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The 'A-Star' will be available at an introductory price ranging from Rs 3.47 lakh to Rs 4.12 lakh.
"We have started the ground work to launch a car which is conceived, designed and developed fully in India," Maruti Suzuki India Managing Executive Officer (Engineering) I V Rao said. The company is hopeful of rolling out the car in the next four years, he added.
He however, declined to comment whether it would be a small car or a bigger one.
"We are discussing it internally," Rao said.
A-Star is Maruti's fifth global model which would be manufactured only in India. The company plans to sell 50,000 units in the domestic market, while targets to export 1 lakh units.
The car would be manufactured at Manesar production facility.
A-Star will be powered by a 998cc K10B petrol engine and will be available in three variants in the domestic market.
For exports, the company would manufacture A-Star in over 200 variants and sell to around 150 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Africa.
The company expects that A-Star would contribute half of its overall export target of two lakh units by 2010-11.
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i love a-star concept and waiting her car
as beautiful as Aswarita ray
Anything 'SUZUKI(Maruti)-Branded', 'Compact', 'Fuel-Effecient', 'Affordable',
OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE--------------------------I WAS WAITING FOR A LONG TIME TO BUY A NEW MODEL CAR (GUD LOOKING).WHEN I SAW THE MODEL OF ASTAR CONCEPT CAR AND (SHOWED ON DELHI AUTO EXPO)I DECIDED TO BUY THE CAR .BUT TODAY I WAS TOTALY UPSET AND DESP ABOUT THE CAR .THIS CAR IS ACTUALLY IN SOME OTHER COUNTRIESAND IT NAMED AS ALTOSTAR THEIR.(IT IS TOO CHEATING .ACTUALLY WE ARE EXPECTED CONCEPT CAR AND THE MEDIAS ALSO SHOWS THE IMAGES OF NEW MODEL TO BE RELEASING IS CONCEPT CAR)HUM! OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE
Good luck Maruthi on the launch of 'A-Star'. I am delighted to note that in four years time, it has plans to roll out its first indigenous version, which is conceived, designed and developed fully in India. Whilst on this, Maruthi should bear in mind the various factors like fuel efficiency etc., and accordingly price the vehicle. The need of the hour is small cars only and the demands for big luxury cars are on the decline, due to reasons like fuel efficiency, traffic conditions, parking facilities etc.
Though A star is a good initiative from Suzuki. But there are better