End of the road for Maruti 800

[Choppers]

End of the road for Maruti 800​

NEW DELHI: The small car that changed the way Indians drove and helped put the Indian automobile market into the global big league will stop rolling out of showrooms in major cities from today. It has been driven off the roads by stringent emission laws that the original people's car is unable to comply with any more.

Powered by a Suzuki collaboration and steered by Sanjay Gandhi's political ambitions, the Maruti 800 rolled out onto Indian roads 27 years ago. The last of the 27 lakh units were driven out of showrooms in 13 cities on Wednesday, the company having decided that it was not worth pushing for a large investment to upgrade the engine to meet the stricter Bharat Stage IV norms that become mandatory from April 1.

BS-IV emission standards come into play in major cities, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Surat and even Agra.

The Ford Ikon (1.3 petrol), Fiat Palio, Skoda Fabia (1.2 petrol) and Octavia (1.9 TDI engine) and Chevrolet Tavera (2.5DI) too will no longer be sold in the 13 cities, which together account for almost half the total car sales in India.

"We were contemplating if we could upgrade the 800 to comply with new emission norms, and have taken a decision to stop selling the car in cities where new norms will be implemented from April 1," Maruti chairman R C Bhargava had said.

End of the road for Maruti 800 - India Business - Biz - The Times of India

 

[prototype]

well the iconic maruti was highly suffering in the last few yrs with declining sales due to the stiff competition and agreesive marketing by other companies

well the time has changed from that time when maruti entered the road

today almost every company present in india is launching an affordable low cost car with a number of luxuries

and this was all not enough new emission norms also jumped in to strangle maruti

definitly end of the road for maruti but it will always remain in the heart of every indians

 

[secularguy]

It is a month or so now ,that this news was published.there are rumours of many models are phased out.for eg: Tata Indica V2s as well.But ,except metros BS-III cars can be bought for the time being.

 

[Awesome]

How come? The Suzuki Alto has recently been introduced even in the Dubai market.

Does the Maruti's emission levels are worse off than the Alto? I thought they are basically the same car re-branded for the local market.

 

[blueoval79]

How come? The Suzuki Alto has recently been introduced even in the Dubai market.

Does the Maruti's emission levels are worse off than the Alto? I thought they are basically the same car re-branded for the local market.

Nothing is wrong with M800...its just that India has adopted Euro 4 emission norms in Major Cities.....and Bringing M800 to that emission level will cost a hell....so the car price would go up...and Maruti Suzuki would lose money on it......its more of a business decision by the management ...to junk the car....anyways the segment of M800 is shrinking...does not make business sense.

 

[secularguy]

As much as 8 cars are speculated to be discontinued in India due to Bharat Stage - 4 (BS-IV) equivalent to Euro 4.

BS IV norms axe 12 car models | Autocar India


Cars to be discontinued :

Maruti 800 (Completely)
Hyundai Getz (Completely)
Octavia
Fabia (petrol)
Tavera
Sumo Victa
Palio Stile
Ikon
Lancer
Pajero
Ambassador
Indica V2

^ While Hindustan Ambassador(Raja Gaadi) Company(Birlas) is closing down although Amby already achieved BS-IV Standards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador

 

[ARCHON]

As much as 8 cars are speculated to be discontinued in India due to Bharat Stage - 4 (BS-IV) equivalent to Euro 4.

BS IV norms axe 12 car models | Autocar India


Cars to be discontinued :

Maruti 800 (Completely)
Hyundai Getz (Completely)
Octavia
Fabia (petrol)
Tavera
Sumo Victa
Palio Stile
Ikon
Lancer
Pajero
Ambassador
Indica V2

^ While Hindustan Ambassador(Raja Gaadi) Company(Birlas) is closing down although Amby already achieved BS-IV Standards.

Hindustan Ambassador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

they could have modified the old amby like the DC design amberiod..