Showing posts with label Maruti Swift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maruti Swift. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

New Maruti Swift

Yeah! Here is new Maruti Swift knocking at door. The styling concept for the new Swift is “dynamic and energetic”. The new Swift inherits a look in which a short, wide, compact body appears to be bursting with energy.

The styling concept for the new Swift is “dynamic and energetic”. The new Swift inherits a look in which a short, wide, compact body appears to be bursting with energy. Increased track and larger diameter wheels with lower profile tyres allow for even better handling than the already highly acclaimed outgoing Suzuki Swift.




The headlights are longer, bigger and they sweep back further towards the front door. The tail-lights follow the design philosophy applied to the headlights and they are longer too. New Swift has grown slightly in length (+90mm) with a 50mm increase in wheelbase. The rear bumper appears larger than the old Swift too.

The interior design now has a more dynamic feel, featuring black as its keynote colour with accents of silver throughout the car. The instrument panel is distinguished by contrasts between a stylish black keytone colour and sharp silver-coloured details. On the seats, they're created by refined-looking silver-coloured details on bold, chic black colour.

Inside the cabin the car gets a brand new steering wheel and new buttons on it. The instrument panel is totally pepped up with a digital readout. The petrol variant will return a mileage of around 20 km a litre, as compared to 17.9 km per litre certified by the Automotive Research Association of India. Similarly, the diesel model will deliver around 23.8 km per litre, as against the existing 21 km a litre.

Maruti Swift may also offer a four-speed automatic transmission option in the petrol version, besides the regular five-speed manual. Engineers have also achieved a substantial reduction in the overall weight of the car by replacing the metal fuel tank with a plastic tank. This will improve its fuel efficiency by a little over 13 per cent.

The interior design creates a sharp, energetic look and feel in line with the new Swift’s performance. Dynamic, sporty forms and exquisite craftsmanship contribute to a great driving experience. In the cabin, Suzuki’s expertise in compact-car space efficiency is reflected in proportions that optimize roominess and comfort. Notwithstanding the new Swift’s compact dimensions, there’s sufficient space for rear passengers and for luggage.

Emissions are much lower as well; the new 1.2-litre engine with manual transmission produces just 116g/km on the combined cycle; representing a 24g/km or 17 per cent improvement over the 1.3. An optional automatic transmission will be available for the petrol engine from launch.

This will be the first major face-lift for the Swift since it was launched six years ago. Pricing details of the new car has not been shared by the company. The report stated that for installing the plastic fuel tanks, Maruti Suzuki India has tied up with France’s Plastic Omnium, the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic fuel tanks as it was mentioned that plastic fuel tanks are usually 25-35 per cent lighter than the conventional metal tanks. Besides, these are corrosion-free, durable, non-explosive and easily recyclable.

The previous Swift has been praised for the nimble-feeling handling and performance. With the new model, Suzuki realized an even stronger sense of nimbleness and greater stability by means of newly refined wide-tread, short-wheelbase dimensions, greater rigidity in the body and suspension mountings, and greater roll stiffness.

The car will come with 1.2-litre petrol and 1.3-litre diesel variants. It was reported that the new model, built on a slightly longer yet new platform, will be little extra roomy, lighter and return better mileage than the current generation Swift. The new Swift’s handling reflects a newly evolved, more mature kind of sportiness. It inspires even greater confidence in the driver.

To ensure high levels of driver confidence and control, the new Swift has an outstanding range of safety technologies as well. In the cabin, Suzuki’s expertise in compact-car space efficiency is reflected in proportions that optimize roominess and comfort. Notwithstanding the new Swift’s compact dimensions, there’s sufficient space for rear passengers and for luggage.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Indian Auto Market : Best and Not-So-Best Models

No one can imagine that each year 20 auto makers be agitated out nearly 400 models in the Indian auto market. Out of these, six models constitute nearly 63 percent market share. Surprisingly, three of these six models belong to the Maruti stable.

Last calendar year I found nearly 50 new models in the country but sales figures for Maruti Alto topped the chart followed by Wagon R, Tata Indica, Maruti Swift, Hyundai i10 and the good Hyundai Santro. Sales of Swift (both sedan and hatchback) performed excellently in the market. These six models together sold nearly 7.6 lakh units in the last calendar year. Small car segment clearly dominated the market and this segment showed little signs of slow down due to the credit crisis or global meltdown. Analysts expect that dominated presence of Maruti may be over-shadowed this year with the launch of Tata Nano in this segment. This micro car may drastically shuffle the conventional matrix of the Indian car market.

On the other hand, there are models which sold in low figures as well – Skoda Fabia, Ford Fusion, Hyundai Sonata and Fiat 500, have not tallied impressive numbers.

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Monday, May 25, 2009

Can Maruti Alto compete to Tata's Nano

Maruti - the pioneer of 4 wheelers segment has distinct to strip down its popular model – Alto to compete with Nano directly. Another fully loaded model of Alto with the new KB series engine will be inaugurated to compete with models like Hyundai Santro, GM Spark and other similar models in the small car segment.

Maruti is to patch up its small car portfolio completely. The company that sells every second car in India is ready to give fresh competition to other cars in the market. Maruti Swift is its largest selling bounty hatchback model which will be re-introduced as a face-lifted model with fresh design and a new engine. The company is sharply working on upgrading its models for the BS IV norms that become effective next year. New models of Maruti Versa and Zen Estilo are also expected in the market by October this year. A new model of Versa namely O2 will be introduced this year along with Zen Estilo with brand new exteriors and interiors.

Maruti Suzuki MD & CEO S. Nakanishi said, “We have exhausted our quota of new cars with eight new launches in India in the past three years. Now we are looking at beefing up our leadership by refreshing our old portfolio". Maruti will save a immense additive cost on enclosing new cars by introducing better models of its existing and well-established models that will be definitely more value for money for the existing and tested products. So, we have to just wait for new Maruti Alto.

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04. The car of the mile Maruti will not sell 800 in 11 cities from 2010
05. Hero Honda contributes climb up in two-wheeler sales
06. Tata's Air Car - Is it the next big thing?
07. Maruti 800 : Still run on the road
08. Once again Kawasaki-Bajaj
09. Global Car Majors to Follow Maruti Route
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