Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

Maruti Suzuki’s production for the month of September has declined marginally by 0.55% to 92,140 units as compared to 92,653 units in September 2012. Of the total, production in the mini compact segment comprising Alto, A Star and Wagon R surged 12.48% to 48,128 units as against 42,789 units in the same month previous year.

Meanwhile, the compact segment, comprising Ritz, Swift and Estilo, witnessed a jump of 16.56% in output to 18,474 units from 15,850 vehicles manufactured a year earlier. While, in the sedan segment, comprising Dzire and SX4, Kizashi the company’s production increased 18,55% to 14,769 units as compared with 12,458 units in September 2012.

However, the company manufactured 1,807 units of utility vehicles, comprising Gypsy and Ertiga, in September as compared to 7,347 units manufactured a year earlier, down by 75.40%. Further, the company has produced 8,962 units of Eeco and Omni vans last month as against 14,209 units in the same month in 2012.