Maruti Suzuki has announced that it has sold over 70,000 units of the second-gen Ertiga since launch in November last year. The second-gen Ertiga is India’s best-selling MPV.
The Maruti Ritz may not have been a successful product, but it has brought great success to Maruti Suzuki indirectly. It spawned off the Maruti Ertiga MPV back in 2012. The first-gen model was very popular in the market and clocked 4.2 lakh units in cumulative sales in about six and a half years. The second-gen model is selling at an average of over 8,300 units per month.
Save for the wheelbase (2,740 mm), the second-gen Maruti Ertiga is bigger in every dimension. With a length, width and height of 4,395 mm, 1,690 mm and 1,735 mm respectively, it is 99 mm longer, 40 mm wider and 5 mm taller. For those concerned about the luggage capacity it offers, the boot space is 209 litres and it is expandable up to 803 litres.
Maruti Suzuki had introduced the second-gen Ertiga with the K15B 1.5L petrol engine featuring dual-battery mild-hybrid system and the D13A 1.3L diesel engine featuring single-battery mild-hybrid system. In April this year, the newly developed E15A 1.5L diesel engine was added to the list of options. Last month, a CNG variant of the K15B engine sans the mild-hybrid system was introduced and the D13A engine was discontinued. Just days later, the K15B petrol engine was upgraded to BS-VI. The E15A engine will be discontinued by March 2020.
Projector headlamps, 15-inch alloy wheels, LED tail lamps, 4.2-inch colour MID, 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment display with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, automatic climate control, passive keyless entry, engine start-stop button, wooden finish on the dashboard and on the door trims (front) and sliding front armrest with utility box are some of key features of the Maruti Ertiga.
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The second-gen Maruti Ertiga’s prices range from INR 7,54,689-11,20,689 (ex-showroom Delhi). On the 21st of this month, a rugged and more comfort-oriented derivative called Maruti XL6 will be launched.
