Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) on Wednesday launched the third generation WagonR priced between ₹4.19 lakh and ₹5.69 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi).

The company has kept the base pricing same as the outgoing model, while for the top variant, it is ₹31,000 higher from the existing model. While, the 1-litre variant is priced at ₹4.19 lakh to ₹5.22 lakh, the bigger engine option is available at ₹4.89 lakh to ₹5.69 lakh (all, ex-showroom, Delhi).

The WagonR is the market leader and its competitor includes Tata Tiago and Hyundai Santro, which are priced between ₹3.9 lakh and ₹5.64 lakh. MSIL has already received 12,000 bookings for the model. Launched in 1999, there are 22 lakh customers of WagonR till date in the country, the company said.

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New third-gen WagonR 2019

The all-new WagonR is engineered and built on fifth generation Heartect platform and comes with ABS with EBD, driver airbag, seat-belt reminder with buzzer, speed alert system and rear parking sensors as standard in all the trims.

The Heartect platform increases safety of occupants through effective absorption of impact and dispersion of crash energy and assures stability. Use of 40 per cent high tensile steel provides better strength, safety, rigidity and noise, vibration, and harshness performance, the company said.

In addition to 1-litre engine, the new WagonR also comes with a stronger 1.2-litre engine to deliver powerful performance. It offers fuel efficiency for both the engine options: 21.5 km/l for 1.2 L variant and 22.5 km/l for 1.0 L variant, which is nearly 10 per cent higher than the outgoing model, it said.

“Over the years WagonR has become the choice of more than 2.2 million families. We are confident that the new WagonR with its all new robust design, dynamically crafted and spacious interiors, will become the choice of many more Indian families," Kenichi Ayukawa, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, MSIL, said.

The company and its partners have invested around ₹670 crore for development of new WagonR, he said adding that the company expects the all-new WagonR to become a preferred choice just not for families but also for young buyers.

 

 

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