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Ritz |
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| There are few cars that fit the requirement of Indian hatchback car buyer better than the new Ritz. It has everything on paper that customers in this segment want, space, quality, modern engineering, and a choice of two very appealing engines. But is the new car as good as everyone expects it to be ? Here is an in depth first look . |
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A-star |
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Mumbai: Cruising at about 110 kph, I somehow cant come around to the fact that its a little three-cylinder motor thats powering this new supermini from Maruti Suzuki. The top-end ZXi version of the A-star comes with a tachometer thats housed in a spherical pod above the main instrument console, looking as if you just got it fitted at your neighbourhood performance tuning shop.
I take my eyes off the road to look at it, and the needle is nestled at 3500 rpm. If needed I could push the car a little more, and I do just that, till the little A-star runs out of steam when it reaches the 155 kph mark on the speedo. This is okay by me in a car of this size. |
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Grand Vitara |
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It's fun to look down from a height every now and then be it from the mountains or a cliff or for that matter even while driving a car. It's even more so if you can combine both of these as one complete experience. My recent drive to the Uttarakhand hills in a Suzuki Grand Vitara was one such experience.
I have been driving a few SUVs now and then in the mid-segment of the luxury SUV pile but it was the Grand Vitara which had still managed to evade my leaden foot. |
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Swift Diesel |
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Think Diesel and many miss the point, especially depriving the benefits of diesel's low operating costs to the segments which should really benefit the most, viz the A and B segments which make up the biggest chunk of the Indian car market.
All that could very well change as Maruti Suzuki is finally due to launch its much awaited Swift Diesel powered by an engine which is on the of the shining stars among small car diesel power plants in the world. |
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Alto K-10 |
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Winner of a million hearts gets a new bigger heart, and transforms itself into a ‘hot hatch’
“Not everything that involves the government leads to failure.” This was the motto for India’s first public sector automotive company. And after the government exited in 2003, Maruti Suzuki continued to win over millions and firmly established itself as the most successful car manufacturer in India." |
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Dzire Autocar Review |
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| WE FIRST BROKE the news about the sub-four-meter new Dzire on our website on December 31, 2010. We also brought you the first pictures of the car in our May 2011 issue. As you can tell, we have been tracking the evolution of this car very closely and that’s because of the sheer potential it has. |
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Dzire Motoring Review |
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| When Maruti Suzuki launches a car, it's as if the ground shakes, the air booms with thunder, the skies are lit up with streaks of lightning and the masses look up with their hands outstretched. The industry stops in its tracks to look upon the new car and then dejectedly goes back in hushed silence, hell-bent on reworking whatever it was working on in order to use the new Maruti as a benchmark. |
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Ertiga |
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| Smaller, lighter and more efficient. When Maruti Suzuki set out to design and plan its mould-breaking new Ertiga, these 3 words sat at the top of the whiteboard in the engineering department. And that led directly to this car, the new, and quite radical for India, Maruti Suzuki Ertiga. |
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SX4 |
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| Three world strategic models, as Suzuki calls them - the Swift, the new Grand Vitara and the new SX4 - have all contributed to the resurgence of Suzuki image as a competitive global manufacturer of attractive looking, quality cars in more segments than its traditional stronghold of small hatches. |
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