India's largest carmaker cuts production for 8th straight month
India TV NewsLack of demand for passenger vehicles in the country has forced India's largest manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki to cut its production for the 8th consecutive month. The company's total vehicle production last month stood at 1,19,337 units against 1,50,497 in October last year. The production of passenger vehicles was down 117,383 units from 148,318 in October last year, while Van produced slipped nearly by half from 13,817 in October 2018 to 7,661 last month. In the compact segment, which consists of models like New WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno, OEM Model, Dzire, the number of units produced last month was 64,079 from 74,167 in the corresponding month last year. Maruti sold a total of 1,44,277 units during October 2019 in the domestic market recording a 4.5 per cent growth over the same month a year ago.