Posts Tagged ‘alto’

Suzuki Alto, Wagon R to get 2, 3-cylinder engines?

New 3-cylinder engine promises to pull down costs and deliver better fuel economy

We thought this was a joke. Until we read it on a reliable newspaper.

Financial Express reports Maruti Suzuki is working on a family of engines that will replace the 800cc and 1,100cc on the Alto and Wagon R respectively. The new engines, which are cheaper to make, will drive down the cost of the models.

The new engine is codenamed YP3 and will come in two variants – 2-cylinders and 3-cylinders.

The YP3 will be Maruti’s second big launch after it unveiled the KB Series engine on the A-Star in 2008. Currently F8D engines are used on the Alto and Wagon R. The Alto will get the 2-cylinder engine while the faclifted Wagon R will get 3 cylinders.

According to this report, Maruti has already started sourcing components for YP3, and the engines will be installed to the cars by the end of this year.

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Entry posted on February 2nd, 2010 and filed under Maruti Suzuki

100,000 KB-Series engines produced by MSIL in 10 months

100,000 KB-Series engines produced by MSIL in 10 months

Maruti is extremely delighted. 100,000 KB-Series engines have rolled out of its Gurgaon plant into cars in India and abroad since operations began ten months ago.

The KB Series engine powers the Ritz and the A-Star (sold in Europe as the Suzuki Alto and Nissan Pixo)

The next model to be powered by a KB-Series engine could be the Estilo, followed by the Wagon R. The company will take this as an opportunity to face lift these cars and prepare them to combat challenges posted by the Euro IV emission norms next year.

The engine is lighter, powerful and more fuel efficient than the exisiting line-up. company produces Bharat Stage-III, Bharat Stage-IV and Euro-V emission norms compliant KB-series engines.

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Entry posted on July 29th, 2009 and filed under Maruti Suzuki

10 millionth Alto leaves a Suzuki showroom in Netherlands!

We got the feeling the Dutch were terrible at their math, but the figure published on Auto Telegraaf has been confirmed. 10 million Suzuki Altos have found homes across the globe since the beginning in 1979. 10 million!

This is a feat by no means gentle or ordinary. How many cars have reached this stage of the game? The Suzuki Alto lives to see three decades, and the sales figures continue to grind away setting new records.

More number of Suzuki Altos are present on Indian roads than any other car. Maruti sells three generations of Altos in India under the names 800, Alto and A-Star.

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Entry posted on May 20th, 2009 and filed under Maruti Suzuki, Suzuki

Maruti Suzuki hikes prices yet again; Hyundai and others to follow

Maruti Suzuki hikes prices yet again; Hyundai and others to follow

India’s largest carmaker – Maruti Suzuki has yet again hiked the prices (since its last hike in October’08) of its cars by Rs 5,000-10,000 with effect from January 28, attributing it to higher input prices and foreign currency movement, which affects prices of imported components.

While prices of all variants of SX4 sedan has been hiked by Rs 9,000, the price of Swift Petrol LXi has now been revised upwards by Rs 5,000.

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Entry posted on January 28th, 2009 and filed under Announcements

Suzuki A-Star Bags Zigwheels COTY Award

Suzuki A-Star Bags Zigwheels COTY Award

The Latest offering from Suzuki’s stable – The Maruti A-star, re-badged as Pixo in Euro markets and Alto in others, has bagged its first Car Of The Year Award from Zig Wheels.

The A-star will be sold in markets such as Australia later in 2009 and will be named as ‘Alto’. The Alto we know of is the different model, in the previous generation car in the Alto lineup, which turns out to be India’s best selling car as of now.

Chief judge Adil Jal Darukhanawala was impressed by the well designed small cars, which is frugal, simple, reliable and efficient. The judges were very enthusiastic about the A-Star’s all new 1.0-litre engine.

“The car doesn’t break any new ground in absolute power and torque, but in its actual delivery in terms of acceleration from standstill, in-gear driveability and top speed it is the proverbial David with the wherewithal to massacre many Goliaths.”

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Entry posted on January 10th, 2009 and filed under Suzuki

End of the road for Maruti 800?

Maruti 800, the city car manufactured by Maruti Suzuki in India since 1984, has started showing signs of extinction. The root cause being, the stringent Euro-4 emission norms that all the car makers need to follow from 2010.
According to sources, Maruti Suzuki has acknowledged the infeasibility of launching an Euro-IV compliant version of Maruti [...]

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Entry posted on November 5th, 2008 and filed under Maruti Suzuki

Chinese Copy cars- The newest joining the pack

Chinese Copy cars- The newest joining the pack

Before reading this article, why not read Chinese Copy Cars part 1?
The Chinese market is often called ‘The Gray Market’, simply because of their stunning replicas. Here we have two cars as examples. But hey! These are very good copies of the originals!
China Automobile’s Chika vs Tata Nano

The Chika was showcased at the Paris [...]

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Entry posted on October 28th, 2008 and filed under Electric vehicles, Funny, Small cars, Stumble Upon

Diwali Offer? Maruti cars costlier by upto Rs.6,000

The recent worldwide economic crisis as we know, has had a severe impact on Automobile manufacturers. So severe that, Market leaders like Maruti have been forced to hike the prices of select models, before Diwali – during when they normally offer discounts! The rising steel prices has taken its toll on all car makers [...]

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Entry posted on October 26th, 2008 and filed under Announcements, Maruti Suzuki

Suzuki Alto production halts in China- Don’t even think about it happening here

Changan Suzuki (Maruti counterpart of Shanghai), has confirmed that it has halted production of the existing Alto model back in July itself. This is to pave way for the next generation Alto model due to hit the roads in next September in China.
We won’t and can’t expect Maruti to follow suite and discontinue production [...]

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Entry posted on October 13th, 2008 and filed under Announcements, Maruti Suzuki, Suzuki

Video- 2009 Suzuki Alto

You would have seen the New Alto a.k.a. A-Star in pictures released from the Paris Motor Show, but now you can watch the Alto from various views and angles through our video feature. Features like separate tachometer, integrated stereo, iPod-USB connectivity, and interior views have been revealed in this video. It seems to be [...]

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Entry posted on October 7th, 2008 and filed under Maruti Suzuki, Suzuki

2009 Suzuki Alto unveiled at Paris Motorshow: Full pictures and Specifications included

The 2009 Suzuki Alto is finally here. The road-going version of the A-Star had its wraps taken off at the Paris Motorshow earlier today. The leading aspects of this compact car are its incredibly low fuel consumption figures and ultra-low emissions which comfortably surpasses Euro 5 norms. Drag coefficient of 0.30 translates into slighter [...]

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Entry posted on October 2nd, 2008 and filed under Maruti Suzuki, Paris Motor Show 2008, Suzuki

Alert- Suzuki A-Star pics are in fact pics of next-gen Alto

A month or two back, Topspeed and Team bhp blew their trumpets claiming they had the exclusive snaps of the Suzuki A-Star (production version). What they in fact possessed were the production version’s snapshots of the next-gen Alto prepared exclusively for small car markets like India, which is to be unveiled Officially in the [...]

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Entry posted on August 7th, 2008 and filed under Maruti Suzuki, Small cars, Suzuki
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