Yesterday, VW India finally pulled the dust sheets off the new Jetta for the Indian market. The old Jetta was launched in India is early 2008 and always remained in the shadow of the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Chevy Cruze and its cousin sister Skoda Laura.
Unlike all these cars which had their own specific USP, the Jetta was a jack of some trades. So VW India decided to can the old model and bring the sixth generation Jetta in India.
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As we are posting this, Honda’s launch of the Jazz facelift is rolling in Delhi. Here are the prices of the cosmetically-different Jazz (ex-showroom Delhi) -
S – 5.5 lakhs
Select -5.75 lakhs
X – 6.06 lakhs
All three variants, amber dashboard lighting as standard and silver and matte headlamps.
Top-end X variant gets black and blue interiors, USB port, electrically retractable mirror, body colored grille, foglamps, alloy wheels and tail gate spoiler.
The Jazz is powered by the same 1.2-liter i-VTEC engine that produces 90PS power and returning an ARAI certified mileage of 16.7 kmpl.
The new Jazz does not have any mechanical changes.
As IndianAutosBlog.com readers get immersed in a sea of information surrounding the new Swift, relief comes in the form of the Volkswagen Jetta which was also launched today in Mumbai. Our Mumbai man drew out his camera and recorded a video of the demo car on the stage.
VW Jetta walk around
The new Jetta will be offered only with a 2.0-liter diesel engine. Prices start at 14.12 lakh rupees. The ARAI fuel efficiency figure for the new Jetta stands at an impressive 19kmpl.
As we just complete posting images of the new Swift from the Delhi premiere, we’re getting live updates from our Mumbai man Kaustubh who tells us that Maruti has launched the Swift there. Here are the prices -
New Maruti Swift petrol Mumbai prices
LXI – 4.50 lakhs
VXI – 4.91 lakhs
ZXI – 5.78 lakhs
New Maruti Swift diesel Mumbai prices
LDI – 5.36 lakhs
VDI – 5.81 lakhs
ZDI – 6.62 lakhs
By this morning Maruti had registered 50,000 pre-launch bookings in dealerships across India. Shockingly 80% of the bookings were for diesel variants while the remaining were gobbled up by petrol. That clearly shows the how much diesel takes precedence over petrol variants.
Maruti Suzuki India launched the much awaited next generation Swift at the company’s headquarters in the capital city this morning.
The new Swift is an all new car and the company says it incorporates over 140 new features and panels. Built on an all new platform, the succeeding Swift is longer, wider and more spacious than its predecessor.
It has been a busy day for IndianAutosBlog.com as action was not just around the high voltage Swift in New Delhi. In Mumbai, Volkswagen was launching the new Jetta (the price announcements were minutes away from each other) and we brought you the variants, price and a glimpse of the new Jetta too.
We are going to discuss the new Jetta in depth a short while from now. But for the moment, we’ll leave you with a few well shot images of the new Jetta picked up at the Mumbai launch this morning.
We’re also tossing in a copy of the brochure for your viewing pleasure.
jump past the break to view the pictures and brochure
The coverage hasn’t ended yet. The new Swift continues to amaze us with its features and design and we’re sure you’ll appreciate the studio shots that we have gained access to. The new Swift is offered in three variants for both petrol and diesel forms.
If you look at the images casually, there will be no appreciable change in appearance. There’s a little big of extra fat around the tail gate and the rear quarter’s curve is reminiscent of the 3-door Swift from the recently passed generation.
Maruti has retained the Swift’s design language to not lose out on the familiarity. The outgoing Swift was inspired by the Hayabusa sports motorcycle which when launched, was the fastest production motorcycle in the world.
You can have a look at the new Swift brochure to learn everything about the hatch that people say will redefine the B+ segment yet again.
IndianAutosBlog.com has brought you prices of the new Swift along with the first look at the brochure. Following that up is the television commercial of the new kid in the block. The new Ad gained plenty of positive praise from the gazillion media representatives present at the event.
The objective of the video however is to provide you another look of the Swift, this time in dynamic mode. It was announced this morning that the new Swift has already crossed 50k bookings and that number is increasing by the day. The Facebook fan count has flown past the 200k mark and is looking good to steer past 250k as deliveries begin.
Remember that the new Maruti Swift, even with production lines equipped to churn out 18k units a month, will continue demanding a three month waiting period.
More images and data are lined up. Don’t you dare move a muscle! Stay tuned to IndianAutosBlog.com
