{"id":1479,"date":"2007-12-11T21:10:13","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T15:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-pictorial-preview\/"},"modified":"2013-08-13T11:29:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T05:59:20","slug":"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-pictorial-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-pictorial-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Maruti Suzuki A-star concept &#8211; Pictorial Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>(Updated 19th November) To view the actual pictures, know the technical specifications, see the a-star brochure and read the test drive of A-star visit <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/tag\/a-star\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/tag\/a-star\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(updated 08th August )To read our latest report on Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s A-star and see pictures visit<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YH0HvfgIQP\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/maruti-suzukis-new-alto-a-star\/\">Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s new Alto &#8211; A-star<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe title=\"&#8220;Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s new Alto &#8211; A-star&#8221; &#8212; Vicky.in Blog\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/maruti-suzukis-new-alto-a-star\/embed\/#?secret=YH0HvfgIQP\" data-secret=\"YH0HvfgIQP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To read our latest report on Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s A-star and see pictures visit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/maruti-a-star-pictorial-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/maruti-a-star-pictorial-preview\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1) <em><strong>Maruti Suzuki A-star: <\/strong><\/em> India is an important market for Suzuki which outsold Japan in the first half of 2007.  Recently Suzuki hinted its desire to holding the 50% market share in indian passenger car industry for eternal. It seems that suzuki is trying hard to make this true. &#8220;Our next world car will be made in India,&#8221; Chairman Osamu Suzuki told in New Delhi today(October 11th). After swift, Maruti has worked closely with Suzuki Motors to build a car, called as A-star, this hatchback will be the fifth global car for Suzuki but first to be produced in India. Swift sedan, splash hatchback and the new car A-Star will be the part of Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s ongoing efforts to protect its market share in India, which stood at 54 percent in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"suzuki_badge.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/suzuki_badge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/suzuki_badge.jpg\" alt=\"suzuki_badge.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) <em><strong>Few firsts:<\/strong><\/em> Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s A-star concept will be debuted at the forthcoming Delhi Auto expo and then it will be showcased in rest of international shows. For european market, A-star would be the Suzuki&#8217;s new Alto which is scheduled to debut at Geneva Motor show in March. For the first time,  Maruti engineers in India have contributed to one of the Suzuki&#8217;s global project right from its inception.<\/p>\n<p>The production model that inherits some of the design themes of the Concept A-Star will be manufactured at Maruti Suzuki India&#8217;s plant. Like the already-launched Suzuki world strategic models(swift, SX4, new vitara and splash. ), it will prove that sporty and exciting performance can be enjoyed together with outstanding fuel economy.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-front-view.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[roadtrip]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-front-view.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-front-view.jpg\" alt=\"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-front-view.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) <em><strong>Maruti Suzuki A-star:<\/strong><\/em> It has almost become a rule for modern hatchbacks to feature low slung grille, A-star complies to that. Number plate will sit on the broad strip. Large front bumper and spruced up fenders gives a sporty chracter to this hatchback. The eye shaped headlamps is clearly a &#8216;wow&#8217; factor. The size and front of A-star remind us the old Chevrolet Matiz, albeit with a more muscular and sporting than its competitors, at least in prototype. It seems Maruti suzuki is responding to the customer&#8217;s voice, unlike the swift the rear passenger will have more visibility. A-star&#8217;s large rear windscreen will facilate it. The only sorepoint in the concept, is the position of suzuki&#8217;s badge, could have been postioned better.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-side.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[roadtrip]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-side.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-side.jpg\" alt=\"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-side.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4) <em><strong>Maruti Suzuki A-star:<\/strong><\/em> A-star will have a newly developed euro 5-compliant 1.0-litre aluminium petrol engine with CO2 emissions lower than those of European competitors (lower than 109g\/km).  The engine and the manual transmission for the A-star will be manufactured by Suzuki Powertrain India. Suzuki would consider making a version with a small diesel engine from its powertrain unit in India.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-rear.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[roadtrip]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-rear.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-rear.jpg\" alt=\"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-rear.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5) <em><strong>Maruti Suzuki A-star: <\/strong><\/em>A-star, a five door hatchback woould fit into the A &#8211; segment (currently alto is the market leader of this segment)<em>. A-star is expected to be priced around the 3 lakh range($7500). Are u<strong> <\/strong><\/em>lured by A-star&#8217;s proportion &amp; its dynamic lines and interested in getting one? if numbers are to be believed you dream of booking a A-star won&#8217;t be easy, it might be one of the toughest you have ever come across.  Maruti will sell only 50000 A-star a year (atleast initially) though it will produce 2lakh A-star&#8217;s a year. The number of Swift being sold by maruti suzuki every month is in the range of 6000 to 7,000 units . Production of A-star will begin by october 2008.  Regarding the launch, Maruti Suzuki will export the A-star first to Europe (from December 2008) and later it will be launched in india. Apart from the A-star, Suzuki will also produce a new platform(Model N) in India in alliance with Maruti.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-side-view-1.jpg\" rel=\"\u201dlightbox[roadtrip]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-side-view-1.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-side-view-1.jpg\" alt=\"maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-side-view-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Updated 19th November) To view the actual pictures, know the technical specifications, see the a-star brochure and read the test drive of A-star visit http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/tag\/a-star\/ (updated 08th August )To read our latest report on Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s A-star and see pictures visit Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s new Alto &#8211; A-star To read our latest report on Maruti Suzuki&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/maruti-suzuki-a-star-concept-pictorial-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Maruti Suzuki A-star concept &#8211; Pictorial Preview&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,30],"tags":[158,485,525,354,259,298,279,483,43,2350,324,477],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18101,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions\/18101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}