India's top car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Limited has increased the price of its vehicles by around Rs 8,000 across all group.

However, the cost of Maruti's small car Alto K10 has been kept the same.

The car manufacturer has blamed the continuously increasing raw material rates as the major reason for the price increase.

In December 2010, Maruti had declared that it would increase the price of its cars in the country in January because of sharp increase in the essential input materials comprising steel, natural rubber as well as copper.

Technical analyst Rajesh Satpute has maintained 'buy' rating on Maruti Suzuki India Limited stock with a target of Rs 1360.

According to analyst, the investors can buy the stock above Rs 1300 with a stop loss of Rs 1275.

The analyst added that the investors need to hold the stock for 3-4 trading sessions to attain the said target.

The stock of the company, on January 13, marked its closure at Rs 1313.10 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1599.90 and a low of Rs 1186.30 on BSE.

A robust demand through the festive season and new launches like Alto K10, new WagonR and Eeco helped Maruti Suzuki (MSIL) post its highest ever quarterly sales of 331k units. Domestic volumes rose an impressive 36.8% to 300k units. However, soft demand in Europe led to a 20.3% decline in exports to 31k units.

TVS Motor (TVSL) two-wheeler dispatches for the month of Dec'10 rose by 40.6% YoY to 168k units as against our estimate of 163k units. However, the product mix was poorer as the moped segment outperformed while motorcycle dispatches were weaker. Motorcycle volumes were up 23.9% to 61.5k units against our estimate of 69k units. Scooter volumes almost doubled to 42k units driven by the success of the Wego. Moped segment sales raced to all time high of 65k units, growth of 34.1%. Exports were up 10.3% to 18k units.

Technical analyst Rajesh Jain has maintained 'buy' rating on Maruti Suzuki India Limited stock with 20-25% gains in the 12 months.

The stock of the company, on Nov 30, closed at Rs 1423.75 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1648 and a low of Rs 1186.30 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 83.33 and 17.06 respectively.

In November 2010, Maruti Suzuki India has posted an increase of 28.2% in its total sales, which stood at 112,554 vehicles.

The total sales include 10,051 units of exports.

Maruti Suzuki's (MSIL) Q2FY11 results were inline with our estimates as the company reported a 5% growth in net profits to Rs6bn. On an impressive volume growth of 27.4% net sales were up 26.8% to Rs91bn. Increase in raw material costs and hike in royalty payments led to a 220bps contraction in margins to 10.5%.

New Delhi, Nov 1 - Car market leader Maruti Suzuki Monday reported its higher ever monthly sales for October at 1,18,908 vehicles, a growth of 39.2 percent over the same month last year at 85,415 units.

The company crossed 1 lakh unit sales mark in the domestic market for the first time in October 2010, touching 107,555 units. The previous highest sales was 95,148 units in September 2010, the company said in a statement.

The sales also included 11,353 units of exports.

Augmented royalty expenditure, increasing input costs and exchange rate variations have outcome in Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) reporting a humble 5 percent development in earnings for the quarter concluding September 30.

On the other hand, geared up by thriving demand, net sales inclined by 27 per cent, still as the car market head reported the uppermost -ever unit sales for a quarter at 3.13 lakh.

Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd has maintained 'buy' rating on Maruti Suzuki India Ltd stock with stop loss of Rs 1470.

According to analyst, the interested investors can buy the stock at Rs 1498.

The stock of the company, on Oct 07, closed at Rs 1490.15 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1657.90 and a low of Rs 1186.30 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 82.35 and 18.01 respectively.

Country's auto giant is eyeing to raise its output by 27% for the entire financial year to 13 lakh units.

In the wake of the environmental concerns, the market leader in the passenger car category has recently turned its focus towards the hybrid category. It is to be mentioned here that players like General Motors, Nissan and Toyota are very aggressive in making this technology popular worldwide, Maruti is trying to show that why India is also a potential market for the category. For the record, the auto major has delivered aptly on its promise to showcase its hybrid technology during the Commonwealth Games.

Stock market analyst Ashwani Gujral has maintained 'buy' rating on Maruti Suzuki India Limited stock with a target of Rs 1550.

The strict stop loss for the stock is Rs 1400.

The stock of the company, on Sep 21, closed at Rs 1412.75 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1740 and a low of Rs 1186.30 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 82.35 and 17.57 respectively.

Stock market analyst Siddharth Bhamre of Angel Broking has maintained 'buy' rating on Maruti Suzuki India Limited stock for short term.

According to analyst, the interested investors can buy the stock on dips with a target of Rs 1420.

The stock of the company, on Sep 16, closed at Rs 1386.75 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1740 and a low of Rs 1186.30 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 82.35 and 16.93 respectively.

One cannot show back to the fact that Maruti Suzuki did a mistake in reading the Indian passenger car market this year and hence is currently facing a situation of supply crunch and is unable to meet the high demand of the Indian consumer.

However, the company has recently earmarked close to $416 million for the manufacturing of its new plant at Manesar and it is expected that the VW-Suzuki partnership activities will catch pace in times to come. It is expected that the duo will source components jointly as it will give the pricing power on the same.

While the competition in the small car segment is becoming a threat for the pole position of the market leader, Maruti Suzuki, the company has decided to take on the competition in return and has announced bullish capacity expansion plans in the Indian market.

While the company has recently said that it is working on its plan of opening its sixth plant at Manesar, the company has recently mentioned that it will be investing close to Rs. 1,925 crore for the same.

Stock market analyst Salil Sharma has maintained 'buy' rating on Maruti Suzuki India Ltd stock with a target of Rs 1345.

According to analyst, the interested investors can buy the stock with strict stop loss of Rs 1299.

Today, the stock of the company opened at Rs 1318 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1740 and a low of Rs 1186.30 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 82.35 and 15.96 respectively.

India's largest car maker in terms of volumes, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd is looking to expand production in the country. This will be close to 46 per cent and is being done since the car maker is failing to meet the demand not only in India but also Asia.

Maruti, as of today is able to manufacture 1.75 million vehicles annually after it came up with many new factories. And now, it wants to add another 1.2 million vehicles a year.

While the auto sales in the country are touching the highest levels ever, the fact of the matter is, profitability remains a concern for several players in the Industry.

Be it the market leader in the passenger cars, Maruti Suzuki that has recently posted one of the best sales figures in its history or the pole position holder in the Indian two-wheeler industry, Hero Honda, almost all the players in the Indian automotive circuit are having a good time in making their top lines rise.

Stock market analyst Avani Mehta of Maia Financial Services has maintained 'buy' rating on Maruti Suzuki India Ltd stock to achieve a target of Rs 1400.

According to analyst, the said target can be achieved in a period of 2-3 months.

Today, the stock of the company opened at Rs 1312 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 1740 and a low of Rs 1186.30 on BSE.

Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 82.35 and 16.01 respectively.

The 19% stake that Volkswagen AG picked up in Suzuki Motor Corporation last year has started to take shape as far as the Indian subsidiary is concerned and it has been learned that the Indian subsidiary of the Japanese auto major will help Volkswagen in developing the sub-4 lakh model that the company is planning for the Indian market.

While the competition has been trying its level best to ensure that the market leader is caught barefoot in the domestic circuit wherein the demand is already very high but Maruti on the other end, is trying very hard to prove that why it is the market leader in India for the past more than two decades.