Maruti Suzuki Launches A-Star Facelift Version

Now it is the time of Maruti Suzuki to give a makeover to its base level model A-Star. It is a premium small car of Maruti with a above price tag of others of its kind. After the launching of this car in 2008, Maruti feels a declined sales which is still below average. Maruti finds the major defect of this model which gets people away from it is with the outlook of this model and Maruti trying to give solution to this dislike in the new facelift of A-Star. Maruti marketing this model in Europe and many other countries with the name Alto and it is the entry level model in Europe. Keeping in mind the Western market, Maruti brings up many premium features to this model.

In 2012 Maruti presented at the Chengdu Motor Show in China an upgraded version of Global alto and which will be available in the Indian market also with the name A-Star facelift version. The quick visible changes in the new model from the old one is the refreshed bumper and the new headlamp cluster. Front grills are also changed with some tweaks to fog lamp console. Maruti gives a most aggressive look in the new design to cross the barriers in the old version. The tail lamps gets a LED belt and the entire backside is also reworked.

The A-Star facelift will have a 1.0 litre three cylinder engine which provides 68bhp and 90Nm torque. There is no hint received yet about whether the upgraded one will have a five speed transmission set or the four speed previous gear box unit.

Maruti launched the upgraded version of A-Star as a part of its plans of refreshing the entire production lines. So we can expect the facelift versions of rest of the Maruti models later and the next chance will be most probably for SX4

The new A-Star model is expected to arrive at dealers on October 2013 and the expected price between 3.85-4.75 lakhs.

General Features And Specificitions of Maruti Suzuki A-Star

• Name -             Maruti Suzuki A-Star Facelift
• Price in India - 3.87-4.70 lac
• Launch Date - May 2013
• Fuel -               Petrol
• Mileage -          13.9 (km/lit) in city and 17  (km/lit) on highway
• Fuel tank capacity - 35 liter
• Engine -           k10B, 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine
• Gears -            5 speed manual or 4 speed auto box
• Clutch -            N/A
• Steering  -        Rock
• Wheel types - Tubless tyres
• Max Speed -    155 km/h
• Competition -   Maruti Ritz, Chevrolet Beat, Nissan Micra
• Seating Capacity - Five People