Prices for the petrol with the 5-speed manual gearbox start at Rs 8.19 lakh and go all the way up to Rs 9.97 lakh while the petrol automatic is priced at Rs 9.80 - 10.97 lakh ex-showroom. The diesel engined Maruti Suzuki Ciaz on the other hand gets just a manual gearbox and is priced from Rs 9.97 - 10.97 lakh. It is interesting to note that the fully loaded petrol auto and the fully loaded diesel manual are the exact same price. The Ciaz will take on the Honda City, Hyundai Verna, Toyota Yaris, Volkswagen Vento and the Skoda Rapid. So lets have a quick look at how the Ciaz stacks up in terms of pricing versus its competition.

Now in its 10th year on sale, Maruti’s compact sedan found the least amount of takers this year in the month of November.

Proving its critics wrong, Maruti Suzuki's only premium offering in the country today, the Ciaz, has turned out to be a great success for the company.

The Maruti Suzuki Ciaz has been around for sometime, and has certainly shown signs of ageing. That, however, has not necessarily affected its sale-ability, as it continues compete neck-to-neck against the some of the newer offerings in the segment. However, the Ciaz has gotten longer in the tooth and the automaker is readying the facelifted version that will be going on sale later this year. The 2018 Maruti Suzuki Ciaz facelift was spotted testing recently, and builds our hopes on what to expect from the popular selling compact sedan.

Currently sold through the regular Maruti Suzuki dealership network, the company will soon start using the Nexa-like badging on the Ciaz. Ahead of the official dealer network changeover, the variant line-up of the Nexa-based Ciaz has been leaked.