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Maruti Suzuki announces ‘Freedom Service Carnival’ for customers

August 12, 2022 TeluguSuperNews Leave a comment

To commemorate our 75^th year of Independence, Maruti Suzuki India Limited has rolled out the nationwide ‘Freedom Service Carnival’. The initiative aligns with the Company’s commitment to offer high quality service and delightful service experience to customers across dealerships in the country.

Mr. Partho Banerjee, Senior Executive Officer (Service), Maruti Suzuki India Limited said, “It is our endeavour to continuously adapt our service offerings to the customers’ needs and offer them a delightful car ownership experience. On the occasion of Independence Day, we have introduced the ‘Freedom Service Carnival’, which is one such initiative in this regard. Here, customers can take benefit of special offers on labour charges for Periodic Maintenance Service, available across our 4,300+ strong nationwide service network. Freedom Service Carnival is an engagement to strengthen Maruti Suzuki’s commitment to offer ‘Joy of Mobility’ to its esteemed customers.”

Maruti Suzuki’s efforts in Service:

Maruti Suzuki announces ‘Freedom Service Carnival’ for customers

For Maruti Suzuki, “Customer First” has always been the philosophy, and hence the endeavor is to serve and create delight for all our customers. As a commitment to this, the Company has set-up over 4,300+ service touchpoints across 2,100+ cities. The Company catered to over 19 million customers in FY 2021-22. Additionally, doorstep service facility, with specially designed service-on-wheels workshops, has been made available in several cities across India. Maruti Suzuki Road Service provide emergency support to customers stranded due to vehicular breakdowns. The Maruti Suzuki Road Service staff is equipped with essential tools and spares needed to quickly restore the vehicles in distress.

Maruti Suzuki All-New Alto K10

August 10, 2022 TeluguSuperNews Leave a comment

Maruti Suzuki is all set to re-energize the country’s hatchback segment with the All-New Alto K10. The Company today announced bookings open for its yet another blockbuster – the All-New Alto K10. The All-New Alto K10 is equipped with a host of comfort, safety, convenience, and connectivity features.

Announcing the bookings open for the All-New Alto K10, Mr. Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Officer (Marketing & Sales), Maruti Suzuki India Limited, said, “with over 4.32 million customers, Alto is the most influential car brand in the country. Immensely loved by Alto families, the legendary Alto is a testament to an iconic brand that evolved itself with the changing aspirations of young India. With a strong brand legacy of 22 years, Alto has become a symbol of pride, trust, and reliability and has been a very successful product for Suzuki. The All-New Alto K10 will democratize new age technology and features in the hatchback cars. We are confident that the All-New Alto K10 together with Alto 800 will bring pride of ownership & joy of mobility to many more customers in India.”

Mr. CV Raman, Chief Technical Officer (Engineering), Maruti Suzuki India Limited, said, “Brand Alto has always been a symbol of pride of ownership, reliability and peace of mind. The All-New Alto K10 has been designed and developed with the core philosophy of redefining the hatchback segment in the country. Built on Suzuki’s signature HEARTECT platform, the All-New Alto K10 will ensure a safe, comfortable and enjoyable driving experience while offering an excellent NVH performance. We have laid special focus on offering a modern design, a spacious cabin and a technology driven, user-friendly interior interface to cater to our ever-evolving customers.”

Customers can pre-book the All-New Alto K10 with an initial payment of 11 000/-.

Ø At any ARENA showroom

Ø Or by Logging-in to https://www.marutisuzuki.com/alto

Or call at 1800 102 1800 (toll free) to know more about the All-New Alto K10 The All-New Alto K10 bookings are now open & will soon arrive at Maruti Suzuki ARENA showrooms across the country.

Issued by:

PR & Communications,
Maruti Suzuki India Limited,
#1 Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
Ph: 91-11-4678 1000
Email: corp.comm@maruti.co.in | Twitter: @Maruti_Corp

Kia Seltos becomes the first vehicle in its segment to offer six airbags as standard

August 3, 2022 TeluguSuperNews Leave a comment

telugusuper news,3August 2022: Kia India, one of the fastest-growing carmakers in the country, has announced today that its most popular SUV in the Indian market, Kia Seltos, is now the first car in its segment to get six airbags as standard across all variants, offering superior safety to the occupants. Besides the Kia Seltos, six airbags as standard fitment are also offered on the Kia Carens, making Kia India the only mass segment manufacturer offering this important safety feature as standard. The decision to provide six standard airbags on the Seltos emphasizes Kia’s commitment to offer the best products for its customers and is in line with the increased focus on safety.

Hardeep Singh Brar, Vice President and Head of Sales & Marketing, Kia India said, “Seltos is a special product for Kia India as it marked the beginning of our journey in this vibrant country. Since then, Seltos has created many benchmarks in its segment and beyond; and has proved to be the flag bearer of Kia’s ‘Make in India, for the world’ prowess. Seltos has contributed close to 60% to our overall sales in the country. With the Seltos, Kia brought in many firsts in the segment and by giving six airbags as standard, we want to keep that momentum.”

He further added, “At Kia, it is our constant effort to update our products at regular intervals, basis our market research and understanding of the ever-evolving demands of customers. India is an important market for Kia globally, and the Seltos, a very important product. We will always strive to better our products regularly and cater to the unmet and unfelt needs of customers here.”

The Kia Seltos is the most popular Kia product in India, accounting for close to 60% of the company’s total sales in the country. The model immediately connected with new-age buyers upon its introduction because of its revitalising design, class-leading connectivity features, and exceptional customer experience.

The demand for the petrol and diesel variant of the Seltos is balanced, with around 46% of the customers preferring the diesel variants of the Seltos. While 58% of the Seltos sales come from its top variants, the automatic options of the vehicle contribute to around 25%. The revolutionary iMT technology became an instant hit amongst buyers, with 1 out of every 10 Seltos buyers opting for it in 2022. Also, Kia is the first manufacturer to provide iMT on a Diesel vehicle. For customers, the most popular variant is HTX Petrol, and the most popular colour is White when driving the Seltos home. Kia India recently crossed the 5-lakh sales milestone in the country in less than 3 years, thus making it the fastest car manufacturer to achieve this feat.

Maruti Suzuki Rewards celebrates its 2nd anniversary

August 3, 2022 TeluguSuperNews Leave a comment

telugusupernews New Delhi, August 3, 2022: Maruti Suzuki India Limited today celebrated the 2^nd anniversary of its comprehensive & unique loyalty program – ‘Maruti Suzuki Rewards’. The first-of-its-kind loyalty program offers a bouquet of delightful services to the customers and is designed to keep customer-centricity at its core. Maruti Suzuki Rewards comes with a range of benefits on the purchase of additional Maruti Suzuki – cars, service, Insurance, Genuine Accessories, customer referrals and several other association benefits.

While strengthening and celebrating the ever-growing relationship with customers, Maruti Suzuki Rewards aims to build a strong emotional connect with customers by providing a premium, reliable and benefit-driven post-purchase experience. This program offers a lifetime membership validity and maximum points validity tenure of 10 years. Celebrating the successful 2 years of the Maruti Suzuki Rewards Program, Mr. Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Director (Marketing & Sales), Maruti Suzuki India Limited, said, “We are extremely happy and proud to celebrate the 2^nd anniversary of the Maruti Suzuki Rewards Program with our family of more than 7 million Maruti Suzuki Rewards customers. This is a befitting testimony of our customer’s trust in us and our inseparable bond with them.

We are overwhelmed with the response the program has received and is proud that Maruti Suzuki Rewards Program is one of India’s foremost and highly rewarding loyalty programs in the four-wheeler passenger vehicle industry where customers enjoy a wide range of exciting benefits. Maruti Suzuki Rewards program is a card-less & unique tier-based loyalty program with no penalty of tier downgrade. The program offers some of the finest benefits to our customers and we are glad to be a part of their car buying journey and all the post-sales needs.”

Under the program, the customers are classified into four tiers – Member, Silver, Gold and Platinum, and they earn points on all transactions they do at Maruti Suzuki sales & service network and digital platforms. The Maruti Suzuki Rewards Program is a one-of-a-kind gamified loyalty program in the automotive industry rewarding exclusive badges, a gamification feature which makes customers’ interaction with Maruti Suzuki even more rewarding and gives them a chance to unlock access to exclusive events and offers.

The card-less loyalty program provides a 100% digital experience to customers with all information and transaction alerts sent digitally to the customer’s registered mobile number. The Maruti Suzuki Rewards program is fully integrated in the form of Maruti Suzuki Rewards mobile app (available for both iOS and Android users) and Maruti Suzuki Rewards exclusive webpage, which is a unified platform to engage and enrol customers for the Maruti Suzuki Rewards program.

Existing Maruti Suzuki customers can enrol for Maruti Suzuki Rewards program by logging in at https://www.marutisuzuki.com/more-from-us/maruti-suzuki-rewards.

To know more about the program, Maruti Suzuki customers can download the program brochure from https://www.marutisuzuki.com/msrebrochure.pdf.

Kia India recorded domestic sales of 22,022 units in July 2022

August 1, 2022 TeluguSuperNews Leave a comment

Kia India, one of the fastest-growing carmakers in the country, records monthly domestic sales of 22,022 units in July 2022, registering a 46.66% Y-0-Y growth over the corresponding month last year. Kia Seltos and Sonet, with 8,451 and 7,215 units, respectively, led the sales momentum for the brand, followed by Carens with 5978 units and Carnival with 288 units. The brand continues to be among the 5 best-selling car brands in the country.

In the first 7 months of CY22, Kia India has dispatched 1,43,845 units in the domestic market. The Seltos and Sonet contributed the majority to KIN’s CY22 sales with 40% and 33% share, respectively, while the Carens, that was launched in the second half of February 2022 contributed over 25%.

Commenting on the performance, Hardeep Singh Brar, Vice President & Head of Sales and Marketing, Kia India said, “Gradual improvement in the supply chain and our customers’ continued love for the brand is adding momentum to Kia India’s growth. This year, we are outpacing the industry with cumulative growth of 28.4% over 2021, which is much higher than the industry growth of 16%. With the upcoming festive season, we shall strive to improve supplies to give faster deliveries to our customers. To ensure minimum wait time, we have been running our production facility in full capacity since February 2022 with utmost optimisation.”

Kia India recorded domestic sales of 22,022 units in July 2022

As a part of its customer-centric approach, Kia India organised a nationwide ‘Ownership-Service Camp’ for Kia owners across its dealerships. Aimed at maintaining the health of Kia cars, the weeklong camp concluded on 27th July 2022, attracting over 30,000 customers.

Recently, the company zoomed past the 5 Lakh sales milestone in less than 3 years since its start of sales operations in the country. With the July 2022 sales, the total domestic sales figure of the brand stands at 5,11,219 units.

Maruti Suzuki sales in July 2022

August 1, 2022 TeluguSuperNews Leave a comment

Maruti Suzuki India Limited clocked total sales of 175,916 units in July 2022. Total sales in the month include domestic sales of 145,666 units, sales to other OEM of 9,939 units and exports of 20,311 units.

The shortage of electronic components had a minor impact on the production of vehicles, mainly in domestic models. The Company took all possible measures to minimise the impact.

The sales figures for July 2022 are given below:

Category: Sub-segment	Models	July	April-July
2022	2021	2022-23	2021-22
A: Mini	Alto, S-Presso	20,333	19,685	69,320	66,925
A: Compact	Baleno, Celerio, Dzire, Ignis, Swift, Tour S, WagonR	84,818	70,268	289,695	231,778
Mini + Compact Segment	105,151	89,953	359,015	298,703
A: Mid-Size	Ciaz	1,379	1,450	4,051	3,968
Total A: Passenger Cars	106,530	91,403	363,066	302,671
B: Utility Vehicles	Brezza, Ertiga, S-Cross, XL6	23,272	32,272	104,124	92,283
C: Vans	Eeco	13,048	10,057	44,814	31,840
Total Domestic Passenger Vehicle Sales (PV)	142,850	133,732	512,004	426,794
Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV)	Super Carry	2,816	2,768	13,633	6,824
Total Domestic Sales including LCV (PV+LCV)	145,666	136,500	525,637	433,618
Sales to other OEM	9,939	4,738	28,462	15,715
Total Domestic Sales (PV+LCV+OEM)	155,605	141,238	554,099	449,333
Total Export Sales	20,311	21,224	89,748	66,743
Total Sales (Total Domestic + Export)	175,916	162,462	643,847	516,076

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