Bullish on Indian market, Japanese automobile maker Isuzu Motors is planning to expand its dealerships to 60 by 2016 from the current 11 when its SriCity manufacturing plant commences commercial operations.
“We plan to open 60 outlets across India by FY 2015-16 from the current 11 outlets so that we are across the country well equipped when our new manufacturing plant gets opertaional with initial production of 50,000 per annum,” said Isuzu Motors Deputy Managing Director Shigeru Wakabayashi.
Isuzu Motors on Friday entered Uttar Pradesh by inaugurated its first dealership in Noida. Fahrenheit Isuzu. This outlet will give customers access to Isuzu’s sports utility vehicle- MU-7 and its pickup trucks range- D-Max. located in Sector 63, the dealership facility spans an area of 14,000 sq. ft. enabling Isuzu to cater to a prospective market across western UP and NCR.
Talking more about company’s plan for India, Isuzu Motors Managing Director Takashi Kikuchi said: “We want to make India a manufacturing hub from where we can export our products like pickup trucks and sports utility vehicles to other countries.”
“Our SriCity facility is likely to commence commercial operations by early 2016 with the initial production capacity at 50,000 units per year Isuzu will scale up the production capacity to 120,000 units per year” added Kikuchi.
To strengthen its reach in North India, Isuzu plans to open outlets in Gurgaon, Jaipur and Punjab by March 2015. Prior to this, Isuzu has already established presence across seven states in India including Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Karnataka with dealerships in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Madurai, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and Cochin.