Maruti Suzuki Alto Is No.1 Small Car In World
This is first time ever for any Indian car company. Maruti Suzuki Alto has become the biggest selling small car in the world in 2010. Maruti Alto has beaten Fiat Uno and Volkswagen Gol in Brazil and Volkswagen Golf in Germany for the top spot. Maruti Suzuki Alto registered a 25% increase in sales in the previous year to over 300,000 vehicles, helped mostly by a peppier version - the Alto K10 - launched in the middle of 2010. During the same period, the two Volkswagen cars suffered a decline in sales with the Golf slipping down to third spot.
“The K10 has been very well received and has been responsible for the enlargement that we witnessed last year. We are confident it will do even better this year,” said IV Rao, managing executive officer (engineering), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. The success of Maruti Alto can be traced back from the time it was launched as since 2006 it has been able to stand as the largest selling car in India and now recognition at the global level has added further to its success story. The company is still aiming big for the car with a target sales of 4 lakh vehicles for the year 2011.