The Maruti Suzuki has decided to launch
its best seller car Alto in new design. The testing of new Maruti Alto 2018 has
started in India. The company will try to make a new hatch back trend
through this the new generation in India. The new Alto 2018 will
be bigger, spacious, powerful, fuel efficient and a lot more feature
loaded too as compared to the previous model. Maruti is
working on a new project called Y1K, this will make the new Alto look like a crossover.
Maruti Alto or the 800 has generally had a
product life cycle of about 10 years in Indian car market, but this time it is
about five years as the new crash norms and new emission norms are being
implemented time to time by the authorities. The new Alto will be a lot lighter than the
current generation by at least 60 kilograms, which
is about 10 percent reduction.
The design of the new model was not
totally different , but it will be built on an all new platform. The strong points of the Alto will be retained on this new generation as well. Maruti Suzuki has invested about $1 billion as they will be launching 15 new products
by 2020. These will be based on three platforms. The new platforms
will meet the crash norms and even. This new model will be launched in 2017 and will be considered as the most fuel efficient car in its segment. The new Alto will
be based on the Alto Kei platform, but it will be redesigned to suit the
requirement of the Indian roads. The Alto 800
and the new K10 were also designed for the Indian car market in this series.
This is being done as the 2017 new
crash norms will be implemented and this new Alto
will pass those tests. Expect the new Alto to
get higher ground clearance than the current one. The spy shots suggest it
looks similar to the Maruti.
In terms of safety, the Alto will get ABS and dual airbags as a standard feature.
This will be mandatory once the new crash test norms come into picture. The Alto will be a lot more spacious than the present model. It
will offer more space for passengers and even there will be more luggage space.
The Alto 2017 will be a lot more value for money product than any
other car sold in India. The interior styling will also have features. The new Alto will have good space and it will come with a lot more customization
options. The Alto expects to have a touch screen system with maps and
even with Bluetooth connectivity.
The new generation Alto will get a new 658cc engine that will come in two states one producing about 53bhp
and the turbo version will produce about 62bhp. There will also a VVT (variable
valve timing) version of this engine. These will be implemented for the emission norms and even
better fuel efficiency. The Alto will have ARAI fuel efficiency in excess of 32km/l. So, the Alto K10 engine will be replaced by the turbo engine and the regular 796cc by 658cc. There will be an automatic
and manual gear support as well.