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News comes in from NDTVProfit that the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga has managed to clock a whopping 32,000 bookings within just one month of its launch.

In fact, it has clocked so many orders that it has run into a typical Maruti problem of ‘increased waiting period’. While the company has clocked 32,000 orders, its factory can only roll out 6,000 units in a particular month.

The internet is abuzz with news that the Maruti Ertiga has mopped up a mind-blowing 10,000 bookings in five days of its launch.

The Ertiga stations on an extended Swift platform, sharing its complete interior with the Dzire. It also debuted a new 1.4-liter K Series petrol engine alongside the familiar 1.3-liter MultiJet engine that many term as the national diesel engine of India.

Maruti has priced the petrol variants of the Ertiga very aggressively anticipating low demand initially, while the diesel, understandably, has been priced a bit higher that most expected. The split between the two variants in this initial round of bookings is yet to be verified though some Maruti officials were expecting 8/10 cars to be diesel.

The Maruti Ertiga has arrived to create a whole new segment of mini MPVs in India based on the Swift platform which has been lengthened to support a 3-row MPV.

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A brand new 1.4L K Series petrol engine and the most successful diesel engine in India – 1.3L Multijet find their way into to hood. The pricing of the Ertiga has shown signs of working superbly. It has received around 400 bookings from Maharashtra on the first day of the launch.

In this last installment of the coverage on the Maruti Eritga, we present to you a walkaround video of the car along with a range of photographs of the interior and exterior of the car.

[can't see the video above? Head over to the Maruti Ertiga Youtube page to see it]

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Indian Autos Blog has been flooding readers with photographs of the Ertiga since the Auto Expo debut. Prior to its unveiling too, we had many spyshots sent in by our good readers in North India.

Last evening Kaustubh was invited to the Mumbai region launch and we updated you with prices and pointers a bit late in the night. Today it was my turn to take a closer look at the Ertiga here in Chennai.

The Ertiga is certainly going to create a new segment in our market. For under 10 lakhs, Maruti now offers a well-built, well-equipped value-for-money hatchback, sedan and MPV.

Our Mumbai man Kaustubh Shinde is at the launch broadcasting some updates on the Maruti Ertiga that was launched earlier in the day in Delhi. We’ve already updated you with prices, photographs and brochure from Delhi.

Maruti Ertiga prices (ex-showroom Mumbai)

Maruti Ertiga Petrol variants (rupees)

• LXi – 6,23,390
• VXi – 6,97,927
• ZXi – 7,67,806

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Maruti Suzuki has launched the Ertiga MPV in Delhi just seconds ago between 5.89 to 8.45 lakh rupees (ex-showroom, Delhi). The Ertiga is available with two engines in a selection of six variants.

The Maruti Ertiga petrol is powered by a 1.4L engine that outputs 93bhp and 130Nm of torque. It is available in three variants -

• Maruti Ertiga Lxi – 5.89L
• Maruti Ertiga Vxi – 6.60L
• Maruti Ertiga Zxi – 7.30L

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The biggest automaker in India is all set to create a whole new segment of mini MPVs this month. Maruti Suzuki is all set to launch the Ertiga on 12^th of April and boy are we excited.

The Maruti Ertiga is an MPV which is smaller than the Toyota Innova but has 3 row seating. Interestingly, when everyone is getting caught in acronyms such as SUV, MPV, CUV etc; Maruti Suzuki has adopted LUV to promote the Ertiga.

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