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Maruti Suzuki starts Plant D in Hansalpur, lifting site capacity to 1 million units

Maruti Suzuki has launched commercial production at Plant D in Hansalpur, India, making Hansalpur Suzuki's first facility with 1 million units of annual capacity.

Plant D annual capacity
250,000 units
Hansalpur total capacity
1 million units
Suzuki India total capacity
2.9 million units
2030s India capacity target
4 million units

What Happened

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Suzuki's Indian subsidiary, has begun commercial production at Plant D in Hansalpur, Gujarat. The plant has an annual capacity of 250,000 units and produces the e VITARA battery-electric vehicle. With Plant D online, the Hansalpur facility reaches a total annual capacity of 1 million units — the first time in Suzuki's history that a single manufacturing site has hit that mark.

Hansalpur expansion timeline
  1. February 2017

    Plant A starts production with 250,000-unit capacity, producing the Baleno.

  2. January 2019

    Plant B starts production with 250,000-unit capacity, producing the Fronx Swift.

  3. April 2021

    Plant C starts production with 250,000-unit capacity, producing the Fronx e VITARA.

  4. July 2026

    Plant D starts production with 250,000-unit capacity, producing the e VITARA.

Hansalpur total annual capacity

1 million unitsunits

After Plant D starts, a first for any Suzuki facility.

Suzuki operates four automobile facilities in India: Gurugram, Manesar, Hansalpur, and Kharkhoda. With Plant D added, Suzuki's total annual production capacity in India reaches 2.9 million units. Maruti Suzuki also reached a basic agreement with the Government of Gujarat in January 2024 to build a new plant in Sanand as its second Gujarat facility, with production planned to start by 2029 at an initial 250,000 units.

India capacity: current vs target
Current (after Plant D)
2.9 million units
Target in the 2030s
4 million units

Previously from Suzuki Motor Corporation

Suzuki's latest plant opening follows a stretch of record output: the company reported record global production and sales for June and the first half of 2026, driven by growth in India and other overseas markets. Earlier in July 2026, Suzuki also inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Kharkhoda, India, expanding its production network further.

Background drawn from MotorClaw's earlier coverage of Suzuki Motor Corporation's official releases.

Why this matters

This milestone expands Suzuki's manufacturing capacity in India, where it now runs four plants, and brings local production of the e VITARA electric vehicle. The company's total Indian capacity rises to 2.9 million units a year, with a new Sanand plant planned to start by 2029. It shows how Suzuki is scaling up in India toward a 4-million-unit target in the 2030s.

Terms in This Story

battery electric vehicle
A car powered entirely by electricity stored in a rechargeable battery, with no internal combustion engine.
annual production capacity
The maximum number of vehicles a factory can produce in one year.
Read Original: Suzuki Motor Corporation

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