Latest News Of Maruti Suzuki Upcoming Cars, Ignis and S-Cross Facelift

Here is the latest information, launch date, specifications, variants, as well about the upcoming

cars, Maruti Ignis and S-Cross Crossover.

Maruti Suzuki postponed Ignis launch owing to Baleno and Brezza demand

Economic Times reported that the largest Indian car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki has

postponed the launch of its upcoming car, Maruti Ignis in the Indian market due to meet the

demands of Baleno and Vitara Brezza. As per the reports, the launch of Ignis small crossover

suspended by three to six months as both models together received 1 lakh bookings in India.

The Ignis car will launch in 2017 instead of introducing in the festival period. Familiar with

the reports, the upcoming crossover has scheduled to start its production in the last week of

September 2016 as well as introduce in the last week of November 2016.

Before launching the new product (car), the carmaker has decided to clear the pending booking

orders of the Vitara Brezza and Baleno by increasing the production capacity. That’s why the

company has taken this decision on the Ignis launch. If launched, the new crossover is expected

to be accounted for 60,000 to 80,000 units in a year. This is respectable for the company even

though, Maruti Suzuki has that much of the production capacity at the manufacturing units,

according to vendors of MSIL.

The Baleno premium hatchback has been launched in the end of October 2015 and the Vitara

Brezza is available in India from March 2016. Baleno is playing a significant role in the

premium hatchback segment and accounted for more than 1lakh sales along with the S-Cross

in the one year period of Nexa Network. In the report, they didn’t discuss the launch of Baleno

RS, showcased at the 2016 Auto Expo with the performance oriented 1.0-litre BoosterJet

engine.

Being a first compact SUV (high demandable segment in the country) from the biggest Indian

carmaker, the Vitara Brezza has received the waiting period of six to nine months based on the

model version and location. In addition, the fire accident at the Subros, service provider of

Maruti Suzuki, influenced the company’s production in India.

Maruti Suzuki to launch S-Cross facelift in 2017:

With the reports from Motor Octane, the Maruti S-Cross facelift is expected to be launched in

the country in 2017. But, the S-Cross facelift has already reached to the European market. The

crossover facelift comes with the several major upgrades in terms of design, interior and

exterior equipment. The overall look of the S-Cross facelift is equivalent to the existing model

but, it comes with the special effects to reach all kinds of customers in the global market. There

is a difference between the Indian-specific and export-specific models, especially in the

mechanical equipment.

The S-Cross is the first premium crossover from Maruti Suzuki and it has been launched in

2015 in the Indian market. The same model manufactured in India was exported to the other

countries, but the model didn’t meet the company’s expectation in the domestic as well as

global markets. As for that reason, Maruti Suzuki has committed to introduce the crossover

facelift in the country as soon as possible.

Being a premium product, the S-Cross crossover is available through the NEXA network,

which has the premium dealerships introduced in the last year. The network has sold more than

1 lakh units of both premium cars, Baleno and S-Cross, in its one year period.

The crossover has been spied with the partially covered body for several times for the overall

testing. Moreover, the sketched model and the images of the S-Cross facelift is available on

the Internet and indicated that the S-Cross facelift comes with the new front fascia and stylish

front grille with the vertical slat. The car front look is different from the Suzuki products with

the new headlamp and grille design. This is the first time, the S-Cross has disclosed with the

vertical slats grille.

For India, the S-Cross will continue the same 13-litre and 1.6-litre diesel engines and the petrol

variants to be offered with the 1.4-litre petrol engine. The transmission options will be offered

in the S-Cross crossover, standard 5-speed manual and automatic gearboxes. The export-

specific model will be featured the new BoosterJet engine. We will share the whole details

soon regarding the S-Cross facelift, which is expected to be priced a little bit higher than the

current one.