Maruti Suzuki Alto: world best selling small car
Author yuvamind
The nation ' s biggest car maker Maruti Suzuki has been the pioneer of Indian automobile industry, and the saga begins when the Maruti Suzuki 800 launched in India (Established in 1981). Maruti Suzuki changed the easy we travelled. Now, the company or one of its product, to be precise, has made India proud all over again.
Maruti Suzuki Alto is the bestselling car in the country for 9 years, and it became the first made in India car to be largest selling in the world 2014. The Alto pushes back the beat cars likes - Volkswagen Golf, Toyota Aqua, Honda Fit and Daihatsu Tanto to bag the honor. The Alto had been sold 264,544 units in India in 2014.
The other contenders managed the following sales figures:
Volkswagen Golf: 255,044 (Germany)
Daihatsu Tanto: 234,456 (Japan)
Toyota Aqua: 233,209 (Japan)
Honda Fit: 202,838 (Japan)
The Volkswagen Golf holds the honors of the small car for a long time until 2014. In 2014, it shows a drop in its sales by about 30 per cent and was eclipsed by the Fiat Zpalio in Brazil last year.