Maruti launches new Swift with auto gear shift technology
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The country's largest car firm Maruti Suzuki on Thursday launched the third generation version of its popular model Swift with price starting at Rs 4.99 lakh. The new model comes with an introduction of auto gear shift technology.
Swift, available in both petrol and diesel, has been priced between Rs 4.99 lakh to Rs 7.29 lakh for petrol manual version, and Rs 5.99 lakh and Rs 8.29 lakh for diesel manual variant.
The automatic petrol is priced Rs 6.34 lakh onwards, while the diesel automatic starts at Rs 7.34 lakh onwards. While the petrol variant will have a 1.2-litre engine, the diesel option is powered by a 1.3-litre engine, the company said.
Since the launch of Swift in 2005, the model saw the sale of 1.8 million units till date. The all-new Swift is built on Suzuki's new and innovative 5th generation HEARTECT platform for more strength, peppier performance and advanced safety. More spacious, it is loaded with new features that are poised to thrill customers, the company said.
Kenichi Ayukawa managing director and CEO, Maruti Suzuki, said Swift has featured among the top five best-selling cars in India for more than a decade.
The company claims that the all-new Swift offers fuel efficiency of 22.0 km/l for petrol and 28.4 km/l for diesel engine variant. Last month, the company had opened bookings for the new Swift.
The model development cost for Swift is over Rs 700 crore. "The the hatchback comes with around 98% localisation," the company said.
"Indian customers are changing rapidly. In line with this, our goal is to offer products, technology and experience suited to their changing needs," he said.
The new Maruti Suzuki Swift is wider and has a longer wheel-base. It comes with more cabin space, headroom and luggage space than the outgoing Swift.
According to the company, the next generation Swift is 40 mm wider with 20 mm longer wheel-base. The new model is also equipped with advanced safety features such as Dual airbags and ABS with EBD.
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