Auto Expo 2014: Maruti Suzuki wins hands down on Twitter

At this year's Auto Expo, Maruti Suzuki was the the biggest newsmaker.

FP Staff|Feb 06, 2014, 16:29:42 IST

At this year's Auto Expo, Maruti Suzuki was the the biggest newsmaker.

According to a Blogwork's report, Maruti Suzuki was mentioned 847 times during the course of the event. The high mentions for the brand were generated due to unveiling of Ciaz sedan crossover and SX4 S-Cross concept models.

211 mentions were recorded about the mobile application facility launched by the organisers.

The graph below shows how many times Maruti was mentioned on Twitter at different hours of the day 1 of Auto Expo.

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