May 18 2016, 14.47 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Comes with a new front styling, more rear seat comfort and vibrant new colours
New Delhi, May 18, 2016: India's favourite car, Alto 800, now comes with a more attractive front design, fresh interiors, vibrant colours, higher fuel efficiency and new features. The new Alto 800 is a lot more fuel efficient. Alto 800 now delivers a superior fuel efficiency of 24.7 Km/I of petrol, around 9 per cent improvement over the earlier version. In CNG mode the Alto 800 offers a mileage of 33.44 Km/Kg an improvement of around 10 per cent. Mr. R S Kalsi, Executive Director Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki India said, "The new Alto 800 is technologically advanced with latest convenience and class leading safety features. The new stylish looks, fresh classy interiors and addition of two new colours make it trendy and vibrant. Above all it comes with improved mileage and assurance of Moruti Suzuki's unmatched service network, guaranteed performance and lower maintenance cost. All these make Alto 800 o preferred choke of the value conscious customers across Indio." Alto's attributes like its sleek design, good manoeuvrability, low cost of ownership and attractive price point make it a popular car among India's first time car buyers. It has remained India's top selling model for more than 12 years in a row. Alto is the only Indian car brand to cross the historic 30 lakh sales milestone. Alto brand contributes to almost 18 to 20 per cent of Maruti Suzuki's sales in India.
New Alto 800: More Style, More Comfort, More Convenience and Trendy
Stylish and trendy The front fascia gets a new Aero Edge Design. Adding a dash of style is the new sporty bumper and grille. It also increases the exterior length of the vehicle by 35 mm. The lower grille is made wider and an addition of newly designed trendy headlamps and provision of front fog lamps in the bumper enhance the looks. Maruti Suzuki has added two new colours — Mojito Green and Cerulean Blue.
On the inside of Alto 800 customers will get new dark grey interior colour along with stylish new seat and door trim fabric that add a classic appeal to the car. An improved rear seat with an integrated headrest makes the ride more comfortable for the rear passengers.
Improved engine performance and fuel efficiency Maruti Suzuki engineers have developed an improved engine architecture tuned for enhanced driving pleasure and excellent fuel economy.
With a highly efficient combustion system, the new engine provides excellent torque at low rpms, enabling less frequent gear change. Specially coated piston and ring set reduces frictional losses and increases engine life and fuel efficiency. Drive by wire technology makes the engine responsive and enhances driving experience.
More safety and convenience Alto 800 is available with a driver airbag as an option from the base variant onwards. The passenger side ORVM is now a standard. On the higher trims the Alto 800 comes with a rear door child lock that makes travelling with children safer. New convenience features like remote keyless entry, smart storage spaces like rear bottle holder and co-driver side map pocket have been introduced in the Alto 800.
Alto 800: What's new? • Fuel efficiency : 243 Km/I (9 % improvement) in Petrol • Remote keylessentry • Improved rear seat comfort with integrated headrest • Rear doorchild lock • New Aero Edge Design • New trendy headlamp design • Wider lower front grille • Provision of front fog lamp • Two new exterior colours :Mojito Green and Cerulean Blue • New generation brake booster for better performance • Fresh elegant & dassic interiors • New designer seat and door trim fabric