Suzuki Maruti sets new record on sales of 10 m units in India

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New Delhi: India’s Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited crossed the 10 million cumulative domestic sales mark here today.

The company which produced its first car in December 1983 took 23 years till February 2006 to sell its first five million units, but only six more years to double that figure, reaching 10 million units this February.

The only automobile company in India to cross this milestone, Suzuki Maruti rolled out its 10 millionth unit from the company’s Manesar plant in Haryana dispatching the red Swift vxi model car to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India to set a new record as the highest selling brand of motor vehicle in Indian history.

After Maruti 800 and Omni had powered sales for almost two decades, the Suzuki Maruti Alto took up the mantle to become India’s best-selling car seven years ago. More recently, fast selling WagonR and Swift models, among others, have accelerated the company’s progress helping it reach and pass the 10 million mark in domestic sales.

The brand is equally popular in many other countries, including here in Sri Lanka, where it continues to better its own record as the highest selling brand year on year.

Dedicating this milestone to customers, Maruti Suzuki India Limited Managing Director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi said, “Maruti Suzuki’s success story is closely linked with the success story of India in the last two decades. Even as India has grown and transformed, Maruti Suzuki has evolved to meet changing demands. We will continue to drive the growth and evolution of India’s car market. I thank employees, dealers and suppliers for their support and commitment.”