Maruti Suzuki hikes price across model range, cars to go expensive by THIS much

Announced earlier in April, Maruti Suzuki India has hiked prices of its entire model lineup with immediate effect at an average of 1.3 percent.

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), the country's largest carmaker, has hiked prices across the model line-up with immediate effect due to rising input costs. The company, which has a wide variety of affordable vehicles in the portfolio ranging from Alto to Vitara Brezza, said the weighted average increase across models is 1.3 per cent (ex showroom Delhi).

MSI has already hiked vehicle prices by around 8.8 per cent from January 2021 to March 2022, owing to constant increase in input costs. Earlier, brands like Toyota, Mercedes and BMW have also increased the prices of their models citing the same reasons. 

"Therefore, it has become imperative for the company to pass on some impact of the above additional costs to customers through a price hike," it added. The company has planned to increase the prices in April, and the hike will vary for different models.

The company sells a range of models starting from Alto to S-Cross in the domestic market, priced between Rs 3.25 lakh and Rs 12.77 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The auto companies have been increasing prices with rising costs of commodities like steel and aluminium and precious metals like palladium.

The industry has also been citing an increase in freight and transportation charges as well as the cost of electronic components as factors for increasing the vehicle prices. Already, various automakers have announced hiking prices of their respective products from this month.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor has raised prices of its entire model range by up to 4 per cent from April 1 to offset the impact of rising input costs. Similarly, BMW India has hiked product prices by up to 3.5 per cent from this month. Other luxury carmakers like Audi and Mercedes-Benz have also increased prices from April 1.

With inputs from PTI

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