1 millionth car rolls out of Maruti Suzuki's Gujarat plant

It's the fastest Suzuki factory to reach 1 million units.

Maruti Suzuki's Gujarat plant achieved a new production milestone as the 1 millionth car rolled off the assembly line. The millionth car produced was a Baleno.

The carmaker's Gujarat plant has become the fastest production site of Suzuki to reach 1 million units. It reached the milestone figure in 3 years and 9 months.

Production began at the factory in February 2017. The Baleno was the first model to be built here. Production of the Swift began in January 2018 and in the plant started producing cars for export markets March 2018. In January 2019, B Plant and the Powertrain Plant started operations.

Maruti Suzuki's Gujarat plant was set up with an investment of Rs. 126.8 billion. As of March 2020, the plant employed approximately 1,800 people.