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S6E3: And The Maruti Story | The Great Indian Car Dream 3

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The History of Suzuki Motors

Japanese cars best fit the idea of a people's car. They could see that these cars would sit four persons, had enough luggage space and were more fuel efficient. By mid-January 1982, there were three players left, Dihatsu, Subaru and Mitsubishi. Talks with Dihatsu failed through after it became clear that it was not serious about the venture. Suzuki agreed to provide technical collaboration and license to manufacture an 800-CC car, the carry van and a pickup truck and a four-wheel drive. Apart from a lump sum payment of $2.4 million, Maruti would pay a royalty of 2.15% to Suzuki.

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