Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL) has stopped production of the iconic Maruti 800 Car, bringing down the curtains on a car that has been immensely popular with millions of Indian middle class families
“Now on the January 18,2014 we have stopped the M-800 production completely. We have to keep all of them (dies and moulds) for the spare parts requirement. We have to continuously meet the customer requirements. That is our duty to make sure that they get all the parts,” C V Raman, Executive Director, MSIL said
About Maruti 800
- Maruti 800 was launched in December 1984 with almost 100% imported components
- The first car to be sold in India was purchased for Rs 47500 by Harpal Singh, an Indian Airlines employee from New Delhi, who won the ownership rights to the car competing against other prospective owners, through a lucky draw and was handed over the keys of his dream machine by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
- Over 2.5 million Maruti 800s have been sold since its launch in 1983
- used to be the best selling car in India until 2004; upon its launch the Maruti Alto took the title
- last Marurti 800 rolled off the production line at MSIL's Gurgaon plant was on January 18, 2014
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