Maruti Suzuki to go easy on petrol car production

07 Jun 2012 Evaluate

Not believing in the strategy of creating excess stock, Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India, is cutting short on production of some petrol models, including the best selling Alto, in light of soaring fuel costs, which have began to eat into the sale figures of these cars.

The company had recently halted production of petrol models, including the Alto, M800, A-Star, Estilo and Omni for three days to prevent piling up of inventories further. It slashed the production of 8,000-8,500 units of petrol cars in these three days.

Further, Maruti Suzuki India  reported 4.98% dip in sales to 98,884 units during May, 2012 as compared to 104,073 units in May last year. The domestic sales were down by 4.3% at 89,478 units in May, compared to 93,519 units in the same month last year while, the exports dropped by 10.9% to 9406 units in May, from 10,554 units in the similar month a year-ago.

Faced with a public outcry over the steepest increase in India's history, petrol prices on June 2, 2012 were cut by Rs 2.02 per litre in a partial rollback of the Rs 7.54 a litre hike effected more than a week ago. Post the first reduction in last six months, petrol prices now stand at Rs 71.16 (Delhi).

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