Maruti Suzuki India will ramp up its
capacity at its Manesar unit in Gurgaon district of Haryana from the present 1.4 lakh
units per year to three lakh units per year by October 2008.
The company is also likely to launch a
new hatchback - Splash - in January 2009. The capacity expansion programe is a
part of Maruti Suzuki's Rs.9,000 crore expansion plan. The enchased capacity
will be used to make the planned Swift sedan, to be called Dzire and another
hatchback model A-Star. While Dzire will be launched on 26 March 2008, A-Star
will be rolled out by October 2008.