Maruti Dzire

Maruti launches fourth-gen Dzire; Honda to roll out new Amaze in coming months

The company, which is launching the new generation Swift and Dzire models later this year, is hoping to boost overall sales volume

Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday said it has increased prices of its entire model range with immediate effect. An estimated weighted average of increase across models is 0.45 per cent, the auto major said in a regulatory filing. This indicative figure is calculated using ex-showroom prices of models in Delhi and will come into effect from January 16, 2024, it added. Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) sells a range of cars starting from Alto to Invicto, priced between Rs 3.54-28.42 lakh (ex-showroom).

Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said its production witnessed a marginal increase last month. In a regulatory filing, the auto major reported total production of 1,69,692 units in February, compared to 1,68,180 units in the same month last year. "The shortage of electronic components had a minor impact on the production of vehicles during the month," it added. MSI said total passenger vehicle production stood at 1,65,672 units last month, against 1,65,783 units in February last year. Production of mini cars comprising Alto and S-Presso models stood at 24,285 units last month, compared to 28,213 units a year ago. Manufacturing of compact cars, comprising WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, Swift, Baleno and Dzire, however, increased to 95,968 units from 91,091 units in February 2021, MSI said. Production of utility vehicles -- Gypsy, Ertiga, S-Cross, Vitara Brezza and XL6 -- increased to 33,191 units last month from 32,501 units in the corresponding month of 2021. The company reported a dro

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday said its compact sedan Dzire has become the best selling car in the country in the first eight months of the current fiscal with sales of over 1.2 lakh units. The company said the model currently has around 60 per cent market share in the compact sedan segment. "Over years, Dzire has created a niche for itself amongst compact sedans. Gaining widespread acceptance, the model was conceptualised keeping in mind the customer demands," MSI Executive Director (Marketing & Sales) Shashank Srivastava said in a statement. The third generation version of the model was launched in May 2017.

Alto has been the undisputed best-selling model in India for over a decade

First launched in 2008, Dzire happens to be Maruti's second most sold car

New Dzire, launched by Maruti Suzuki today, is ten per cent lighter to the outgoing Dzire