July 7, 2011

Maruti Suzuki achieves 10 lakh production mark of K-series engine

Every Dark Cloud Has a Silver Lining…So goes the proverb… Well Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest carmaker was in the eye of the storm for a month now over the labour unrest and depleting sales for the month of June. But just when we thought Maruti Suzuki was caught up in its own woes, here comes a piece of news that makes us raise our glasses for a toast to the auto maker.

Maruti Suzuki, on Wednesday claimed that the production of the famous fuel efficient yet powerful K-Series engines crossed the 10 lakh units mark within three years of starting the output. The K-Series Engine powers Maruti Suzuki’s bestsellers such as WagonR, Swift, Estilo and Alto-K10.

It must be remembered that the company first launched the K-series engine with its flagship export model A-Star in October 2008, it added. The K-series engines are produced at the company’s Gurgaon facility.

Commenting on the achievement, Maruti Suzuki India Chief General Manager (Marketing) Shashank Srivastava said: “We feel proud that customers have really appreciated our offerings mounted with the next generation K-series engine. As market leader, we have continuously improved the technologies over the years.”

Of the total production in achieving the milestone, Maruti Suzuki has fitted the K-series engine in over 3.5 lakh units of A-Star, 1.9 lakh units of WagonR, 1.36 lakh units of Alto K-10, 1.05 lakh units of Estilo, 1.24 lakh units of Swift and 95,000 units of Ritz.

The numbers have a tale to tell…

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April 7, 2011

Maruti Suzuki to recall 13,157 diesel cars

Just when we thought the recall season was over, it is back in our own backyard yet again. Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL), the country’s largest car maker, on Wednesday said it would recall 13,157 diesel cars manufactured between November 13 and December 4, 2010, to examine a possible faulty engine part.
The recall will include 4,505 units of Swift Dzire, 6,841 units of Swift and 1,811 units of Ritz. It does not include any exported car.

Maruti Suzuki said it will inspect a connecting rod bolt in these cars and “if it is found defective, the company will replace the component free of cost”. The new part has already been dispatched to dealer workshops and the dealers would contact car owners.

The Swift, Swift Dzire and Ritz are among MSIL’s best-selling cars, constituting around a quarter of its sales. Maruti sells 12,000 units of Swift, 10,000 units of Dzire and 6,000 units of Ritz a month. The diesel variants make up nearly half of these cars’ sales.

It must be recalled that that MSIL in February last year had recalled 100,000 units of hatchback A-Star from domestic and overseas markets. It had recalled the cars to fix faulty fuel pump gaskets and O-ring, which could leak if the fuel tank is filled to the brim.

Earlier in February this year, Japanese automobile manufacturer Honda Motor Corporation, through its Indian subsidiary, Honda Siel Cars India, recalled 57,853 units of its mid-sized sedan City in India to replace a faulty engine part as part of a global exercise. The company recalled these cars to carry out preventive part replacement of defective lost motion springs, which could cause engines to stall and result in problems in re-starting cars. MSIL sold 1.27 million cars last financial year, 24.8 per cent more than 1.02 million units sold in 2009-10.

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February 11, 2011

Fiat 1.3L Multi-Jet Reaches 4 Million Units Production Milestone

Fiat Multi-jet engines 4000000 units produced
If there is one engine that Indians love unconditionally, it has to be the Multijet engine from Fiat. The Fiat engine has been in India for a long time now. In fact, it is so popular in our country that Fiat has sold more Multijet engines in India than its cars. Fiat scores a major portion of its profits in India by selling engines. In fact, Fiat also banked in on the popularity of this engine with the ‘Fiat Diesel Drives India’ campaign.

Just look at the trend in the Indian market: almost 95 per cent of the time, you would find a Multijet engine in a diesel hatchback. Most of the popular diesel hatchbacks as well as sedans in India, such Punto, Fiat 500, Linea, Palio, Ritz, Swift, Swift DZire, Vista, Manza, and the soon-to-be-launched diesel SX4, feature the Fiat Multijet engine.

Even the Chevrolet Beat is expected to feature the revered 3-cylinder Multi-jet engine (chopped-block), to be launched later this year.

All right, we are done with the background of the engine. The Fiat Multijet engine has now clocked another big milestone. The Italian company has announced that the 4 millionth 1.3 16v Multijet engine has left the plant in Bielsko Biala, Poland, on February 4, 2011.This 4 millionth unit, fitted in a Fiat 500, has been sold to a French customer.

The Fiat Multijet engine is available in various capacities ranging from 1.3L to a much mightier 3.0L. The engine is also available in a turbocharged and a non turbocharged format. Another famous thing about the engine: in 2005, the Multijet 75 PS version was chosen as the International Engine of the Year. And considering the number of new cars coming up in the Indian market, we would not be surprised if the many more cars get their power from the Multijet engine.