Maruti Suzuki has today launched the new facelift avatar of its famous premium hatchback car Maruti Baleno in the domestic market. The market has been waiting for this hatchback car for a long time, and in the last few months, we have been keeping you informed about many new information related to it. The company has officially launched the new 2022 Maruti Beleno for sale today. The starting price of this car has been fixed at Rs 6.35 lakh, which goes up to Rs 9.49 lakh for the top model.
The company will sell the new Maruti Suzuki Baleno from its premium NEXA dealership as before. The company has included many advanced features in this car, which make it much better than the previous model. The company launched this car in the Indian market for the first time in the year 2015, since then this car got many updates but in the last 7 years it has been launched in the market for the first time with the biggest update. Earlier in the year 2019, the company had given minor updates to this car. Its official booking has already been started, which interested customers can book through the company’s official website and authorized dealerships.
How is the exterior of the new 2022 Maruti Baleno:
As we told you above, the company has made many changes in this car. As far as the exterior is concerned, in the new Maruti Baleno, the company has given Hancomb-pattern ‘NEXWave’ front grille which comes with silver accents. Apart from this, wraparound headlights, flatter clamshell bonnet, redesigned bumper and new fog light housing have been given. Apart from this, the projector headlights have also been widened and the company has given new three-element daytime running lights (DRL’s) in all the variants.
The biggest change in the exterior is seen on its side, the company has given 16-inch alloy wheels in this car, sharp solder lines, long chrome strip windows make the line even more beautiful. At the rear of the car, C-shaped LED taillights have been given, which comes with tailgate and new bumpers. This car has been launched in the market with a total of 6 colors, which include Arctic White, Splendid Silver, Grendier Grey, Nexa Blue, Opulent Red and Lux Beej Color.
A look at the interior and features:
The company has also tried its best to improve the interior of Baleno. Decorated with a new three-layered design, the dashboard gets black at the top, silver accents in the middle and blue finish at the bottom. This dark blue theme is carried over to the door cards and seat upholstery. The dashboard design of the new Baleno is very similar to the new S-Cross sold abroad and the upcoming new Brezza is expected to sport a similar dashboard design.
Additionally, the updated Baleno comes with a new steering wheel (swift-like), new in-car seats apart from new front seats, new switchgear for climate control and a redesigned instrument cluster. The new Maruti Baleno facelift is quite a feature loaded car. It gets features like new 9.0-inch SmartPlay Pro+ touchscreen infotainment system, a heads-up display, Alexa Connect, a 360-degree parking camera, auto dimming IRVM keyless entry and go, automatic climate control and Arkamys surround sound system, among others. However, Maruti Suzuki has decided to exclude a sunroof from the feature list.
Engine Capacity & Gearbox of Maruti Baleno:
In the new Maruti Baleno, the company has used a 1.2-litre capacity K12N petrol engine which is equipped with VVT and Integrated Starter Generator (ISG) technology. This technology will help in improving the performance of the car as well as increasing its mileage. This engine comes mated to a 5-speed manual and automatic gearbox. The company has replaced the CVT gearbox given in the previous model and given AMT gearbox in it. The company claims that the manual variant of this car gives a mileage of 22.35 km and the automatic variant gives a mileage of 22.94 kmpl.