Colour options of the Maruti Suzuki Alto K-10 include Midnight Black, ECRU Beige, Silky Silver, Fire Brick Red, Superior White, and Sunlight copper. Some interesting features of the Maruti Suzuki Alto include collapsible steering column, side impact beams, child lock, immobiliser, all of which add to the comfort of using the car. The new engine speaks of performance through and through. Even at 100kmph, you do not feel that engine is strained. A test drive on highway was a pleasure and the car accelerated from 0-100kmph in around 15 seconds although Maruti Suzuki claims it to be 13.3 seconds. Power to weight ratios plays an important role in maximum utilization of power developed, and the Alto with gross vehicle weight of 1185 KG clearly has an advantage in this regard.
As can be expected, a small car is economic in nature. In our drive, we achieved a mileage of 18 KMPL against Maruti Suzuki’s claimed 20.2 kmpl.
Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 is a simple car with a simple design that has all features like practicality, driveability, mileage, comfort and price, in a manner well-suited to Indian mind-set. Moreover, it being a Maruti Suzuki , it can be expected to have excellent re-sale value as well as
The Alto K10 with 998 cc engine is clearly a great initiative from Maruti Suzuki. An interesting thing will be the consequences for the A-Star which features the same engine and costs higher by 67 thousand for VXi variant. Even the Wagon R and Estillo also have the same engine and have a price difference of around 67k or so onroad. Of course, the major advantage of other models would be the interior space and hence comfort.