| India s Maruti Udyog second quarter net profit soars 40 pct | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 10:46:44 AM by Blog57 Team | | MUMBAI - Indias largest carmaker Maruti Udyog, majority owned by Japans Suzuki Motor Corp, said on Thursday that second quarter net profit jumped almost 40 percent year-on-year, beating analysts forecasts. Net profit for the June to September quarter rose 39.9 percent to 3.67 billion rupees (80 million dollars) on revenues that rose 12.5 percent to 35.4 billion rupees, it said in a notice to the Mumbai stock exchange. The company, 54 percent owned by Suzuki Motor, did not provide further details about how it achieved profit growth during the period but analysts said cost-cutting and tax breaks given by the government were likely to have helped. Maruti shares gained on foreign fund buying to close at 951 rupees, up 0.49 percent or 4.6 rupees. The benchmark Mumbai stock exchange Sensex index closed up 75.13 points or 0.60 percent at 12,698.41.... | |
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| | | NZ Market Reflects Booming Demand For Suzuki Cars | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:46:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | Strong demand for Suzuki cars in New Zealand is mirroring world markets for the Japanese brand. Suzuki is on target to expand new car sales in New Zealand by at least 14 percent this year to 3,000 units after doubling sales between 2004 and 2005. Volume is predicted to expand by a further 67 per cent to 5,000 cars by 2010, according to a Suzuki Motor Corporation spokesman. To meet fast growing world demand, Suzuki is to build an additional plant capable of producing 240,000 units a year by 2008. The new Sagara factory represents an investment of NZ$850 million. The brand is already making 2.2 million automobiles a year and last year produced 3.138 million motorcycles. In less than three years, Suzuki's annual global car and commercial vehicle production is predicted to top three million units.... | |
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| | | Hyundai challenges Maruti's sales pitch | | Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:46:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | India's top two carmakers have come face-to-face once again with Hyundai Motors moving MRTP Commission challenging the sales pitch unleased by market leader Maruti in its latest advertisement campaign, saying it was a "misleading and disparaging campaign". Alleging that Maruti was indulging in unfair trade practice, Hyundai has asked for relief from the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission. The case is expected to come up for hearing on Monday, sources said. Earlier last year, the two companies had got into a spat over advertising brochures of Hyundai titled 'Xing ahead of Swift'. Maruti, which had at that time launched Swift, had served a legal notice on Hyundai demanding withdrawal of certain information in the brochure, terming it as 'factual error'.... | |
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| | | 2004 Suzuki Verona EX from North America | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 6:46:19 AM by Blog57 Team | | All the bickering on here cracks me up. "I'm right, no I'm right, nuh uh I am". If it matters to you where your car was assembled all you have to do is look at the sticker on the inside of your driver's side door. Consequently, our '05 Forenza was manufactured in Canada. Not all Suzukis are assembled in Korea. Fix the spelling and grammar of this comment Request deletion of this comment 18th Mar 2006, 13:44 I bought a 2006 Suzuki Verona on February 11, 2006. I had the car three weeks and it stalled and would not crank back. It then had to be towed to the nearest dealer. They called me and said everything looked fine and I could come pick the car up. The night I picked the car up, it happened again and I had to have it towed again. They found that the TCM computer was bad and replaced it under warranty.... | |
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| | | Suzuki Castrol On Pole For World Endurance Oschersleben 24-Hour | | Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 8:45:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | Suzuki Castrol's Vincent Philippe has taken pole position for this weekend's Oschersleben 24 Hour round of the FIM World Endurance Championship, setting a best lap time of 1:28.816 in today's second session. He was less than a second faster than Yamaha Austria's Gwen Giabbani (1:29.493), setting the scene for a very competitive race tomorrow. Suzuki Castrol team manager Dominique Meliand was pleased with the performance of all his riders: "We set good times on qualifying tyres and good times on race tyres so I am happy. If it rains tomorrow then that makes it difficult to race; there are a lot of people on the track here and a lot of tight turns - but then that is Oschersleben." Yamaha Austria rider Sebastien Scarnato is really looking forward to the race; "I think we can be equal to Suzuki Castrol here.... | |
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| | | Carmichael, Villopoto lead into the Valley. | | Posted Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:45:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Villopoto are the leaders in their respective classes as the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship makes its way to the Toyota Pro Motocross Nationals at Thunder Valley Motocross Park in the Denver suburb of Lakewood this weekend. Carmichael has won five of the six outdoor nationals so far this season on his Makita Suzuki, and is well on his way to earning his seventh straight AMA Motocross Championship. This could be the last appearance for Carmichael in Colorado, however, as, earlier in the season, the most successful racer in AMA Motocross history announced that he would race a limited schedule in 2007. Last Sunday, the 26-year old dominated the championship round at New Berlin, pushing his series lead to 44 points over Australian Yamaha rider Chad Reed.... | |
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| | | German Grand Prix leading finishers | | Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:45:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | MotoGP: 1. Valentino Rossi (Ita) Yamaha 41:59.248 2. Marco Melandri (Ita) Honda 0.145 behind, 3. Nicky Hayden (US) Honda 0.266, 4. Dani Pedrosa (Spa) Honda 0.307, 5. Loris Capirossi (Ita) Ducati 8.764, 6. Shinya Nakano (Jpn) Kawasaki 9.147, 7. Chris Vermeulen (Aus) Suzuki 16.608, 8. Sete Gibernau (Spa) Ducati 16.648, 9. Carlos Checa (Spa) Yamaha 17.097, 10. John Hopkins (US) Suzuki 17.786. Leading World Championship standings: 1. Hayden 169 points, 2. Rossi 143, 3. Pedrosa 140, 4. Melandri 134, 5. Capirossi 118, 6. Casey Stoner (Aus) Honda 91, 7. Colin Edwards (US) Yamaha 77, 8. Nakano 67, 9. Kenny Roberts Jr (US) KR211V 66, 10. Hopkins 64. 250cc: 1. Yuki Takahashi (Jpn) Honda 41:30.350, 2. Alex de Angelis (Smr) Aprilia 41:30.408, 3. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa) Aprilia 41:31.363, 4.... | |
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