Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) has sold a total of 62,996 factory-fitted CNG vehicles in FY 2014-15, a growth of 23% over previous year. The contribution of CNG vehicles to total sales increased to 5.4%, from 4.9% in FY 2013-14.

Maruti Suzuki, the first company to introduce factory-fitted CNG cars in India in 2010, offers six dual fuel (CNG+Petrol) models namely Alto, Alto K-10, Celerio, Wagon R, Eeco and Ertiga. The CNG variants of Alto K-10 and Celerio were launched in 2014-15.

Recently, the company had registered a fall of 1.6% in its total car sales (Domestic + Export) for the month of March 2015 at 111555 units, as against 113350 units in March 2014. The company’s domestic sales rose by 1.4% in March 2015 at 103719 units, as against 102269 units in corresponding month last year.