exchanges.
As far as the name of the company is concerned, I was unable to find its previous avtaar.
But yes, if you see any of the articles related to Maruti, Sanjay Gandhi is always
remembered. I hope someone will add information about that aswell.--Aravind Parvatikar
13:51, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
About Sanjay Gandhi's We did mention this in the history section... what else should we
add?
 hydkat 15:07, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Well I mean the name of the company, who was the chairman and how the allegations
came up...
--Aravind Parvatikar 15:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
The real reason maruti became a government company was to bail him out of financial
difficulties as a lot of people invested thier money in him and his schemes. But I'm pretty
certain we can't put that in :)
hydkat 19:26, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Maruti Udhyog (cross post from Hydkat's user page)
• Something is still happening. :) Aravind parvatikar (talk · contribs) is adding more
information today.
• I agree that a simple description of each car can be added to the main page.
• Article lacks pictures.
• Can add a Global Markets section. Their vehicles sell in european markets.
- Ganeshk (talk) 18:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
More points:
• Can add a General Corporate Timeline from [1]
• Can add See also section.
- Ganeshk (talk) 18:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Maruti udyog has a subsidary Maruti Exports. I was able to add only a little information..
if I get time i will expand it. for others please refer this site Aravind Parvatikar 07:21, 16
February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reference and Notes
Please use the following style for your references...with this you have type it only once and need
not have to set up the link at the bottom. Where ever you want to place the reference just copy
paste format and instead of --Type the Reference Text and Link -- please type your reference
text and provide external link, if available online.
<ref>--Type the Reference Text and Link --</ref>
The best example is article Khalistan
--Aravind Parvatikar 12:57, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] links on maruti car models and labour unrest
http://www.indiacar.net/manufacturers/manufacturer1.asp?id=Maruti
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/52a/index-db.html
About Swift
hydkat 20:07, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wow, great work
I thought of expanding the article on the weekend and I find today that all that I wanted to add
has been added, and in a much better way than I could. Great work!! I still managed to add a bit
about the customer ratings in the impact section. This appears to be one of the best COTWs in
recent times. --Gurubrahma 14:06, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
lets hope that this article will is featured. --Aravind Parvatikar 05:53, 18 February 2006
(UTC)
[edit] one more history link
http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Maruti_800-22410-1.html
hydkat 11:43, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maruti technical services private limited (MTSPL)

http://www.hvk.org/articles/0599/55.html
http://www.indiainbusiness.nic.in/india-profile/automobile.htm
hydkat (ballyhoo back to me:!) 14:55, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Blue Linked the Timeline Link
Hello, There's a timeline link in the history section that now feeling very blue so go give it some
company. ;)
2 Things left...
• get some summary on the car models on the main page.
• get more images atleast into sub-pages.
hydkat(ballyhoo back :) 17:56, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Maruti Omni
Maruti Omni bluelinked... plz check it out...
hydkat(ballyhoo back :) 20:41, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] List of Maruti Factories
I haven't heard of any other Maruti factory other than one at Gurgaon. So if anyone finds any
info that begs to differ, plz go ahead and add the info. --hydkat 18:50, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
this is the news item of a upcoming factory in Haryana [2]
--hydkat 19:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maruti Versa and Maruti 1000

The newly bluelinked entries need to be expanded... --hydkat 20:25, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] pls. fix sub sec - accessories
can some plz. fix it.. I tried but I failed..--IndianCow 09:53, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
done --hydkat 15:59, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Maruti_Suzuki"
Categories: Unassessed Companies articles | Unknown-importance Companies articles |
WikiProject Companies articles | B-Class India articles | B-Class India articles of Mid-
importance | Mid-importance India articles | India articles assessed in October 2006 | WikiProject
India articles | B-Class Automobile articles | Mid-importance Automobile articles | Articles
needing Indic script or text
Personal tools
• Log in / create account
Namespaces
• Article
• Discussion
Variants
Views
• Read
• Edit
• New section
• View history
Actions
Search
Top of Form
Special:Search

Search

Bottom of Form
Navigation
• Main page
• Contents
• Featured content
• Current events
• Random article
• Donate to Wikipedia
Interaction
• Help
• About Wikipedia
• Community portal
• Recent changes
• Contact Wikipedia
Toolbox
• What links here
 • Related changes
• Upload file
• Special pages
• Permanent link
Print/export
• Create a book
• Download as PDF
• Printable version
• This page was last modified on 21 August 2008 at 05:18.
• Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;
additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details.
Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit
organization.
• Contact us
• Privacy policy
• About Wikipedia
• Disclaimers

Home : Investors : Board of Directors

Go Back
Mr. R. C. Bhargava Mr. Shinzo Nakanishi Mr. Manvinder Singh Banga

Chairman Managing Director and Director

CEO

Mr. Amal Ganguli Mr. D. S. Brar Mr. Keiichi Asai

Director Director Director &

MEO(Engineering)

Mr. Osamu Suzuki Mr. Shuji Oishi Ms. Pallavi Shroff

 Director Director & MEO Director
(Marketing & Sales)

Mr. Kenichi Ayukawa Mr. Tsuneo Ohashi

Director Director and Managing

Executive Officer
(Production)
Addresses
Head Office
Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Nelson Mandela Road,
Vasant Kunj,
New Delhi-110070
Board no.46781000
Fax : 46150275 and 46150276

Plants
Gurgaon Plant Manesar Plant
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
Gurgaon Plant Manesar Plant
Old Palam Gurgaon Road Plot no.1, Phase 3A
Gurgaon - 122015 IMT Manesar
Tel: (0124) 2346721 Gurgaon - 122051.

Regional Offices
Kolkatta Ranchi
L & T Chamber, 4th floor, 4th Floor, Rohini Complex,
16th Camac Street Opposite Hotel Apsara,
Kolkatta - 700 017 Circular Road, Lalpur,
Tel: (033) 2283-5252, 53, 54, 62 Ranchi.
Jharkhand.
Tel: (0651) 2563931, 61

Guwahati Indore
403, Orion Towers, 3rd Floor, Commerce House,
Christan Basti 7 Race Course Road,
Guwahati Indore - 452 001
Tel: (0361) 2340850,140 Tel: (0731) 4069481, 2

New Delhi Chandigarh

Maruti Suzuki India Limited SCO-39-40, Sector 8-C,
Plot No. 1, Nelson Mandela Road, Madhya Marg
Vasant Kunj, Chandigarh - 160018
New Delhi-110070 Tel: (0172) 2780057, 3058077
Board no.46781000
Fax : 46150275, 46150276

Lucknow Jaipur
B-1, Pick Up Bhawan (Ground Floor) 7th Floor, Pooja Towers
Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar 3, Gopalpura Byepass, Tonk Road
Lucknow - 226010 Jaipur 302 018
Tel: (0522) 2720931-4, 2721145 Tel: (0141) 5118006, 7

Chennai Bangalore
7th Floor, Capital Towers, 202, 2nd Floor, Embassy Classic
180, Kodambakkam High Road Vittal Mallya Road,
Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 034 Bangalore - 560001
Tel: (044) 28233051-3 Tel: 080-41120017/18
080-22127384/85

Cochin Hyderabad
2nd floor, Tutus Tower, NH-47 Byepass Mahavir Chambers, Door No. 3-6-363 & 3-6-1/1
Padivattom, Chamber Bearing No. 101 & 102, 1st Floor,
Cochin - 682 024 Liberty Square Stanza, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad
Tel: (0484) 4088400 Tel: (040) 66729999
Fax: (040) 66250102

Mumbai Pune
602, Madhava Building, Bandra Kurla Complex 7th Floor, North Block,
Bandra (East), Sacred World, Wanowarie
Mumbai - 400051 Pune- 411040
Tel: 26590478 Tel: (020) 26856041(D)

Ahmedabad
211, Iskon Mall, Above Star India Bazaar,
Satellite Road
Ahmedabad 380 015
Tel: (079) 40036660