Car News in India

Here’s a piece of good news for the patrons of Maruti cars. The pioneering and legendary Maruti 800 is departing and will be replaced by another small car, Maruti Cervo. And the latest buzz in the air is the launch of Maruti Cervo Diesel version after the petrol trim launch.   See More....  Continue Reading

Carkhabri informed you earlier too that one of the highly frugal Kie cars from Suzuki, Suzuki Cervo is expected to be a part of the Indian car market. Maruti Cervo is speculated to replace Maruti’s oldest player in India, Maruti 800. Maruti apparently is mulling over to make Cervo, the next most affordable car from the Maruti’s clan. Maruti 800 served the customers for around two decades and found umpteen....  Continue Reading

If all goes well, Maruti will be launching a small car that will replace Maruti 800 as soon as the Diwali festive season sets in. However, as per the recent updates through various report publications, the new Maruti small car will be priced above the Maruti 800 but below the bestselling car Maruti Alto. Another striking fact is that the small car will have a diesel variant as well. And, reports further suggest that Maruti is in the process of finalizing....  Continue Reading

The news about the launch of Maruti Cervo as replacement of iconic Maruti 800 (M800) is again hovering around on the shoulders of some reliable media reports these days. It is said that passenger car leader, Maruti Suzuki will introduce the modish avatar of M800 by Diwali this year. The mini car that will carry a retuned 796cc engine under its little hood that will deliver more mileage compared to longstanding vehicle. Moreover, it will also be endowed....  Continue Reading

Couple of days back, an official of Maruti Suzuki India stated that the iconic Maruti 800 (M800) is expected to retire from its array by December’2012. Moreover, a fresh small car with-- new name-- based on the same platform will be rolled out as replacement. The market yet again gets heated up, as another Maruti small car is in the making. What say--any presumptions, on which car it can be? Remember Maruti Cervo, the shelved project of segment....  Continue Reading

Maruti Suzuki India’s Manesar plant workers boycotted the union elections of the company which held today stating that they will form their separate body. This is a clear sign of persisting tension between the management and the workers. On June 4, Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU) supported the workers for a 13 day long strike who were claiming they will not accept the result of “management stage-managed” poll by Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union (MUKU) and they demanded recognition of their own association. Maruti Suzuki....  Continue Reading

Indian auto industry has seen some of its worst days in the past few months and the reasons have been many. The sales have dropped by 8.8% this year as Maruti Suzuki sold 80,298 units almost 8000 units down on comparison to India’s no 1 automaker’s last year sales during the same month. The slowdown has surely been due to the factor or rising fuel prices in the country also the increase in interest rates have had a negative impact too. According to RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki the recent drop in sales is not only....  Continue Reading

Vast increase in fuel prices, interest rates have given not only negative feeling about the auto market to the customers but have also pushed the car makers to their limits making their sales difficult, However it looks like those days might just be over as this festive season promises to bring more than two dozen of cars to hit the roads starting this September-October. Maruti India’s largest car maker which stopped the production of Maruti Swift promises to bring out an even better and....  Continue Reading

The 13-day-old strike at the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki finally settled late night on Thursday. The plant is expecting to start manufacturing Saturday onwards. As per the accord, Maruti settled to restore all 11 employees who were sacked earlier. The Maruti staff that went on strike is going to lose only a few days salary and not for the entire striking period. Maruti is yet to take a decision whether to recognize the new workers union or not. Maruti suffered an estimated loss of 600 Crores during the strike period with less....  Continue Reading

R C Bhargava, current chairman of Maruti Suzuki commented on the strike at Manesar plant and said that this agitation might be a pre-planned move from some political parties who want a share in Maruti. He also said that the strike is illegal, as it took place just one month before the union election without any prior notice or demands. Declining to name any particular political party, he proclaimed this whole act as a plot to gain a foothold in Maruti. The Gurgaon-Manesar belt being notoriously famous for its disturbed....  Continue Reading

The most awaited compact car in the Indian auto market, Maruti Cervo is speculated to get an official green flag in the month of October 2011. This is the time when the Indian customers will be going through the big celebrations of Diwali. The industry experts say that Maruti Cervo is being tested rigorously on Indian roads and the launch will be declared in the October month.   See More  Continue Reading