Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) managing director and CEO, Kenichi Ayukawa (C) gestures during a visit with Japanese chairman and chief executive of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamu Suzuki (unseen) at the Maruti Suzuki Plant site at Hansalpur village, some 110 kms from Ahmedabad on April 27, 2013. Suzuki was accompanied by Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) managing director and CEO, Kenichi Ayukawa and outgoing managing director and CEO, Shinzo Nakanishi.
Japanese chairman and chief executive of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamu Suzuki inspects a Maruti Suzuki Plant site at Vitthalpur, some 135 kms from Ahmedabad on April 27, 2013. Suzuki was accompanied by Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) managing director and CEO, Kenichi Ayukawa and outgoing managing director and CEO, Shinzo Nakanishi.
Japanese chairman and chief executive of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Osamu Suzuki (C) takes a gentle leap as he inspects the construction of a boundary wall at Maruti Suzuki Plant site at Hansalpur village, some 110 kms from Ahmedabad on April 27, 2013. Suzuki was accompanied by Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) managing director and CEO, Kenichi Ayukawa and outgoing managing director and CEO, Shinzo Nakanishi.
Suzuki Motor Corp Chairman Osamu Suzuki (C) speaks with outgoing Chief Executive Officer of Maruti Suzuki India Shinzo Nakanishi (R) as they check a map at the construction site of a Maruti Suzuki plant at Vitthlapur village in the western Indian state of Gujarat April 27, 2013. Maruti Suzuki's profit margins are set to show even stronger gains in the current quarter as India's biggest car maker reaps an even greater windfall from cheaper yen-denominated imports of components. Cheaper imports of parts and a smaller royalty payment to its parent Suzuki Motor Corp contributed to an 80 percent rise in January-March net profit, smashing analysts' forecasts. Maruti's shares shot up 5 percent after the results.
A Suzuki badge is reflected on the body of a Maruti Suzuki Eeco car at a Maruti Suzuki stockyard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad April 26, 2013. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, India's biggest carmaker by sales, reported a 79.8 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit, boosted by strong sales of its Ertiga multi-purpose vehicle that offset a slump in compact cars.
An employee is reflected on the body of a Maruti Suzuki car as he cleans dust from the other cars at a Maruti Suzuki stockyard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad April 10, 2013. India's annual car sales fell for the first time in a decade in the financial year just ended, official data showed on Wednesday, calling into question bullish growth expectations that fuelled billion-dollar bets from global manufacturers.
