Suzuki is going to suspend its exports from India to Europe starting from June 2014
- Suzuki announced it would interrupt its Indian car exports to Europe as from June 2014. The Japanese carmaker currently exports the Alto a small city car (segment A) from its Indian factories for the European market, but this model will cease to be marketed in Europe.
- Suzuki has decided to replace it with the Celerio (model unveiled at the New Delhi motor show in February) whose manufacturing has began in Thailand.
- Suzuki, however, should resume deliveries from India to Europe starting from the autumn 2015 with a brand new model. In 2013, Suzuki exported 28 000 Alto and 4 000 Nissan Pixo (Suzuki Alto renamed under the Nissan brand), i.e. 32 000 vehicles in total left from its Indian plants towards Europe. Last year, the Japanese automaker exported nearly 160 000 vehicles from India to all parts of the world. The interruption of Suzuki exports from India to Europe starting from June 2014 should result in a decrease of 16 000 units this year, representing 10% of the total 160 000 vehicles exported.
- All brands combined, the Indian automobile production exported about 110 000 vehicles to Europe in 2013, against 160 000 in 2012 and 220 000 in 2011. Suzuki and Hyundai are the leading Indian exporters, but they also are steadily declining (due in particular to the transfer of the production of the Hyundai i10 and i20 from India to Turkey).
