Maruti Suzuki Achieves 25 Million Domestic Sales in India
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Maruti Suzuki India, the subsidiary of Japanese auto major Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), has achieved an Indian domestic sales milestone of 25 million units since rolling out its first car, the Maruti 800, 40 years ago in 1983. Maruti Suzuki reached the unparalleled milestone on January 9.
“Suzuki signed a joint venture agreement with Maruti Udyog, the predecessor of Maruti Suzuki in 1982 and rolled out its first car, Maruti 800, in December 1983,” SMC said in an official statement.
Currently, 17 models are produced and sold in India, and Maruti Suzuki is strengthening its portfolio in the recently growing SUV models while also making efforts in popularizing hybrid and CNG models. The cumulative units of hybrid and CNG models are approximately 2.1 million units.
Furthermore, with around 3,500 new car sales outlets it has the largest footprint of network touchpoints.
Milestones of 25 million cumulative Indian domestic sales
| December 1983 | Roll out of the first car Maruti 800 |
| February 2006 | Achieves 5 million cumulative sales |
| August 2010 | Starts sales of CNG models |
| February 2012 | Achieves 10 million cumulative sales |
| September 2015 | Starts sales of hybrid models |
| July 2019 | Achieves 20 million cumulative sales |
| February 2022 | Achieves 1 million cumulative sales of CNG models |
| January 2023 | Achieves 25 million cumulative sales |
