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Maruti A-Star facelift arrives with a price of Rs. 3.66 lakh

by Paul Joseph January 28, 2012 Featured

India’s largest car market, Maruti India is provided its small car, Maruti A-star a mid-life facelift. Originally, Maruti A-star was launched a few years of ago and didn’t receive the kind of response that the company expected. But now, to save it from losses, Maruti Suzuki has provided this small car a much needed facelift that would boost up the sales of Maruti A-star a notch higher. The 2012 Maruti A-Star has been sprinkled with improved interiors, whereas exteriors have been left untouched. The brand new Maruti A-Star has got full new upholstery along with new front head restraints that has been added. The car also gets the much required air bags and ABS as an option accompanied with the very remarkable alloy wheels. The individual gold rear seats now come with a 50-50 split fold and could be now utilized judiciously for fitting in more luggage in the boot. Glistening Grey and Caffeine Brown are the new shaded that has been added to Maruti A-star color range. Under the hood, Maruti A-star has the same 1.3 litre three cylinder K series petrol motor that produced 67 PS of peak power at 6200 rpm along with generating 90 Nm of peak torque at 3500 rpm. The engine has been smartly coupled with 5 speed manual and four speed automatic transmission. The new 2012 Maruti A-Star is now offered in three trims. The base model or the LXi trim of 2012 Maruti A-Star comes with a decent price tag of Rs. 3.66, whereas the jam-packed VXi trim comes for Rs. 3.97 lakh. The VXi trim powered with 4 speed automatic transmission cost about Rs.4.47 lakh while the Maruti A-Star price (ZXi automatic version) comes out to be Rs. 4.47 lakh. The optional variant, which is accompanied with ABS and airbags on VXi variant, has a price tag of Rs. 4.40 lakh.

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Maruti to name R3 as Ertiga

by Paul Joseph September 8, 2011 Featured

Maruti Suzuki India is the largest car manufacturer in India. Some popular cars of this brand are Maruti Alto , Maruti Swift , Maruti Kizashi , Maruti Gypsy and many others.Maruti India is planning to launch its new car Maruti R3 in 2012. Maruti India has shown a glimpse Maruti R3 in the auto expo 2010 which is now going to be renamed as Maruti Ertiga MPV. Maruti India is now planning to show Maruti Ertiga MPV in auto expo 2012 in Delhi. The Maruti Ertiga price is not yet revealed but it is expected that the Maruti Ertiga price will fall in the range of Rs 7 lakh to Rs 9 lakh. The Maruti Ertiga MPV will be popular in both passenger segment and taxi segment. See More Maruti R3 Pictures                                         Read More on Maruti R3 The main competitors of Maruti Ertiga MPV will be Toyota Innova , Mahindra Xylo , and Tata Sumo Grande . The competition will mainly arise in case of price as Toyota Innova is coming in the price range of Rs 8.35 lakh to 12.61 lakh. Mahindra Xylo is coming in the same price tag as Maruti Ertiga MPV. Tata Sumo Grande is cheaper than Maruti Ertiga MPV whose price is starting from Rs 5.80 lakh. The Maruti Ertiga MPV specifications reveal that Maruti Ertiga MPV will be a 6 to 7 seater car. It will be launched in petrol and diesel variant. The petrol variant will consist of 1.4 litres K-series engine which will produce about 87 BHP of power and 130 Nm of torque. The diesel variant will consist of 1.3 litres multijet diesel engine which will produce about 90 BHP of power and 200 Nm of torque.The Maruti Ertiga price will be in the range of Rs 7 lakh to 9 lakh which makes the car cheaper in the MPV segment. Maruti India is keen to enter the MPV market which is currently dominated by Toyota Innova. The Maruti Ertiga is based on Maruti Ritz platform.

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New 2011 Swift launched

by Paul Joseph August 17, 2011 Featured

Maruti Suzuki India, the king of compact car segment in Indian car market, has launched the much awaited revised version of Maruti Swift today at the brand center at Corporate Office Nelson Mandela road in Delhi. The new Swift offers best in acceleration high power engine and much improved fuel efficiency than its predecessor. It is for the first time that Maruti India has offered so many features in the entry-level variant. The new Maruti Swift is launched in both petrol and diesel models with three variants each. The variants of new Maruti Swift are Maruti Swift LXi , Maruti Swift, Maruti Swift VXi , Maruti Swift LDi, Maruti Swift VDi, Maruti Swift ZXi , Maruti Swift VDi. See More New Maruti Swift Pictures                      Read More on New Maruti Swift The new Maruti Swift price of all the variants of petrol and diesel models varies. The price list for petrol model is as follows new Maruti Swift LXi is priced at Rs. 4.22 lakhs, new Maruti Swift VXi is priced at Rs. 4.76 lakhs., and new Maruti Swift ZXi is priced at Rs. 5.53 lakhs. The price list for the diesel model of new Maruti Swift is as follows new Maruti Swift LDi is priced at Rs. 5.17 lakhs, new Maruti Swift VDi is priced at Rs. 5.61 lakhs and new Maruti Swift ZDi is priced at Rs. 6.38 lakhs. As per the new Maruti Swift review, new Maruti Swift is longer and wider than the existing version of Maruti Swift and also has newer and unique features. The interiors of the car is larger and roomier than the older version. See More New Maruti Swift Pictures                      Read More on New Maruti Swift The engineers of Maruti India has applied various technique in reducing the weight ratio in the new Maruti Swift which results, the new Maruti Swift engine generates more power and more fuel efficiency. Maruti India has also introduced VVT engine in all petrol variants. The new Maruti Swift specifications reveal that the petrol version of new Maruti Swift is powered by 1.2 litre engine which will generate the power of 87 PS and the torque of 11.5 kg. The diesel version of new Maruti Swift is powered by 1.3 litre engine which will generate the power of 75 PS and the torque of 19.2 kg. The car was very famous before its launch as the bookings has already crossed 40000 and it was expected that it will cross 50000. The consumers are very excited about its launch. The launch of new Maruti Swift is made Maruti India confident to strengthen their position in the hatchback segment.

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New Maruti Swift to bring Maruti car sales back on track

by Paul Joseph July 25, 2011 Featured

The Indian auto market has seen many new cars in the hatchback segment in the country in the past few months. The famous brands from around the world are trying to enter the Indian Automobile sector. Due to the arrival of all these new brands in the country, it is said that Maruti India that has ruled the small car segment in the country from past few years has now lost its momentum. But the company has proved this totally wrong by their New Maruti Swift . The New Maruti Swift Price is expected to vary between 6.5 – 8 lakh. See More Maruti Alto Pictures

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New Maruti Swift to be more fuel efficient

by Paul Joseph July 14, 2011 Featured

The largest Auto Maker in the country Maruti India has announced that the new Maruti Swift will undergo complete transformation. The company is trying to make the car more fuel efficient so that it is liked by the Indian customers. The company has made changes ranging from its looks to the engine of the car. The company has mainly concentrated on the weight of the car, so that it becomes more fuel efficient. The elder sibling of this car was among the most popular hatchbacks in the country. The sales figures of this car was among the top sold hatchbacks in the country. The company has already stopped the production of the old Maruti Swift, as the company did not want to have different groups in the Swift hatchback. See More Maruti Swift Pictures Read More on Maruti Swift The main transformation that this 2011 Swift has undergone is with its engine.The company has replaced the metal fuel tank with the plastic fuel tank, this was done to increase the mileage of the car. The weight of this car by this fuel tank has been reduced to about 30%, and the mileage is improved by 13%. This plastic fuel tank not only helps in increasing the mileage but also has other benefits like it is corrosion free, more sturdy, non explosive and most importantly it is recyclable. As claimed by ARAI the car will deliver a mileage of 17.9 kmpl in the petrol variant and 21 kmpl in the diesel variant. The size of the car has also been changed, the New Maruti Swift is a bit longer than the old one but shorter than Maruti Swift Dzire . See More Maruti Swift Pictures Read More on Maruti Swift Its the first time in the last six years that the company has decided to have some transformation with Maruti Swift. Maruti Swift Launch is proposed early in the month of August, but there are possibilities of having some changes in the launch date. Maruti Swift price is not yet declared by the company. At present Maruti India has Maruti A-Star , Maruti Alto , Maruti Gypsy , Maruti Ritz , Maruti Swift Dzire , Maruti SX4 , Maruti WagonR, Maruti Zen Estilo and Maruti Kizashi under its portfolio.

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New Volkswagen Jetta to hit roads on August 17

by Paul Joseph June 15, 2011 Featured

Volkswagen India has been pretty successful in making its mark in the Indian Auto market. It is speculated that this German car manufacturer is all set and geared up to launch its most anticipated new Volkswagen Jetta . This powerful sedan is expected to be launched on August 17th 2011, which is not quite far. The biggies of Indian car market, such as Ford and Maruti India are already preparing to launch new and improved variants of their existing cars . And accompanying these car markers is Volkswagen that is all ready and buckled up to launch 2011 Volkswagen Jetta on 17th august 2011. This new version will be introduced in diesel and petrol versions. As per the buzz in the market, the diesel version will come with 2.0L of TDI diesel engine, whereas the petrol version will come with 1.8 L of TSI petrol engine. However, it is a very well known fact that petrol prices are sky high, so it could be expected that the diesel version of the new Volkswagen Jetta could fetch much higher sales figures. Volkswagen Jetta 2011 is quite hyped already. As far as the appearance of this sedan is concerned, it will surely surpass the existing Jetta model. The new Volkswagen Jetta will be much sportier and stylish. The interiors of this mid-sized sedan are superb . The dashboard is designed with elegance, the resistance rolling for its tires and fresh and latest navigation system adds more charm to the car. Another thing that needs a mention is that the new Volkswagen Jetta will come with DSG gearbox with 6 speed automatic/manual speed transmission. If compared with the existing Volkswagen Jetta, the new variant has more legroom.Now the as far as the Volkswagen Jetta price is concerned, this German car manufacturer has kept mum on the topic. But, one can surely expect that Volkswagen India’s new Volkswagen Jetta 2011 will be reasonably priced.

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