Ahmedabad, 18 August, 2011

India’s leading carmaker Maruti Suzuki today said Gujarat is a preferred location for the company to set up its new manufacturing plant.

“Gujarat shall be a preferred location to set up a manufacturing plant, but nothing has been finalised yet. We are still exploring the possibilities for our next plant and we have seen sites in Tamil Nadu and Haryana,” Maruti Suzuki General Manager (West Zone) SN Burman told newspersons here. ”We have been in talks with the Gujarat Government and other State Governments as well, but no final decision has been taken yet,” he said.

Maruti Managing Director Shinzo Nakanishi and Chairman RC Bhargava had met Chief Minister Narendra Modi in May this year and explored possibilities of setting up a plant in Gujarat.

Burman was here to unveil the new version of ‘Swift’, with an introductory ex-showroom price of Rs 4.43 lakh and Rs 5.29 lakh for petrol and diesel versions, respectively.