Maruti A-Star Breaks 55,000 record and became popular in Europe.

Maruti has produced more than 100100 A-star within 12 months .The maruti swift has taken more than 23 months to reach that quantity of production which is almost double time period compared to A-star. The major reasons why the models have became popular in Europe are their fuel efficiency and low CO2 emission, which are 103grams per kilometer, compared to the current applicable limit of 130 grams per kilometer. A-star is the fastest ramp up model of the Maruti-suzuki.

A-star is called as the Alto in Europe. The above figure includes production of the Nissan pixo which is modified version of maruti A-star.The Nissan pixo is produced by maruti for the Nissan and exports to the Europe. The Nissan pixo is almost same as that of A-star but little modified. The production of exported version A-star began in December 2008 and till date Maruti has exported more than 55000 units of the A-star. The Maruti officers is saying that Maruti A-star is doing very well in the local and export market and planning to exports 75000 to 80000 units of A-Star by the end of April 2010 to the Europe market.The A-star milestones are as under.

Production commenced --- oct 1, 2008
Market Launch --- Nov 19, 2008
0 to 100000units --- Aug 10 , 2009
Mileage – 15 to 19 km/lit

Maruti’s A-Star is not only an important car for Maruti but even for Hyundai. After the launch of the Hyundai i10, Maruti hasn’t had swift sales. However the A-Star is set to change that. The Maruti A-Star has been priced very well and we won’t be suprised if it becomes the car of the year either. However its not all that good as it appears. Surely the A-Star looks cute and uses the latest K series engine but Maruti seems to be missing the point. Well almost. They already have 4 cars in the same segment and they plan to launch the Splash as well. How many small cars will Maruti launch? They should phase out the Wagon R and Zen Estilo.