To set up a diesel engine plant by Maruti Suzuki India in Gurgaon

Maruti Suzuki India has suddenly turned the tables where its diesel powerplant is concerned. The latest hot news doing the rounds is Maruti India has called the shots on its impending decision on new diesel plant. However, when it broke the news of the new diesel plant to be set up in Gurgaon, Maruti Suzuki India surprised many, in contrary to its earlier plans. The initial take would be to have 100,000 units of the diesel engines to be rolled out from the upcoming plant with an investment of Rs 1000 crore to meet the development costs.

What seems to be clear at the moment is that Maruti Suzuki India hopes to dedicate the upcoming plant in Gurgaon entirely for the diesel engines as it does have a separate plant developing the petrol engines for the Maruti cars. Maruti Suzuki India was delaying the decision for over a period of time for two main reasons. One, the next budget session is likely to turn around the scenario for the diesel cars with the Indian governemnt all set to slap an additional excise duty on the diesel cars as such.Number two is Maruti Suzuki has suffered huge losses in the past year and an additional time would only give the car manufacturter enough breathing space to get the situation well in control.Automobile News