Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Maruti Suzuki’s production for the month of August has increased by 62.63% to 91,261 units as compared to 56,115 units in August 2012. Of the total, production in the mini compact segment comprising Alto, A Star and Wagon R surged 50.33% to 41,487 units as against 27,597 units in the same month previous year year.

Meanwhile, the compact segment, comprising Ritz, Swift and Estilo, witnessed a three-fold jump in output to 20,514 units from 5,820 vehicles manufactured a year earlier. While, in the sedan segment, comprising Dzire and SX4, Kizashi the company’s production soared five times to 16,941 units as compared with 3,042 units in August 2012.

However, the company manufactured 3,473 units of utility vehicles, comprising Gypsy and Ertiga, in August as compared to 7,128 units manufactured a year earlier, down by 51.28%. Further, the company has produced 8,846 units of Eeco and Omni vans last month as against 12,528 units in the same month in 2012.