Maruti has stopped production of its three-decade old popular car, Maruti 800. The spare parts will be available for customers for the next 8-10 years as per rules.
MSIL Executive Director C.V Raman said, “Now on the 18th of January we have stopped the M-800 production completely. We have to keep all of them (dies and moulds) for the spare parts requirement. We have to continuously meet the customer requirements. That is our duty to make sure that they get all the parts”.
He added,”Our policy is 8 to 10 years we have to keep (the spares available). For all the models which have been phased out till date, we have followed this policy. There could some stock of M800 at the dealer level and I don’t know the exact number.In India, we have a certain regulation today. All the vehicles that sell in India meet the Indian norms”.