28 Facts About Maruti Suzuki

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, formerly known as Maruti Udyog Limited, is an Indian automobile manufacturer, based in New Delhi.

The first manufacturing factory of Maruti Suzuki was established in Gurugram, Haryana, in the same year.

Maruti Suzuki produced its 1 millionth vehicle since the commencement of production in 1994.

In 1998, the new Maruti Suzuki 800 was released, being the first change in design since 1986.

In 2000, Maruti Suzuki became the first car company in India to launch a call center for internal and customer services.

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The four millionth Maruti Suzuki vehicle was built and they entered into a partnership with the State Bank of India.

On 25 April 2019, Maruti Suzuki announced that it would phase out production of diesel cars by 1 April 2020, when the Bharat Stage VI emission standards come into effect.

Relationship between the Government of India, under the United Front coalition and Maruti Suzuki Motor Corporation over the joint venture was a point of heated debate in the Indian media until Maruti Suzuki Motor Corporation gained the controlling stake.

Maruti Suzuki has two manufacturing facilities in Haryana, and one manufacturing complex in Gujarat wholly-owned by parent company Suzuki which supplies its entire production to Maruti Suzuki.

On 25 June 2012, Haryana State Industries and Infrastructure Development Corporation demanded Maruti Suzuki to pay an additional ?235 crore for enhanced land acquisition for its Haryana plant expansion.

In November 2021 Maruti Suzuki announce to set up a big plant in IMT Kharkhoda in Sonipat district across 900 acres with a investment of ?18,000 crore.

Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation gives 900 acres of land to Maruti Suzuki for setting up a new plant in Industrial Model Township at Kharkhoda, Haryana.

In 2000, a major industrial relations issue began and employees of Maruti Suzuki went on an indefinite strike, demanding among other things, major revisions to their wages, incentives and pensions.

Maruti Suzuki said the unrest began, not over wage discussions, but after the workers' union demanded the reinstatement of Jiya Lal who had been suspended for allegedly beating a supervisor.

On 26 July 2012, Maruti Suzuki announced employees would not be paid for the period of lock-out in accordance with Indian labour laws.

Maruti Suzuki further announced that it will stop using contract workers by March 2013.

The report claimed the salary difference between contract workers and permanent workers has been much smaller than initial media reports – the contract worker at Maruti Suzuki received about 11,500 per month, while a permanent worker received about 12,500 a month at start, which increased in three years to 21,000-?22,000 per month.

Shinzo Nakanishi, managing director and chief executive of Maruti Suzuki India, said this type of violence has never happened in Suzuki Motor Corp's global operations in Hungary, Indonesia, Spain, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, China and the Philippines.

Maruti Suzuki's has been criticized for compromising safety in their products by automotive enthusiasts, journalists, and the Global NCAP, as they are made lighter in terms of kerb weight to achieving higher fuel economy.

Maruti Suzuki has come under fire for discrimination with customers in India, by making cars safe meant for exports to European and African markets.

Maruti Suzuki has 2,413 Arena sales outlets across 1,992 cities and 380 Nexa sales outlets across 228 cities in India.

Maruti Suzuki aims to increase its sales network to 4,000 outlets by 2020.

In 2015, Maruti Suzuki launched Nexa, a new dealership network for its premium cars which stands for New Exclusive Automotive Experience.

Maruti Suzuki currently sells the Baleno, Grand Vitara, XL6, Ciaz and Ignis through Nexa outlets.

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.

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SBI-Maruti Suzuki Finance is currently available in 166 cities across India.

Many of the auto component companies, other than Maruti Suzuki, started to offer compatible components and accessories.

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.