Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corporation has surpassed production milestone of manufacturing 30 million vehicles in India by the end of March 2024.
The Maruti Alto with 5.06 million units topped the list, followed by Swift (3.19 million units) and WagonR (3.18 million units) respectively.
With this India becomes the second country after Japan in which Suzuki has reached this milestone, and the fastest country to reach 30 million units in just 40 years and 4 months since starting production in December 1983, breaking the record of 55 years and 2 months in Japan.
| Start of production: Dec. 1983 |
| 1 million units: Mar. 1994 |
| 5 million units: Apr. 2005 |
| 10 million units: Mar. 2011 |
| 20 million units: June 2018 |
| 30 million units: Mar. 2024 |
Suzuki’s automobile production in India started in December 1983 with its first model, the Maruti 800 by Maruti Udyog, the former company of the present Maruti Suzuki. Today, production is held at Gurgaon and Manesar Plants of Maruti Suzuki, as well as Gujarat Plant of Suzuki Motor Gujarat. At these three production sites, 16 models are produced including compact cars such as WagonR, Swift, and Baleno, as well as SUVs such as Brezza and Fronx.
While the current annual production capacity in India is 2.25 million units, in order to secure a production capacity of approximately 4 million units in India by FY2030 to prepare for future expansion of automobile market in India, the new plant in Kharkhoda (State of Haryana) is planned to start operation in 2025, and the new plant in Gujarat is planned to start operation in FY2028.
