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Maruti looks to regain market share in SUV segment with 4 new models

Cars will be across all price segments in a market where company's rivals have lead

Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) MD & CEO Hisashi Takeuchi and Senior Executive Director, Marketing & Sales, Shashank Srivastava (R) at the launch of the new and techy Brezza, in Gurugram (Photo: PTI)
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Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) MD & CEO Hisashi Takeuchi and Senior Executive Director, Marketing & Sales, Shashank Srivastava (R) at the launch of the new and techy Brezza, in Gurugram (Photo: PTI)

Arindam Majumder New Delhi
Maruti Suzuki aims to increase its share in the SUV segment, the fastest growing in India’s car market, by launching four new brands in the next couple of years, said sources.

The company, which has around 43 per cent share of India’s passenger vehicle market, launched on Thursday a refurbished version of its popular compact SUV model Brezza. The price starts at Rs 7.99 lakh for the base variant and goes up to Rs 13.96 lakh for the top variant.

The Brezza will compete with Hyundai’s Venue, which got a facelift recently, Kia’s Sonet and Tata Nexon. “When the original Brezza was

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