Re: Maruti-Suzuki to source cars from Suzuki's Gujarat Plant Baleno, Ignis and the Gen Next Swift are likely to be made at the Gujarat plant,Maruti Suzuki accelerates pace on Gujarat unit. Quote:
the company is likely to make its upcoming compact crossover, the Ignis, in the Gujarat plant, and also its Baleno hatchback. The Ignis is also expected to be made at its factories in the National Capital Region but, the source said, with the proximity of the Gujarat plant to ports, the crossover's export units might be made at the site.
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Analysts say MSIL is likely to exhaust the 250,000 units per annum capacity of the first assembly line in Gujarat in less than two years. The company's Japanese parent, Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), has decided to put another Rs 6,500 crore into the Gujarat plant for a second assembly line, to add another 250,000 units annual capacity.
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MSIL plans to sell two-fifth of the five million cars expected to be sold in India by the year 2020. In 2015-16, 2.02 mn cars were sold in the country and 1.3 mn were made by Maruti. Link |