30 million Suzukis and counting

Suzuki is celebrating a milestone with the accumulated production of more than 30 million vehicles in India.

It is only the second country after Japan to reached this milestone, but the fastest to reach 30 million units in just 40 years and 4 months.

It took Japan more than 55 years to reach the same mark.

India is now the fifth largest economy in the world and the sixth largest manufacturer.

It has the third highest consumption per capita, with nearly 70 per cent of India’s GDP is driven by domestic consumption.

Production kicked off in December 1983, in India with the little Maruti 800 by Maruti Udyog — the former company of the present Maruti Suzuki.

Today, Suzuki also produces cars at the Gurgaon and Manesar Plants of Maruti Suzuki, as well as Gujarat Plant of Suzuki Motor Gujarat.

At these three production sites, 16 models are produced including compact cars such as WagonR, Swift, and Baleno, as well as SUVs such as Brezza and Fronx.

While the current annual production capacity in India is 2.25 million units, it is planned to increase production to 4 million units by 2030 to pave the way for future expansion of automobile market in India.

To facilitate this a new plant is planned to start operation in 2025 in Kharkhoda (State of Haryana) and a new plant in the State of Gujarat is planned to start operation in 2028.

 

Top Models

No.	Model	Engine displacement	Million units
1	Alto	1000cc	5.06
2	Swift	1200cc	3.19
3	WagonR	1000/1200cc	3.18
4	Maruti 800	800cc	2.91
5	Dzire	1200cc	2.86
6	Omni	800cc	2.02
7	Baleno	1200cc	1.95
8	Eeco	1200cc	1.19
9	Brezza See also Dream drives 7 min read It Hertz. No Mustang, but time to hit Route 66	1500cc	1.16
10	Ertiga	1500cc	1.10

Start of production: Dec. 1983	10 million units: Mar. 2011
1 million units:          Mar. 1994	20 million units: June 2018
5 million units:          Apr. 2005	30 million units: Mar. 2024

 

Current production models and capacity

Plant	Production models	Capacity
Gurgaon	Eeco, Super Carry, Ignis, Jimny, Alto	0.70 million
Manesar	Ciaz, Ertiga, XL6, Brezza, WagonR, Dzire, S-Presso, Celerio	0.80 million
Gujarat	Baleno, Swift, Dzire, Fronx	0.75 million

 

 

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