Maruti fast-tracks production to clear backlog of 200K orders

Maruti Suzuki is ramping up its production to meet the delivery of more than 200,000 cars, which are on the waitlist.

- SURAJEET DAS GUPTA

A majority of these cars are small passenger vehicles.In an interaction with Business Standard, Maruti Suzuki Chairman RC Bhargava said the rampup would include production of 250,000 cars in Kharkhoda in Haryana and another 250,000 in the Gujarat plant. This would be undertaken gradually, with the production number expected to hit 500,000 by the end of FY27.

Bhargava pointed out that these factories have flexibility in their assembly lines to shift from one model to another which will help them in meeting the large demand of small cars which are in the waitlist. “Currently, our dealers have an inventory which is as low as just a week when the general norm is to have for 30 days,” Bhargava said.