India's largest carmaker Maruti Udyog on Thursday launched a variant of its premium small car model 'Alto'. The 1061cc vehicle -'Alto VXI'- would sport a price tag of Rs 3.77 lakhs (ex-showroom Delhi), company officials told newsmwn in New Delhi.
The car would come fitted with Maruti's true response electronic power steering (EPS) to provide better steering control and comfortable driving, they said. The 'alto VXI' would add to the existing two 'Alto' variants currently manufactured by Maruti, the officials said and added that the new variant would retain all the features of a fully loaded 'Alto VX 1.1'.
Maruti also produces six variants of the 'Zen' and four versions of the 'Wagon-R' models in the competitive premium small car segment. EPS also has an in-built computer which contributes to higher responsiveness of the steering. It also entails lower maintenance cost and is more compact than the ordinary hydraulic power steering, the officials said.
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