Maruti Suzuki Alto: World's Best/ Largest Selling Car

The best selling small car of India, Maruti Suzuki Alto has beaten all cars in the world to become no. 1 best selling car of the world. In the race, it has left behind worlds’ top selling compact models like Volkswagen Gold in Germany, Fiat Uno and Volkswagen Gol in Brazil.

During calendar year 2010, Maruti Suzuki Alto sold 3,00, 956 units. Whereas VWGol sold 2,93,738 units and Gold sold only 2,51,078 units.

This is the first time when any Indian car model has outsold global best sellers.

Maruti Suzuki Alto, which was launched in September 2000, has been a big success story from day one. It has sold cumulative 16.68 lakh units till now. Since financial year 2005-06, Alto has been the Number One selling car model in India.

Maruti Suzuki Alto crossed its first 1 million sales mark in just eight years, November 2008, making it the fastest 1 million units selling car of India.

“Today, Alto along with another sibling called Alto K10 launched in August 2010 sells average 32,000 units a month. In March this year, it sold over 38,000 units. During just concluded fiscal 2010-11, Alto alone has sold around 3.47 units.

This is over 1/4th of Maruti Suzuki’s total sales of 12.71 lakh units from all models during the fiscal. It also reflects a growth of 47 per cent in Alto’s sales compared to 2.35 lakh units sold during fiscal 2009-10” informs Shashank Srivastava, Chief General Manager (Marketing), Maruti Suzuki India Limited.

Some other records of Maruti Suzuki Alto in India:

• First car to cross the 5 lakh domestic sales figure (in 6 years)
• The achievement of the next 5 lakh unit sales – in 2 years and 2 months
• Crossed the 1 miilion production mark in Feb 2008.
• First car brand to cross the 2 lakh sales figure (domestic sales) in a single financial year - achievement twice in FY 2006-07 & FY 2007-08
• India’s largest selling car (domestic since FY 2005 -06)
• Fastest to sell 1 lakh cars – in 150 dys
• Awards & Accolades for Alto
• 2000 : Winner of the “Overdrive most exciting new car of the year”
• 2001 : BS Motoring Car of the year 2001
• 2002 : Overdrive Car of the year 2002
• First Indian car to undergo a 24 hrs endurance test and set 13 national records
• Topper of the JD Power IQS in its segment for 2 years i.e 2004 and 2005
• 2006 : Winner of the EFFIE award for Boondein campaign
• 2007 : Winner of the EFFIE award for the ‘fuel efficiency’ campaign

Source: Maruti

Low Price Cars in India, Cheapest Cars India, Indian Cheap Cars

Are you looking for low price cars in India or cheapest cars in India. Here is the list of top 5 cheapest cars in India. Check out the low price cars in India with price, features & fuel mileage.

1. Tata Nano:

Tata Nano has become the cheapest car for Indian Automobile market. Its engine is a multi-fuel injection petrol type. Looks compact and first time its using a two-cylinder gasoline engine along with a balance shaft added to it. Tata Nano as per look and its capability is good too. Few features of Tata Nano such as crumple zones, intrusion-resistant doors, seat belts, strong seats, anchorages, rear tailgate glass attached to the body of the car and tubeless tyres.

Tata Nano Price in India: from 110,000 to Rs 180,000 (ex-showroom, New Delhi)

2. Maruti 800

Maruti 800 is the best car for Indian roads as per its customer satisfaction and its reliability. Maruti launched first small car Maruti 800 few years back. With fuel efficiency of around 20 kmpl looks awesome for the riders of Maruti 800. Look comfortable for middle class families. Maruti 800 will be replaced by new Maruti Cervo soon. This has lead to the phase out of the car from at least 13 cities across the nation.

Maruti 800 Price in India: From 180,000 to Rs 230,000 (ex-showroom, New Delhi).

3. Maruti Alto:

Maruti Also comes with a 796cc, 3-cylinder, 4 valves per cylinder MPFI, FC engine with 32 Bit ECM. Engine is capable of generating 47PS power at 6200rpm and 62 NM torque at 3000rpm. Maruti Alto has fuel efficiency around 17-18 kmpl. Maruti Alto features like AC, fabric seats, remote fuel lid opener, etc.

Maruti Alto Price in India: From Rs 225,000 to Rs 280,000 (ex-showroom, New Delhi).

4. Hyundai Santro:

Hyundai Santro is the best selling car for Hyundai in India. Witl its good mileage and power its look more reliable for customers. It comes with good suspension with stabilisers that provides better control. Hyundai Santro also comes with a distributor less ignition system that provides good fuel efficiency, less emissions and more power.

Hyundai Santro Price in India: From Rs 270,000 to Rs 380,000 (ex-showroom, New Delhi).

5. Chevrolet Spark:

Chevrolet Spark comes with good warranty by Chevrolet Cars India. Its style looks very good. Its newer version of old Matiz. The car has a centrally-mounted instrument console and the car has good interiors. Chevrolet Spark comes with 995cc petrol engine that generates 48.5KW and a maximum torque of 87.3Nm. Car is claimed to give a mileage of 17 kmpl

Chevrolet Spark Price in India: Rs 305,000 to Rs 430,000 (ex-showroom, New Delhi).

Maruti Suzuki Alto: Best Selling Car in The World

Maruti Suzuki Alto, the highest volume car in the Indian market, has become the biggest selling car in the world in year 2010. The Maruti Alto left behind the likes of Volkswagen Golf and Fiat Uno in a number of world markets. Incidentally, this is the first time in the history of Indian automobile industry when a car that is best selling in the Indian market has surfaced as a global best seller.

The overall sales of Alto increased by 25 percent during this year as compare to the sales in the preceding calendar year. The launch of a new peppier version of Alto, the Alto K10, kept the sales momentum alive for the car throughout the year.

As per a recent statement given by Mr. IV Rao, managing executive officer (engineering), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., “The K10 has been very well received and has been responsible for the growth that we witnessed last year. We are confident it will do even better this year.”

The Maruti Alto has been one of the most successful cars in the Indian market since its launch in year 2000. It is topping the sales chart in the country since year 2006, constitutively. The Alto sales are expected to touch the 4,00,000 unit market in next calendar year.

Source: CarTradeIndia.com

5 Maruti Suzuki CNG Models Launched; Alto, WagonR, Eeco, SX4 & Estilo

The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki today unveiled its flagship CNG engine technology, 'intelligent-Gas Port Injection' or i-GPI on five popular models. The CNG vehicles were unveiled by Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment and Forests in the presence of senior government dignitaries and Maruti Suzuki management team. The models include SX4, Eeco, WagonR, Estilo and Alto and are being launched in Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Gujarat. With this initiative, the CNG footprint of the company spreads across entry level cars, compact cars, sedans and MPV segments.

On the occasion, Maruti Suzuki India Chairman RC Bhargava said, "'We are happy to bring contemporary CNG technology to the Indian customer. We are confident customers would value our i-GPI technology that is safe, reliable, clean, responsive and environment friendly. Adapting the CNG technology in our vehicles is another step to keep low cost of ownership for our customers."

Maruti Suzuki Five CNG Models

Shinzo Nakanishi Managing Director & CEO Maruti Suzuki India said, "The development is significant on multiple counts. This is the first instance when a car manufacturer has developed and launched factory-fitted technologically superior CNG engines in India. Compressed Natural Gas is environment friendly and also reduce country's dependence on imported fuels. Maruti Suzuki's big ticket entry into CNG fuel segment augurs well for the environment."

Peppy and responsive 'intelligent-GPI technology'

The i-GPI or Intelligent Gas Port Injection bi-fuel technology offers an intelligent ride. Intelligent as it ensures more power vis-à-vis retro-fitted CNG vehicles and offers a peppier ride experience at par with that of a petrol-fuelled engine, while achieving high fuel efficiency at the same time. The factory fitted CNG vehicles score very high on safety and reliability vis-à-vis the aftermarket retro-fitted options. Maruti Suzuki CNG vehicles pass through all the quality checks, processes and systems similar to a regular car manufactured at Maruti Suzuki plants.

Service support across the country

As the CNG technology is factory fitted the customers will enjoy the full warranty benefits including extended warranty. To top it all, the CNG vehicles from Maruti Suzuki will enjoy the nationwide back up of over 2700 Maruti Service Stations.

The simultaneous launch of five CNG vehicles with the same contemporary technology demonstrates the company's intent and future readiness to produce environmentally friendly vehicles in large numbers.

Steps in Environment care

Maruti Suzuki has the distinction of introducing a host of environment friendly programmes ahead of government regulations and the industry. This includes implementing End of Life Vehicle (ELV) programme ¿ where harmful elements like Lead, Cadmium, Chromium and Mercury are not used in making vehicles. Maruti Suzuki produced the first BS-IV and E-10 compliant engines much ahead of regulations coming to force in the country. Developing a factory-fitted CNG engine is another effort by the Company to contribute to a clean environment.

Maruti Suzuki Five CNG Models

Technology up

The factory fitted CNG vehicles use advanced Intelligent Gas Port Injection technology. Maruti Suzuki R&D team has integrated this technology with the Company's range of engines and products to bring the benefits to the consumers.

In a leap over alternative aftermarket options, the i-GPI technology is a Dual ECU (Engine Control Unit) technology. This highly reliable system delivers accurate amounts of gas to the engine thus ensuring improved and consistent performance under various driving conditions.

The i-GPI technology uses separate injectors for each cylinder. Based on inputs from the ECU, metered CNG quantity is injected to the engine through gas ports. The quantity of CNG required for different driving conditions is controlled by the dedicated ECU, leading to more efficient fuel usage. Similar to the usual pre-launch evaluation, each of the cars with i-GPI CNG technology has been extensively tested for around 2 lakh kilometers in varied terrains. In addition, over 3,000 hours of bench tests have validated the design and performance to bring unmatchable combination of performance and reliability for the customers.

While working on the new CNG technology, Maruti Suzuki engineers focused on critical aspects of safety, reliability and performance.

CNG for the future

Government of India has committed to developing the infrastructure and network of the CNG stations across the country. This is in line with government's aim to reduce the dependence on import of fossil fuels. With the discovery of large gas reserves in the country the network of CNG supplies is set to expand rapidly in near future. Maruti Suzuki's launch of CNG technology vehicles will help create the eco system for use of a clean and cost effective fuel in India.

Maruti Suzuki CNG Cars Price: (Ex-showroom Delhi)

Maruti Suzuki Alto Lxi - 3.23 Lakh

Maruti Suzuki Eeco 5-seater Ac - 3.64 Lakh

Maruti Suzuki SX4 Vxi - 7.47 Lakh

Maruti Suzuki WagonR Lxi - 4.11 Lakh

Maruti Suzuki Estilo Lxi - 4.05 Lakh

Source: Maruti Suzuki India

Maruti Alto-K10 Launched; Price Above 3 Lakh & New Features

Maruti Suzuki launched another version of Brand Alto, equipped with a K-series, 998 cc engine. This version, called 'Alto-K10', comes with improved suspension, new cable-type transmission, superior brake system and more knee-room for rear seat passengers.

The existing Maruti Alto clocks average sales of over 20,000 units every month. Maruti Suzuki expects the Maruti Alto-K10 to bring in additional customers.

On the occasion of Maruti Alto-K10 launch, Mr. Shinzo Nakanishi, Managing Director and CEO, Maruti Suzuki India, said “The Alto's package of performance, fuel efficiency and attractive cost of ownership have together made it India's most popular car. The Alto-K10 will take this forward. There are a growing number of first time buyers who seek more power, performance and attitude in their car, without having to stretch all the way to buy a higher segment car. The Alto-K10 is meant for them”.

Highlights of Maruti Alto-K10:
Fuel efficiency: 20.2 km per litre - the highest among petrol cars in A2 segment
Performance: Alto-K10 can accelerate from 0 to 100 kmph in just 13.3 seconds
New cable type transmission for easy gear shifting and enhanced driving pleasure

Changes in Dimensions, Exterior and interiors:
Alto-K10 is longer by 125mm to accommodate the bigger K-series engine. It has a new aggressive front, with a differently styled combination of dynamic hood, bold eagle-eye headlamps with crystal-clear lens.

Maruti Alto-K10 comes with:
Tinted glasses
Body coloured bumpers
Precise and smart front grill
Stylish tail gate
Large13-inch tubeless tyres
Trendy wheel-covers
Interesting body side mouldings

Plush two-tone interiors and an all-new 3-spoke steering wheel. These are aided by:
Vibrant new colours for upholstery
Colour coordinated door trim fabric
Stylish gear knob
Integrated headrests at front and rear
All-new speedometer, tachometer and electronic tripmeter
Vanity mirror
Accessory socket
Rear parcel tray
Ash tray and Cup holder
Front power windows

The designers imparted special attention to the rear exteriors of the Alto-K10 with a newly designed back door and a fresh set of rear combination lamps.

While the existing Alto will continue to serve customers across India, the new sibling, Alto-K10, is specifically targeted at those customers, who are looking for premium features and performance in an economical package. For the record, the existing Alto holds the singular achievement of selling the highest number of units by a single model in a month with a staggering 25,340 units in May 2010.

Superior power and fuel efficiency:
Alto-K10 is powered by a 998cc three-cylinder 'K10B' engine
Peak power of 68ps@6200rpm
Fine balance of more power and high fuel efficiency
High torque of 90Nm@3500 rpm Low emissions and Low NVH.
Remarkable peppy performance

Maruti Alto-K10: High on Safety and Security:
Collapsible steering column
Headlight leveling device
Improved suspension system
The child locks on the rear door
Improved brake system
Central locking
Side impact beams
i-CATS, to minimizes chances of a burglary
Front fog lamps
High mounted rear stop lamp

Comfort:
Air-conditioner and a heater
Improved knee-room for rear seat passenger comfort
Power Steering
Remote fuel tank lid opener
13-inch tubeless radial tyres
Remote back door opener
4.6 meters turning radius to take on traffic and parking challenges
Key-off reminder
A high 160 mm ground clearance
Internally adjustable ORVM
Environment Friendly
BS IV compliant
E-10 and ELV compliant

The new Maruti Alto-K10 is available in an array of six colours:
Sunlight Copper
Midnight Black
Fire Brick Red
Superior White
Ecru Beige
Silky Silver

Maruti Alto-K10 Price in इंडिया:
Maruti Alto-K10 LXi Price Rs. 3.03 lakh (Ex Showroom Delhi)
Maruti Alto-K10 VXi Price Rs. 3.16 lakh (Ex Showroom Delhi)

Source: Maruti Suzuki India