Maruti Suzuki Ciaz has garnered 3000 bookings in mere 3 days since the bookings have started.The advance booking for the upcoming Ciaz were started on September 3rd at a price of Rs 21,000. Ciaz will be launched against the likes of Honda City and Hyundai Verna. Speaking about the engine, Ciaz will be offered in both petrol and diesel, the petrol version will feature a 1.4-liter K14 petrol engine while the diesel counterpart will sport a 1.3-liter DDiS turbo diesel mill, both of which are coupled to a 5 speed manual while a 4-speed AT on petrol will be offered later. Prominent features on the Ciaz are, projector headlamps, touchscreen infotainment system, rear AC vents while on the safety front expect ABS, EBD and driver airbag are standard (except the base trim) in the upcoming sedan. Petrol variants will be named as VXI, VXI+, ZXI and ZXI+ while the diesel variants are named as VDI, VDI+, ZDI and ZDI+.
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has unveiled the much anticipated Ciaz Concept Sedan in the Auto Expo as declared. This new sedan is touted to be the replacement of the Maruti SX4 sedan, which was first launched way back in year 2007, and since then the vehicle has not received any major updates. The major rivals of the vehicle are Honda city and Hyundai Verna, these are constantly updated and even the Fluidic Verna dethroned the segment king City. The SX4 sold well in the initial years of the launch, but lacking of the diesel alternative and face lifts, mars the sales of the vehicle. The 1.3L Multi-Jet diesel engine powered sedan came late in 2011, this delay had cost the home grown manufacturer a lot. The market was already conquered by the Fluidic Verna. The vehicle got a mild facelift sometime back, which included the new chrome based grille and infotainment system along with quite a few other things. These minuscule changes didn't help the vehicle in sales and still showed declining numbers. None of the offerings from the manufacturer in the high end segment is helping in the overall profit of the organization, except the Ertiga MPV
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