Delhi Auto Expo: 2012 Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV Revealed

India’s leading passenger car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) will be unveiled its 2012 Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV at Maruti’s stall at the 2012 Auto Expo in New Delhi.

The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga, and that is owing to go on sale by late-March 2012, is Maruti’s to begin with crack at the MPV segment.

Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV

2012 Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV based on an extended Swift platform, the Ertiga carries the Maruti family glimpse together with the front resembling the Ritz hatchback while the peeled-back headlights that stretch into the pronounced wheel arches are reminiscent on the new Swift.

Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV

The front bumper styling is quite sporty by using a substantial air inlet and neat enclosures for the fog lighting. Tail styling appears fairly generic while. The general duration is 4265mm and so the Ertiga does not qualify for excise benefits obtainable to sub four-metre automobiles.

Maruti has extended the Swift wheelbase to 2740mm and this has allowed the inclusion of the third row of seats, the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV can seat seven passengers inside of a 2+3+2 layout.

Flexible seating also lets you reconfigure the seats to totally free up luggage space by folding the last row as well as individual seats around the middle row. The cabin attributes a combination of black and beige plastics which offers it an upmarket search.

Having said that, the dashboard layout is identical for the Swift.

Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV: Engine

The Ertiga might be featured in three trim ranges on both equally petrol and diesel variations, and though climate manage won’t be featured on any product, a twin AC technique is going to be component of regular kit.

Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV will debut the newest K14B petrol engine in the Ertiga MPV. The newest addition for the K Series engine (K-14) family produces 93.87bhp at 6000rpm and 13.25kgm at 4000rpm. In case the 16kmpl for the petrol and 20kmpl for the diesel ARAI-tested figure is everything to go by, real-world fuel efficiency system out of this motor should be very good as well.

The Ertiga works by using the identical gearbox because Swift even though the gear ratios are tweaked to compensate for your heavier loads the motor are going to be issue to. Also on offer diesel engine will be the 89bhp, powered by 1.3-litre DDiS super turbo engine from the SX4.

The price of the Ertiga is expected to vary between Rs 7 lakh and Rs 8.5 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Compact MPV