Price of New Maruti Alto K10
Maruti Alto K10 LXi - Rs 3.03 lakh, ex-showroom, New Delhi
Maruti Alto K10 VXi - Rs. 3.16 lakh, ex-showroom, New Delhi
Maruti Alto K10 LXi - Rs 3.18 lakh, ex-showroom, Mumbai
Maruti Alto K10 VXi - Rs. 3.32 lakh, ex-showroom, Mumbai
The above prices are introductory prices for the non-metallic paint versions.
Maruti Alto is one of the incarnations of the a common platform, designed with the Japanese principles of kei-ji-dosha which strictly decide the dimensions a car must confirm to in order to be called a small car, in japan that is. As a matter of fact, it is the elder brother of the maruti 800. At one point of time, maruti was selling 3 versions of the maruti 800 here - the 800, Alto and the old Zen. All are different generations of same model.
Launched eight years ago, the Alto has displaced the M800 as Maruti's flagship company in the domestic market. Moreover, this model is also exported to other countries including Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Greece, Austria, Ireland, the UK, France, Italy and Sweden and now it plans to start exporting it to new markets like Denmark, Hungary and Portugal.
So far it has exported nearly 2 lakh Altos. During FY 2007-08, Maruti sold sold 227,170 units in the domestic market. Alto sales have actually picked up very fast over the last 24-30 months. While Maruti only sold around 500,000 units of the Alto within the first six years of the car's launch, it has sold around the same number over the last two years.