Auto Expo 2014: Maruti unveils luxury sedan Ciaz, SX4 S-Cross crossover

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.993711471557617px;">Primarily an A3 segment sedan, the Ciaz has been designed chiefly for the Indian and Chinese markets</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.993711471557617px;"><br /></span> <div class="float8" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.960000038146973px; margin: 0px auto -3px; width: 628px;"> <div class="img"> <div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em; margin-top: 4px;"> <img alt="Maruti unveils Cian sedan (© PTI)" class="img1" height="369" src="http://kaw.stb.s-msn.com/i/DF/159F87CA99474D745C5CADF14A03D.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(181, 181, 181); padding: 1px;" title="Maruti unveils Cian sedan (© PTI)" width="624" /></div> <div class="copyright" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #999999; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: -9px; padding-bottom: 2px;"> PTI</div> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em;"> Greater Noida: India's car market leader Maruti Suzuki India today unveiled two concept models - sedan Ciaz and crossover SX4 S-Cross - as it looks to enhance its position in the bigger sedan segment going forward.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em;"> Amid a slowdown in the market, the company said it was looking to achieve sales it had in last fiscal year in 2013-14. "The SX4 S-Cross and Ciaz are models to expand our product range in future," Maruti Suzuki India Managing Director and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa told reporters here at the Auto Expo.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em;"> Expressing optimism about the Indian market, he said in the last 30 years since its inception, MSI has sold 12 million vehicles but it covered only one per cent of the country. "We have the other 99 per cent to cover," Ayukawa said.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em;"> Commenting on the importance of the two new concepts unveiled here, Suzuki Motor Corporation Executive Vice President T Suzuki said: "In 2004, we had the first global model launch of Swift and these two are in line with that...The two cars we are unveiling today are aimed to meet the growing demand of sedans in India, China and elsewhere."</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em;"> He said since 1955, Suzuki has sold 50 million vehicles. Commenting on the sales prospects for this year, Ayukawa said: "The automobile market in India is on a slowdown. Our effort is to achieve sales of last (fiscal) year in this year."</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em;"> The company had registered sales of around 10.6 lakh units in the domestic market in 2012-13.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em;"> The concept Ciaz, as and when it hits the market will compete worth the likes of Honda City and Hyundai Verna in the C segment sedans.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.333em;"> Apart from the two concepts, MSI is displaying 14 different models, including variants of existing models such as Swift, Alto, Ritz, Ertiga and Dzire.</div> </div>

Auto Expo 2014: Maruti unveils luxury sedan Ciaz, SX4 S-Cross crossover

Primarily an A3 segment sedan, the Ciaz has been designed chiefly for the Indian and Chinese markets PTI Greater Noida: India...

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