Maruti's 10 millionth car

India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd said on Thursday it has crossed the 10 million units milestone of cumulative sales in the domestic market since it started selling cars 29 years back. “The 10 millionth vehicle, a Red Swift VXi, was dispatched to Coimbatore today morning from the company's Manesar plant,“ the company said in a statement.
The firm had rolled out its first car--an M800--in December 1983 and attained five million domestic sales in February 2006.“The next five million domestic sales have been achieved in six years,“ the company said.
Commenting on crossing the milestone, managing director and chief executive Shinzo Nakanishi said: “Maruti Suzuki's success story is closely linked with the success story of India in the last two decades. Even as India has grown and transformed, Maruti Suzuki has evolved to meet changing demands.“