Car News in India

The breathtaking popularity of the Maruti Alto is unbeatable and it is in fact the bread and butter car for the car maker in India. Similarly, in Pakistan as well the car was very popular but it was discontinued in July this year following its non conformance to the new pollution standards just as the Maruti 800 was discontinued in India. Now, as per the latest media reports, the car maker is all set to revive production of Alto in Pakistan and have recently sought permission from the Pak government regarding import of....  Continue Reading

Two Maruti cars - Maruti Alto and Maruti A Star are the best selling cars. Where on takes good care of the domestic sales, the other is a hit in exports. Recently, the two models have been spotted in an uncamouflaged state in China. Though Maruti has already given a new avatar to the Alto in the form of Maruti Alto K10 with the K....  Continue Reading

India truly lives in villages and this has been sensed by car makers as well. Maruti India has reportedly decided to step up its focus on rural India where one third of its cars are sold. As per the bullish estimates by the largest car maker, rural India Maruti car sales is expected to contribute half of the total car sales in the next three years. Notably, Maruti Alto, Maruti Swift and  Continue Reading

The car makers in India have doled out highly attractive offers on their petrol cars but car sales in India is not willing to improve much, it seems. Where Maruti is offering Rs 50k off on Maruti Alto and Maruti Wagon R petrol models, after its overall sales plunged by 6 percent recently and Maruti Alto sales took a downtrend by 18 percent. Meanwhile, Hyundai is offering Rs 52,000 discount on its flagship car Hyundai Santro and small car  Continue Reading

It seems that soon there will be waiting time on Maruti Alto or Hyundai Eon or any other petrol car as economic slowdown has taken its toll on the production of petrol cars in the country. Most of the automakers have slowed down making cars run on petrol engine. One of such companies is Toyota Kirlosker Motors which has stopped manufacturing the petrol cars as the demand of petrol cars reduced significantly in the recent past.  Continue Reading

Riding high on its popularity as Maruti Suzuki’s highest selling model and India’s favorite car Alto, crossed the 20 lakh cumulative sales mark recently, just 11 years and 9 months after its launch. Maruti Alto has been the highest selling car, in the domestic market for the past 7 years. It has also been rated as the highest selling small car in the world, for the past two years. The power packed small car was also the fastest to clock 10 lakh sales within 8 years and 3 months of its launch in 2000. In June....  Continue Reading

At a time when people are virtually at war for even a single drop of petrol, Maruti is offering 36 litres of petrol free with the purchase of any of its petrol cars including Maruti Alto, Maruti Swift or Maruti Eeco. Already Maruti is offering a discount ranging from Rs 12000 to Rs 70,000 on its cars as part of the Monsoon Offer and now that it is offering petrol on every purchase, buying....  Continue Reading

It is a known fact that sales of petrol cars in India have attenuated and looking at the sluggish demand for petrol cars in India, Maruti Suzuki India has reduced the manufacturing of few of its petrol cars that include Maruti Alto, Maruti Wagon R, Maruti Eeco and Maruti A Star....  Continue Reading

Since the petrol prices are soaring high, the demand of diesel car has increased in India. The latest car sales figures shows, in April the sale of Maruti Swift diesel has gone up while Maruti Alto’s sales figures decreased. Being cheaper than the other models of Maruti, Alto was the first choice of the car enthusiasts. But, now Swift has taken over its place as it is a diesel car, while Alto is a petrol car. It’s a big lose for Alto, which....  Continue Reading

Everyone these days is talking about the new Suzuki Alto, especially in China as the car has been seen several times undergoing test runs. Just recently the car was caught on camera and fresh images of the upcoming car have surfaced internet. The new Suzuki Alto pictures depict that the hatchback will get a redesigned headlights. The headlights will get petite and render a much decent look to the small car. Apart from these changes some other prominent changes are the new....  Continue Reading

As per fresh rumours, India’s largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India is mulling to develop a new small car that will replace the ageing Maruti Alto. The new car will be conceived on the Alto platform and will be powered with the same 800cc petrol mill. The aim behind bringing the substitute model of Alto is to resurrect the mounting sales of Alto which skidded due to fall in demand for petrol powered cars. It is also indicated that the new replacement could be  Continue Reading

After a long innings of being a majorly petrol car maker, Maruti India seems to have been in a hurry to encash the diesel car demand in the company. The latest upcoming additions to the fleet of its diesel cars will be Maruti Alto and Maruti Wagon R. Notably, Maruti cars that do not have a diesel engine have suffered lack of that much sales as before and thus the no 1 India car maker has decided to fit....  Continue Reading

The Japanese auto giant Suzuki Motors has introduced a new special edition of its one of the most popular car Alto in the UK market. Named as ‘Alto Play’, the new car carries a number of upgrades at both exterior and interior fronts. It is to be mentioned here that the Suzuki Alto is known as Maruti A-Star in the Indian market, and is exported to a number of foreign countries from India, after being manufactured at company’s Manesar....  Continue Reading

The small car from Maruti Suzuki India, Maruti Alto that came into limelight in India in 2004, when it dethroned its stable-mate Maruti 800 in terms of sales figures and went on to become India’s most liked car. It has now been awarded with the title of best-selling small car across the globe, it is to be noted that this is the second time Maruti Alto has been honored with such label. The award was on the basis of sales that it achieved last year. Maruti sold over 3, 10,000 units of Alto in 2011, which makes it the only car to have sold more than 3, 00,000 units a year and this....  Continue Reading

Suzuki Motors, the leading Japanese auto maker which is known for making highly fuel efficient small cars in the global market, has unveiled all new version of its bestselling car Alto at the Tokyo Motor Show. The new Suzuki Alto Eco, as named by the company, is claimed to offer a considerably high mileage of 32 km per liter. It has been speculated by the industry experts that Suzuki may look forward to launch the Alto Eco in the Indian market, considering the skyrocketing petrol prices in the country. Moreover, the....  Continue Reading