NEW DELHI: Suzuki Motor Corporation has achieved a major milestone with accumulated automobile production of 30 million units in India by the end of March 2024.
India becomes the second country after Japan in which Suzuki has reached this landmark moment, and the fastest country to reach 30 million units in just 40 years and 4 months since starting production in December 1983, breaking the record of 55 years and 2 months in Japan.
Suzuki’s automobile production in India started in December 1983 with its first model, the Maruti 800 by Maruti Udyog, the former company of the present Maruti Suzuki.
Today, production is held at 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, in order to secure a production capacity of 4 million units in India by FY2030 to prepare for future expansion of automobile market in India, the new plant in Kharkhoda (Haryana state) is planned to start operation in 2025.
A new plant in Gujarat state is planned to start operation in FY2028.
