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New Maruti 800 to compete with Eon and Nano

The Manesar Plant tragedy of Maruti Suzuki has certainly affected the production of its famous models, Maruti Swift, Swift Dzire and Ertiga. However, recently, Maruti Suzuki India personnel officially announced that partial production at the Manesar plant will be resumed by next week.

This festive season for the aspiring car consumers would be fascinating and interesting. The car companies are planning to launch numerous new vehicles on the occasion. India’s largest car company, Maruti Suzuki is planning to launch an 800cc car, which has been developed and design on the Alto platform. The car is likely to be priced above Rs. 2 lakh and would compete with Tata Nano and Hyundai Eon.

The mini car line-up of Maruti Suzuki is comprise of Maruti Alto, Maruti 800, Maruti A-Star and Maruti Wagon R. sadly the sales of this line up has gone down by 23% from April to July. With such fall, Maruti is hoping to catch up the phase with its new launch during the festive season.

According to fresh reports, Maruti Suzuki will be resuming production at its Manesar plant from next Tuesday and will churn out about 150units of Swift and Swift Dzire. To amplify the production, the company is putting in all possible efforts to make it work for the firm. The competition in the Indian car bazaar has seriously risen in last few years. Firms like Hyundai, Toyota, and Tata have come up as potential winners in the small car market. Therefore, a setback in production has been causing a lot of problems for Maruti.

Till now, the firm hasn’t given any specific time period as to till when it will supply car units into the market, but hopefully it will ramp up the work process and figure out a quick way to get back on track.