Maruti Suzuki India announced on Thursday that it has achieved a significant milestone with its cumulative car exports of crossing 500,000 units. As the ship liner, “Goliath Leader” left Mumbai port on Thursday carrying 1180 Maruti cars to various Latin American countries, Maruti Suzuki became the first carmaker in India to cross the half a million mark, said the company.

While Maruti Suzuki cars ply in all five continents, Europe has been a popular destination accounting for 56 per cent of the company’s cumulative exports. Netherlands with 67,700 units followed by Italy (over 41,000) and UK (over 34,000) have been the biggest European buyers. 

Maruti 800 was the most popular in the export market with 178,000 units, followed by Alto  and Zen.