Maruti Alto

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Maruti Alto
Manufacturer Maruti Udyog
Class Subcompact
Related Suzuki Alto

The Maruti Alto is a subcompact car manufactured by Maruti Udyog in India. It is the best-selling car in India. [1] It is also exported to a number of countries in southeastern Asia including Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and to Chile.

The Alto is powered by a 796 cc gasoline engine with 3 cylinder, 4 valves per cylinder MPFI engine with 32bit ECM.

  • Maximum Power: 46 bhp
  • Acceleration 0-100 km/h: approximately 20 seconds
  • Top Speed: 125-130 km/h

The Alto is offered in the following variants:

  • Base model - All that is needed in a basic car.
  • LX - Base model with A/c, cup holders, fabric seats and few small changes
  • LXi - Same as LX with power steering.

There used to be a VX/VXi model with a 4-cylinder 1061 cc engine (64 bhp/80 Nm torque). This has now been discontinued. But this VX model is still sold in certain European countries. The Alto VX model also featured a tachometer which was absent in LX model.

All models are equipped with 5-speed manual transmission.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Continental Divide: The Most Popular Cars by Continent

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