First glance at the star

Maruti Suzuki has finally unveiled the aesthetic hatchback for which we have been anxiously waiting. India’s largest car manufacturers Maruti Suzuki have made the A Star available at an introductory price range of 3.47 lakh to 4.12 lakh. The car will be manufactured at the company’s Manesar facility. The company expects the A star to complete half of its export targets of two lakh units by 2010-11.

The A Star will be available in three different variants in the Indian markets and it will posses a 998cc K10B petrol engine.

"The A star, stop @ nothing!" This is what the official website of the Maruti Suzuki A Star says. Well, only time will tell. For now we have the A star website to look at www.marutisuzukiastar.com

Did you see that?

We all love videos and youtube, so here's a video of a car I'm excited about - the A-Star. God bless free video sharing for showing us that the car does look as funky as the pictures suggest

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=4o6F9vSdo_8

The Maruti Suzuki’s A star is a due to launch soon. The car was first showcased at the Auto Expo in February and the looks of the car were admirable! Now it seems that everybody wants to get their hands on this one. But will it be that easy ? I honestly don’t think so. The car will be manufactured in the company’s Manesar facility in Haryana , but initially, it will sell only 50,000 units in India every year though it will produce 2 lacs units. The rest will go to Europe and the rest of the world.

"Wow, That's so cool" was my reaction when I acknowledged that The A star (the new alto)
will be manufactured in India and distributed all over the world. In the rise of the rupee depreciation due to the constantly falling markets, this is one of the things that brings a smile back on ones face. An estimated figure of around one lakh units of the Maruti A star will cater to the European markets under the Suzuki badge. However, the car will be manufactured in our very own backyard the company's Manesar facility in Haryana.

Aesthetic! As far as looks are concern, A-star(new alto) looks very good and having decent space too. There can be no doubting that Maruti Suzuki has produced a robust, good-looking, practical, and cheap-to-run car. For a start, it's a much better-looking thing than the small Suzukis we've known before. The oversized headlights, prominent radiator grille and the added 'wedge' to the car's bodyside give it a modern, cheeky look, and an abundance of visual appeal. This car has character.

Our roads will soon welcome the arrival of the new Maruti A Star. It has been designed by Rajesh Kumar Gogu and Saurabh Singh of Maruti Suzuki India in conjunction with Suzuki of Japan. The five-door hatchback has been engineered by taking European trends and standards into consideration. In the words of Shinzo Nakanishi, the managing director of Suzuki Motor Corporation, the car will be produced from the company's Manesar facility in Haryana, by the end of October this year. The car will have an all-new Euro 5-compliant 1.0-litre aluminium petrol engine with CO2 emissions lower than those of European competitors. It has a bold design language with strong lines and large wheel arches. Clever packaging means a five-door model is on the cards, suggesting interior space will be good.