Maruti to develop all new "made in india"model by 2011

[team suzuki]

India’s leading automaker Maruti Suzuki has announced that they are planning to launch a car completely build in India by 2011. The made in India car will be another major step in the company’s efforts to achieve its goal of developing products on its own. “Our ultimate aim is to have products developed on our own,” Rao said.

Maruti seems to have come off age after more than two decades it was formed as a joint venture between Japan`s Suzuki Motor and the Indian government, it is set to develop an all-new model from scratch by 2011 using its Indian engineering strength. “We have started the ground work to launch a car which is conceived, designed and developed fully in India,” Maruti Suzuki India Managing Executive Officer (Engineering) I V Rao told media. The company has been strengthening its engineering anddesign competencies as it plans to nearly double its engineering workforce by 2010 from 560. “We would like to close March next year with 740 engineers and reach 1000 by 2010,” he adds. The company is hopeful of rolling out the car in the next four years, he added. Rao’s statement indicates the fast-growing stature of Maruti within Suzuki’s overall global plans and clearly brings out the future strategy of the Japanese carmaker.

“The launch of the car is very important to us for many reasons, like India is the only country where this model is being manufactured. We expect that the A-Star will enable our company to reach a different level in our export,” MSI Chairman R C Bhargava said. The new hatchback will be manufactured at Manesar production facility in India. It would be powered by a 998cc K10B petrol engine and would be available in three variants in the domestic market. A Made-in-India car is the one, which will be developed almost entirely in the country, using the technical expertise and know-how of Indian engineers. A 100% Indian-made car, sure a pride in its own sense for the company and for the country as a whole

source:autonews

[abhinav.gupta88]

Isn't A - Star 100% made in India?

What all other cars are made in India by the way?

[Path_Finder]

Tata cars are designed, developed and made in India!

[ritz830]

Originally Posted by abhinav.gupta88

Isn't A - Star 100% made in India?

What all other cars are made in India by the way?

I

Hey, good question dude.

I think the engine technology comes from suzuki. i.e maruti gets the engine dye assembly from suzuki japan and uses them in india to produce similar engines. And many more small things which maruti depends on suzuki.

I think maruti is trying to make its own car, like how hindustan makes the Amassador (amby).

Basically, India has to improve on infrastructure
- India has got a big steel industry, but in future they have to find new types of Alloy steel, which have specific qualities. To infer, just imagine the racing bicycles used in Olympics weigh just 1kg and those are made using steel alloys.
- Similarly the fiberglass manufacturers in India should become more independent and provide products on their own and offer several choices to the car manufactures
- Electronics is a major think which India should work on.

[directinjection]

The headline of the quoted news report as well as this thread is erroneous. What the report talks about is Maruti designing and developing an altogether new car from scratch in India, something the Company has never attempted before.

Maruti-Suzuki is a license-manufacturer. It makes/assembles/duplicates cars designed and developed by its parent company in Japan. In return for the right to use Suzuki's designs and intellectual property, Maruti pays royalty to the parent company on each car.

During the last few years, the Company has been doing a little-bit of R&D. The Wagon R restyling was done by Maruti engineers in India. Its engineers have also been making small contributions at the parent's R&D facility - they were reportedly involved in designing Swift's seats.

The Company is now setting up a full-fledged R&D facility which will have the ability to develop completely new vehicles right here in India.

Originally Posted by ritz830

I think maruti is trying to make its own car, like how hindustan makes the Amassador (amby).

No, the Ambassador isn't an Indian-designed car.

[Technocrat]

Tata cars are designed

Well the Indica\go was designed by Idea from Italy IIRC, not sure about the Vista though

[directinjection]

Originally Posted by Technocrat

Well the Indica\go was designed by Idea from Italy IIRC, not sure about the Vista though

It was styled by IDEA, but designed and developed in India. If you pick up an international car guide, Indica's country of origin would be shown as India unlike any car from Maruti.

IDEA was involved in Vista's styling too but later the main guy there working on Vista (someone named Justin) left IDEA to start his own design house. The styling job is now attributed to him.

Cheers!

[ritz830]

Originally Posted by directinjection

The headline of the quoted news report as well as this thread is erroneous. What the report talks about is Maruti designing and developing an altogether new car from scratch in India, something the Company has never attempted before.

Maruti-Suzuki is a license-manufacturer. It makes/assembles/duplicates cars designed and developed by its parent company in Japan. In return for the right to use Suzuki's designs and intellectual property, Maruti pays royalty to the parent company on each car.

During the last few years, the Company has been doing a little-bit of R&D. The Wagon R restyling was done by Maruti engineers in India. Its engineers have also been making small contributions at the parent's R&D facility - they were reportedly involved in designing Swift's seats.

The Company is now setting up a full-fledged R&D facility which will have the ability to develop completely new vehicles right here in India.



No, the Ambassador isn't an Indian-designed car.

Dude Hindustan ambassador is the only Indian car which can be called "COMPLETELY MADE IN INDIA". I dono where you get your sources about the car having international ties.

And about the Wagon R. If you say Ambassador resembles some old Morris Oxford design checkout the Wagon R copy from Fiat Panda





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[directinjection]

Originally Posted by ritz830

Dude Hindustan ambassador is the only Indian car which can be called "COMPLETELY MADE IN INDIA". I dono where you get your sources about the car having international ties.

And about the Wagon R. If you say Ambassador resembles some old Morris Oxford design checkout the Wagon R copy from Fiat Panda

Your post is hilarious I must say.
Here's a para from the link that you have provided. Please read the last line carefully:

Morris Oxford III

The Oxford was updated for 1956 with a new optional two-tone paint scheme, fluted bonnet and small rear fins. Inside the bench seats trimmed in leather remained but the instrument cluster was revised and a new dished steering wheel fitted. The engine now produced 55 hp (41 kW) following an increase in compression ratio though the top speed and acceleration remained the same. A semi-automatic, two pedal, "Manumatic" transmission with centrifugal clutch with vacuum operation coupled to gear changes was optional. The woody Series III Traveller was replaced by the Series IV in 1957, though the saloon remained in production until the Pininfarina-styled Series V was introduced in 1959. 58,117 Series III and Series IV Oxfords were built.
Motor magazine tested a Series III manumatic equipped saloon in 1957 recording a top speed of 74.4 mph (119.7 km/h), virtually unchanged from the Series II and acceleration from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 30.5 seconds, adversely affected by the Manumatic option. Fuel consumption of 27.0 miles per imperial gallon (10.5 L/100 km/22.5 mpg-US) was found. The test car cost £898 including taxes of £300.

This car was the basis for the Hindustan Ambassador, which continues to be built in India some 50 years after the Oxford's demise.

Although mostly still license-manufacturers, our car makers these days at least give models that are more or less contemporary with their siblings abroad. In those days, HM and PAL used to launch foreign-origin cars in India after their manufacture had ceased in the home country. The reason was simple: second hand dies, plant and machinery costed much less.

[SirAlec]

what do you think of Dzire!! thars boot crazy indian design. where else in earth can you spoil a hot hatch in such a way. After they released the Dzire i sold off the Swift.

[Technocrat]

It was styled by IDEA, but designed and developed in India. If you pick up an international car guide, Indica's country of origin would be shown as India unlike any car from Maruti.

See essentially its nota 100 % Developement by Tata read this

With these as the specs, the company's designers at its Engineering Research Centre (ERC) created some renderings of the car (see illustrations alongside) which were refined and finalised in association with the famous Milan-based design house, I.D.E.A.

Tata

Anyways are we discussing made in India or Designed, Built & sold from India?

[deepakhon]

To give WagonR its credit, it was released much earlier than the present Panda. I do not think WagonR is a copy of Panda.

[SirAlec]

yeah !! wagon R was developed from MR wagon, which was or is the largest selling car of Japan.