Maruti Suzuki India on Friday said it had produced a record 500,000 K-series engines in less than 23 months. The first was manufactured in October 2008.
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The company has installed capacity of 500,000 such engines annually. To meet growing demand, Maruti it recently recently announced to an additional 200,000 engines by 2012.
The K-series engines are available on seven Suzuki car models and also fitted to the A-Star/Alto-based Pixo built on an OEM basis for Nissan Motor.
Managing director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi said: “Introduction of K-series engine in India is an example of Maruti Suzuki’s commitment to take the engine technology in India to the next level.”
India’s top-selling automaker produces two types of K-series engines – three cylinder 998cc and I4 1.2 litre – in the Gurgaon plant. Maruti Suzuki engineers worked as part of parent Suzuki Motor’s rngine design team to design, calibrate and test the engine line in India and Japan.
