The country’s largest automaker, Maruti Suzuki has always offered the widest service network in the country. Putting things into perspective, the automaker has achieved a new feat with over 2000 sales outlets in the country, which includes the company’s total sales network - Maruti Suzuki dealerships, Nexa showrooms, and Maruti Suzuki True Value. In last five years, Maruti Suzuki sales outlets have doubled from 1100 outlets to 2000 outlets.
Maruti Suzuki sales outlets are spread across 1634 cities from 800 cities in the last five-year period. Already a leading player in the country, the automaker plans to meet its target of having 4000 sales outlets by 2020, leaving no scope for any of the current manufacturers to even come close, let alone surpass Maruti. The expansion plans include expanding its existing channels. The steady and strong growth plans will also help Maruti Suzuki achieve 20 lakh unit sales by 2020.
In the near future, Maruti Suzuki lays looks forward to expanding its premium Nexa dealerships in the country. As of now, the automaker is present across 136 cities and by February 2017 had 222 Nexa outlets in India. With popular sellers like the Baleno, Ignis and the S-Cross under its wing, the company plans to grow to 250 outlets by the end of this fiscal as against 127 outlets in last year. Reports indicate that Maruti Suzuki might start offering the new Ciaz via Nexa outlets. If that happens, the Ciaz sedan will get dual front airbags and ABS with EBD as standard. Moreover, it will also mean a further growth in numbers from its premium outlet.
