Maruti Suzuki Alto Now Available With Driver Airbag as Option

By Carandbike Team

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Published on January 14, 2016

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Maruti Suzuki today announced that the driver airbag will now be offered as an option in all variants of Alto 800 and Alto K10. This move shows the company's dedication to enhance safety for its customers. Considering that the Alto has been India's largest selling car for 10 years in a row, and is still selling an average of 22,000 units a month, the move to improve safety in the car doesn't come as a surprise. The standard version of the Alto with the option of the airbag is now priced at Rs. 2.62 lakh while the LXI variant of the K10 with the airbag costs Rs. 3.45 lakh (all prices ex-showroom Delhi) Also Read: Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 AMT Review Maruti Suzuki has been upped the quotient by introducing enhanced safety equipment in a large number of models. We've already seen Dual airbags with ABS and EBD offered as standard across variants of S-Cross and Baleno. This was followed by making dual airbags, ABS with EBD available as an option in all variants of Ciaz, Eritga, DZire, WagonR and Celerio. Also Read: Airbags Might Soon Be Part of Standard Equipment in India Mr. R S Kalsi, Executive Director, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki, said: "With driver airbag being offered from the base variant upward as an option for the Alto, a very large number of car customers in India will feel reassured. We have offered enhanced safety features, from the base variants, across our model range, ahead of regulations." While the airbag is still not part of standard equipment on the Alto but the left outside rear view mirror will be made available across all variants of Alto Also Read: Maruti Alto 800 Review Here are the prices of the car. Alto 800 STD (O): Rs. 2.62 lakh LX (O): Rs. 2.98 lakh LXI (O): Rs. 3.21 lakh LXI CNG (O): Rs. 3.78 lakh Alto K10 LXI (O): Rs. 3.45 lakh VXI AGS (O): Rs. 4.11 lakh LXI CNG (O): Rs. 4.08 lakh