Maruti stops Ignis

Maruti Suzuki has wound down production of the Ignis, and most dealers have stopped taking fresh orders for the hatchback. (autocarindia.com) Autocar India reported on April 16 that only a few dealers still had limited Ignis stock, while the model remained listed on Maruti Suzuki’s website. The company did not respond to Autocar’s request for comment at the time of publication. (autocarindia.com) The Ignis went on sale in India in January 2017 through Maruti’s Nexa retail chain, got one mid-cycle facelift in 2020, and was sold as the entry model in that premium channel. At launch it offered 1.2-litre petrol and 1.3-litre diesel engines, but the diesel version was dropped in 2018. (autocarindia.com) Its sales never matched Maruti’s bigger small-car hits. Autocar India said Ignis sales peaked at 51,176 units in 2022, while the similarly priced Swift sold 176,424 units that year. (autocarindia.com) The slide accelerated late in its run. Autocar India said monthly Ignis sales had fallen below 2,000 units in recent months, and India Today reported March 2026 sales of 1,250 units. (autocarindia.com, indiatoday.in) The timing lines up with a broader shift in India’s car market away from traditional passenger cars and toward utility vehicles, the category that includes sport utility vehicles. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers said utility vehicles made up 66% of passenger-vehicle sales in April-June 2025, while passenger-car sales fell 11.2% year over year in that quarter. (siam.in) Maruti is still selling at record volumes even as that mix changes. The company said on April 1 that it sold 2,422,713 vehicles in FY2025-26, including record domestic sales of 1,861,704 units and record exports of 447,774 units. (marutisuzuki.com) But its hold on the passenger-vehicle market has weakened. NewKerala, citing Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers data, reported Maruti’s FY2025-26 domestic passenger-vehicle share fell to 39.26%, a 13-year low and the third straight annual decline. (newkerala.com) That erosion has tracked gains by rivals with stronger sport utility vehicle lineups. The Economic Times reported Maruti’s share had already fallen to 40.9% in FY2024-25, the lowest since 2012-13, while Mahindra & Mahindra and Toyota Kirloskar gained share in categories where demand was stronger. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) The Ignis also aged with fewer updates than much of Maruti’s lineup. Autocar India said it was one of only two Maruti models still sold with two airbags as the company moved most of its range to six airbags through 2025, and it was never offered with a factory-fitted compressed natural gas kit. (autocarindia.com) For buyers, the phaseout leaves remaining dealer inventory as the last route to a new Ignis. For Maruti, it closes a nine-year run for a hatchback that never turned into a volume model even as the company’s overall sales kept rising. (autocarindia.com, marutisuzuki.com)