Maruti Suzuki A-Star

[Sushubh]

umm maruti a-star is not exactly a luxury premium hatchback! fiat 500, Volkswagen Beetle, Mercedes A-Class, Smart Car... these are not budget hatchbacks.

 

[vebk]

Well that's my mistake then - I thought it would be a premium hatchback, albeit a realtively cheap one at that. If it's for 3-4 lakhs then we can forget about all the awesome things they showed off at the AutoExpo.

 

[Dushie]

4 lakhs seems to be a bit on the expensive side, wish they re look at pricing strategy

 

[Sushubh]

maruti has gone nuts with the pricing of their recent models. dzire, sx4... terrible products.

 

[vebk]

4 lakhs is on the expensive side?!? What are you comparing it to? Tata Nanos?

I saw the car at the Auto Expo and it looked beautiful!! I personally think they should have retained the looks and features and marketed it as a luxury hatchback in a upper category (say around Rs. 6 lakhs). Unfortunately now it seems it will be a severely downgraded version, which won't stand apart from the zens and santros of the world.

 

[Sushubh]

they are aiming at i10 with this model... considering both of these models would have the newer generation petrol engines (kappa vs. k series)... but the pricing takes it to the levels of swift. which makes both i10 and a-star undesirable for me.

 

[dark_horizon]

Maruti would also be launching another small car in january named Splash.I am looking forward to it.

 

[vebk]

I thought the splash was rather Meh.

 

[Sushubh]

i think splash looks better than a-star

 

[Dushie]

at 4 lakhs, its overpriced for indian customers