India’s famed and hugely popular Maruti car brand will soon hum the tune of Hamara Maruti.

Europe beckons, much more than ever for Maruti Suzuki India, it seems. The car maker is lining up major expansion plans for the European region.

The much-awaited, much-hyped compact B-segment car Suzuki A-Star, has debuted. Maruti Suzuki India has lifted the wraps off its global car and intends to sell the car in the Rs 4 lakh range.

Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest passenger carmaker, is on a hiring spree keeping in view the plans of the car maker to design cars from scratch in India by the end of 2010.

With auto sales figures in India going down following the slowdown in the economy, car maker Maruti Suzuki India has unveiled a special campaign, Gramin Mahotsav,  to lure rural buyers in the eastern region to its dealerships. Maruti Suzuki boasts of a 51 per cent market share in passenger vehicles in the region.

Maruti Suzuki’s much anticipated next-generation KB series engine will roll out of its stables and would be a permanent feature in the redesigned versions of the Suzuki Alto.

Car major Maruti Suzuki will launch its Suzuki Splash model by the beginning of 2009. The Suzuki Splash, which is built on a fresh platform and boasts of European styling influences, is being positioned between successful models such as the Zen Estilo and Swift. Update: The Suzuki Splash will come to India as Suzuki Ritz!

Starting 2010,  India’s automotive giant Maruti Suzuki will design its own cars in the country. With a view to kick off the plan, the company will be hiring as many as 1000 engineers in various engineering disciplines like design, electrical and mechanical engineering, the company has said. This means that post-2010, Maruti will be capable enough to launch a complete indigenous car designed and manufactured by Indian engineers.

Maruti Suzuki, foreseeing huge demand, has kick started efforts aimed at increasing production of its global car A-Star.

Maruti Suzuki has gone for a unique campaign to lure customers towards its WagonR Duo. The car maker has roped in Big FM to kick off The WagonR Smart Hunt, a contest that will go both on-air and off-air with a WagonR message.

We have just heard that Maruti Suzuki has launched what is essentially a facelifted version of the Zen Estilo - the Zen Estilo Srpots edition.

The Indian operations of Maruti Suzuki could see a boost with the company mulling over export of 200,000 cars per annum from Maruti Suzuki India’s assembly line by year 2010-11.

Maruti Suzuki will soon be turned into Suzuki's small car hub and design center for small cars.

Maruti has announced that they will expand their current network of driving schools - Institute of Driving Training and Research - in India. A whole 110 of them.

The Suzuki A-Star concept was revealed during the Auto Expo 2008 in New Delhi in January. The actual production version of the A-Star will make its appearance at the 2008 Paris motor Show.

Maruti Suzuki has announced the launch of the Maruti M800 Uniq - a special edition of the Maruti 800, the car that put India behind the wheel in the 80s. Limited Edition or not, the M800 Uniq is the last gasp from the car that many thought would never survive so ...