List of articles tagged: Swift

The Swift Sport has been the performance flagship of the Swift model range as it is more driver involving than the standard Swift. The new Swift Sport has the same DNA as its predecessor. To befit its status as the new performance flagship of the Swift model range, Suzuki will introduce the Swift Sport.

Maruti Suzuki claims that the newly launched Swift already has about 50,000 bookings. The new Swift is bigger in size than the outgoing Swift and has more features as well. The new diesel version on the Swift comes with the ZDi option, which wasn't available on the lower diesel Swift.

Maruti Suzuki will launch the new-generation Swift tomorrow on the 17th of August. We have driven the new Swift. 

Maruti Suzuki has now stopped the production of its premium hatchback, the Swift. The Manesar-based automaker has taken this step, to begin the production of its new Swift which will hit the Indian car market in the next couple of months.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited sold a total of 1,11,645 vehicles in February 2011 which includes 10,102 units of exports. The company had sold a total of 96,650 vehicles in February 2010. In February 2011, the company sold 1,01,543 units in the domestic market. Sales were up 19.4% in A2 and 27 per cent in A3 segment. In C segment, company recorded a growth of 26.9%.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced their financial results for the third quarter of 2010-11 (October- December 2010) today. The Company achieved Net Sales (net of excise) of Rs 92,767 million during the third quarter of 2010-11, a growth of 26.5 per cent over the same period last year. The Net sales in Quarter 2 (July-September 2010) was Rs. 89,371 million.

The year 2010 saw over 50 new car launches and it only gives us an idea as to what the future has in store. The year 2011 will open new avenues as car manufacturers in India battle it out to give the Indian consumer the best of the best. Hatchbacks dominated the year 2010 and it will be safe to say that the segment will continue to grow this year as well. The coming year will see a host of launches which will span across the segments right from hatchbacks, sedans, luxury sedans SUV’s and the like. Car manufacturers are putting their time, effort and money into making environment friendly, fuel efficient, safe and the most important of all, affordable cars, this year.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, sold a total of 104,791 vehicles in August 2010, growing 23.6 per cent in the month. This includes exports of 12,117 units. This is the highest ever monthly sales recorded by the company. The company had sold a total of 84,808 vehicles in August 2009.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited announced the production of a record 5 lakh K-series engines in less than 23 months. The first K-series engine was manufactured in October 2008. The company has an installed capacity of 500,000 K-series engines annually. To meet the growing market demand, Maruti Suzuki recently announced an expansion plan of additional 200,000 K-series engines by 2012. The K-series engines are available on seven Maruti Suzuki models including the new Alto-K10, the Wagon R, Swift, Ritz, Estilo, Swift Dzire and A-star.

Update: New Maruti Alto K10 is launched now. The all new facelifted Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 is finally here! The car will be simultaneously launched on the 4th of August 2010 in three metros namely Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi. The car will be unveiled real-time via satellite in the three cities. CarWale got you the exclusive pictures of the car and now on the eve of its launch, we tell you what the car is like inside-out. We have learnt that the car will be available in two trim levels - the Lxi and the Vxi. Both the variants are equipped with electric assist power steering. The biggest change, the engine - is the same powerplant which does duty on the A-Star, new Wagon R and the new Zen Estilo. This 67bhp, 998cc, three cylinder engine is refined and is fuel efficient as well with Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. claiming a fuel economy of 20.2 kilometers to the litre.