Maruti Suzuki exports 1 lakh A-Star cars

New Delhi, Dec 3: India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Wednesday, Dec 2, said its flagship export model, A-Star has crossed one lakh-mark with the shipment from Mundra Port.

The company has achieved 1 lakh units cumulative export of A-Star in less than a year since its first shipment to Europe in Jan 2009.

Suzuki's fifth world strategic model, A-Star was launched in India in Nov 2008.

Maruti Suzuki has exported 93,562 units of A-star to Europe alone. UK, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France are some of the major markets.

The A-Star has been rated as number one environmental friendly petrol car in Germany. The European version of A-star sports a Euro V compliant engine that emits CO2 as low as 103 gms per kilometer.

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