Maruti Suzuki will increase its capacity in the next fiscal year to meet the surge in demand.
Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car manufacturer, plans to increase capacity by 500,000 vehicles in the next fiscal year to meet the surge in domestic demand after reviewing the GST rate, ET Bureau reports.
Haryana and Gujarat, but claims that it is operating at full capacity and still cannot meet the needs of customers, with about 200,000 pending orders.
Stocks are extremely low and amount to about 12 days, including about seven days for transporting cars, whereas the normal stock level of dealers is about 30 days.
Senior Executive Director Parto Banerjee said that the number of orders increased by 20% last month, which forced the company to review production volumes on a monthly basis in order to keep the waiting time for hatchbacks, sedans and station wagons at an acceptable level.
He added that in the previous month, Maruti had focused on station wagons, whose sales increased by 12%.
Last month, Maruti shipped 161,000 passenger cars, which in total corresponds to the level of February 2025, when 160,791 vehicles were sold.
They are destined for India, and about 50,000 are for exports, which remain high in regions such as Africa and the Middle East.
SMC noted that in the next fiscal year, two new plants are expected to add approximately 20,000 units per month as capacity expands, with two additional 250,000 units per year: the second line in Harkhod (Haryana), which will be operational in the first quarter, and the fourth line in Hansalpa, respectively.
SMC warned that supply shortages could force some customers to switch to other brands, and said it was advisable to restore stocks to 30-day levels, although demand remains high.
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