| Suzuki Motor Gujarat Pvt Ltd | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Industry: | Automotive |
| Location: | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Production: | ≈750,000 (2022) |
| Equity: | 126.8 billion rupee |
| Owner: | Suzuki Motor Corporation (100%) |
| Num Employees: | 10,000 |
Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited (SMGPL) is an automotive manufacturing plant owned by Suzuki Motor Corporation. Located in Hansalpur Becharaji village of Mandal Taluka in Ahmedabad District, it is the first and the only Suzuki automobile manufacturing plant in India that is wholly owned directly by Suzuki as a foreign company, as the other plants are owned by Maruti Suzuki.[1] The plant supplies vehicles to Maruti Suzuki in the domestic market and to overseas markets. The plant was opened on 1 February 2017 and has the total annual capacity of 750,000 units.[2] [3] The plant has helped Suzuki achieve exports of 2 million units from India.[4] On 31 July, Maruti Suzuki made an announcement to acquire 100% stake of SMG from SMC.
Suzuki Motor Gujarat currently consists of four plants, the Plant A, opened in February 2017, has a total annual capacity of 250,000 and is currently assembling the Baleno. The Plant B was operational in January 2019 has a total vehicle producing capacity of 250,000 and it is currently assembling the Swift. Plant C started production in April 2021 with an annual capacity of 250,000 and is currently assembling the Dzire.[5] The powertrain plant has an annual capacity of producing 500,000 engines and 500,000 powertrains.[6]
The plant crossed 1 million production mark on 21 October 2020, just 3 years and 9 months since it started production in February 2017. It is the fastest production site of Suzuki to reach the milestone.[7] It crossed production mark of two million units on 20 August 2022. It has achieved this milestone in 5 years and 6 months after having started production in February 2017 and this is the fastest in any Suzuki production plant. The 2 millionth vehicles produced was a Baleno with South African specifications.The plant achieved production milestone of 3 million vehicles in December 2023. The milestone was achieved within a span of around 6 years and 11 months, making it the fastest to manufacture 3 million units across all Suzuki-run facilities.