Maruti Suzuki Ritz to debut on May 15

6 May 2009

Maruti Suzuki India Limited is set to launch India's first BS-IV compliant passenger car the Ritz on May 15.

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The Ritz is a premium hatchback that follows the tallboy design philosophy. It is the latest addition to MSIL's small car line up in India and from the looks of it; the Ritz is all set to give the A2 segment a boost.

To be launched in both petrol and diesel versions, the Ritz will be the first passenger car in India to be compliant with the BS-IV emission norms. The petrol engine is the brand new K series 1.2 litre four cylinder unit that develops 85 Ps and the diesel unit is the 1.3 DDiS unit that already does duty under the Swift diesel's bonnet. As expected, the diesel will dominate the sales charts.

The Ritz is MSIL's eighth new model within 48 months and in the A2 segment, it will be the 7th offering from the Maruti stable.

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User's Comments

esha (06 July 2009 15:28)
exclusive club for Swift owners…www.swift-life.com...meet people like us…cool things to do on the site too..forums, expert advice, games and win prizes too..there are gifts on registration also. | Reply

Anand kumar (15 May 2009 09:23)
Features could had been better | Reply

aditya (13 May 2009 08:42)
for your kind informationi10 is india's first euro iv complaint car | Reply

vinay panchal (11 May 2009 16:56)
i own both wagon r | Reply

Mayank (11 May 2009 15:22)
I am sure it has body coloured interiors i saw it by the name SPLASHIt should be good | Reply

Mayank (11 May 2009 15:19)
I am sure its interiors are same that of body colour because its first name is splash | Reply

Anuj (11 May 2009 12:40)
AStar looks better than this, especially suitable to lady drivers. Ritz is for whom? being BS4 ready alone won't help it survive in this design sensitive market. For males, its only SX4 and Swift doing the right business, that too with long waiting list. Wake-up time for MSIL designers. Right ? | Reply

umang (11 May 2009 00:35)
same body design as A-star..only the head light is changed..nothin gr8.. could hve come up wid a fresh design.. | Reply

sunil asnani (10 May 2009 18:43)
price should be bet-3.8 | Reply

Jasbir (10 May 2009 12:02)
Exellent work | Reply

Veeru Bangalore (10 May 2009 10:52)
It's hard to assess the looks of an car unless we see it practically. It seems like Ritz comes muscular and flair enough to impress Indian customers. It's thousand times better looking than practically successfull Wagon-R, which totally lacks the proportions and sexy curves in design. | Reply

Mfwbm (10 May 2009 09:33)
The design seems to be good and seems like this would be a replacement for WagonR. But what is the point in launching newer diesel models when they are not able to deliver the current models. Heard there is still several months of waiting list fro Swift diesel and Dizire diesel, by the time the waiting lists are cleared, the models would loose its sheen. They should try to ramp up the engine production as well | Reply

Mfwbm (10 May 2009 09:32)
The design seems to be good and seems like this would be a replacement for WagonR. Bt what is the point in launching newer diesel models when they are not able to deliver the current models. Heard there is still several months of waiting list fro Swift diesel and Dizire diesel, by the time the waiting lists are cleared, the models would loose its sheen. They should try to ramp up the engine production as well | Reply

pritish raj (10 May 2009 08:40)
ALL NEW EDITION OF MARUTI CARS ARE VERY BAD IN LOOK , HAS THEIR R | Reply

Narendra (09 May 2009 21:10)
It seems Maruti still is unable to decide between what clothes need to be worn at a party, wheras the party beingning to be over. I hope it is not taking any lessons from Bajaj who have been changing models after models just by switching ones lamp and petrol tank with other. Its near to an end of Maruti Monoploy | Reply

RajeshS (09 May 2009 18:56)
will the MSIL ever think of better shapes...going backwards in adopting shapes while every other companies are improvising with sleeker n smarter shapes... it seems like an old content with a new packing and new name. | Reply

Raj (09 May 2009 13:52)
I don't know what has happened to MSIL. The new designs of the cars starting from Swift to ASTAR-1 are not attractive at all. Others may disagree but the shapes are hayward from the smart looking 800, ZEN, Esteem etc. Whereas Hyundai and TATA have improvised their looks. | Reply

Prachet (09 May 2009 10:26)
What will be the approx cost of petorl version and wat abt the average wid A/C running | Reply

Murli Bhat (09 May 2009 08:59)
I am waiting for the diesel version of the Ritz. Please confirm that the diesel option will be also launched on 15th May | Reply

Narendra Sharma (09 May 2009 02:30)
With right price | Reply

sanjeev (08 May 2009 23:15)
It may have good feature, but the design looks like combination of Santro tata nano i 10. It is like anu malik is making new song after stealing the rythm and words from others song. Hope the price is competitive and affordable to the aam aadmi, like tata nano did. rest wait till it is launched | Reply

nikhil (08 May 2009 17:22)
It will be placed between wagon r and swift, as said ny officials in newspaper. has got good features but the rear part is not as good as it can be, i have seen it in autoexpo, front is amazing, lets hope it will perform as desired and will not be a burden on customer's pocket in regard of milage etc.. best of luck to maruti for ots launch......... | Reply

S Manohar (08 May 2009 15:23)
This car will have everything (except it's terrible looking behind).Don't expect it to be cheaper than the swift. | Reply

Sagar Bhargude (08 May 2009 15:20)
Seems Good. Guess pricing will make a huge difference for this Car. | Reply

Capt jasbir Singh (08 May 2009 15:01)
Looks good and attractive, lets see how she will deal with indian roads | Reply

Manmeet Singh Bhatia (08 May 2009 14:52)
not a good designed car....swift seems to be much more better than RITZ......should be priced around 3 lacks ... than this car will rise its sale.. | Reply

Ramachandran Iyer (08 May 2009 14:24)
Looks like Santro 1998 model re-designed. Maruti need to get some good designers. | Reply

Nikhil (08 May 2009 13:55)
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shubhendu (08 May 2009 13:43)
The price will be between A-start and swift. i.e. areoun 3.75 lakhs. | Reply

Siva (08 May 2009 13:16)
It is expected that the price will be less than I20 price and more than Swift price | Reply

Abi (08 May 2009 12:48)
seems to be a good car but important factor is price | Reply

keithdesa (08 May 2009 00:13)
seems to be good will have to see specs and pricecs | Reply

poonam mohindra (07 May 2009 19:33)
ma wait kar raha ho ki yeha aam admi kay budjet ma aati ha yeha nahi , hum afford kar payega yeha nahi. | Reply

Vijay Yadav (07 May 2009 16:22)
It will be a great cat in small segment by Maruti in india but what will the price ? is it a affordable car for middle class person? | Reply

Niraj (07 May 2009 13:25)
This is great news...I am waiting for its launch.. need to see the price offerings now... | Reply

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