Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Maruti Suzuki India is developing a diesel engine for mid-size sedans, which is likely to be ready by the middle of 2011. MSI currently sources diesel engines from Fiat for its three models-Swift, DZiRE and Ritz.

About the company’s upcoming second and third production units at its Manesar facility - Opening the second plant will be preponed by about six months to the end of 2011. It is also trying to advance operations at the third plant, which is scheduled to start in 2013. At present, MSI, which is 54.2 per cent owned by Suzuki, has an annual capacity of 8.5 lakh units at its Gurgaon plant, while Manesar can produce 3.5 lakh units annually, with the overall capacity totaling to 12 lakh units per year.