Ten things you probably didn't know about Maruti Suzuki

Maruti Udyog Limited was started during 1981 but the production started only during 1983. The main moto of  the company was to develop a people's car.

Suzuki was not even considered while shortlisting for a carmaker to partner with Maruti Udyog Limited. It was by pure chance that a senior director at Suzuki happened to read an article on an imminent Daihatsu-Maruti tie-up in India Today while on a domestic flight in India, which brought Suzuki into the fray.

Maruti Udyog Limited had created a record by taking only 13 months to go from design to rolling out cars from a production line.

Just three years after the original car was launched, the company replaced the original SS80 with an all-new car.

The keys to a special little car, the first Maruti 800, were handed over to Harpal Singh(ex-English Footballer) by the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.

In just two years after Maruti Udyog Limited starting making cars, the passenger car segment more than doubled in volume, growing from about 40,000 units to over 1 lakh cars a year.

In 1997, 8 out of every 10 vehicles sold in India were of Marutis.

In 2005, the Swift was the first car in the company's 20 year history where it introduced a brand new model in India right after its global launch. And in 2007, with the SX4, Maruti launched it ahead of even Japan and Europe.

Maruti's assembly equipment of around 1,700 robots helps it roll out a new car every 12 seconds.

On February 2014, Maruti stopped production of its iconic first model Maruti 800.