Maruti Suzuki's disclosure of other products don't meets new norms
According to sources Maruti Suzuki has disclosed that nine of its 15 model strong passenger car line-up meet India’s latest crash test norms. The new norms for full-frontal impact, off-set frontal impact and side impact have been in force on all cars launched in India since October 1, 2017. From October 1, 2019, these norms will also extend to all cars currently being sold in the country.
Maruti Suzuki has made public that the S-Cross, Ciaz, Ertiga, Vitara Brezza, Baleno, Dzire, Swift, Ignis and Celerio models already meet the future frontal, off-set-frontal, side impact and pedestrian crash norms. Moreover as for the other models, the car maker has stated that ‘the rest of the models will be compliant to the crash norms ahead of the regulatory timelines.’ Given that the next gen WagonR is in the works and replacements for the Alto K10 and Alto 800 are also in development, Maruti’s disclosure puts a question mark on the future of the remaining three models namely the Omni, Eeco and Gypsy.
Furthermore little is known of replacements for the
Omni and Eeco as yet but Maruti is unlikely to vacate the high volumes segment;
the Omni sold 80,583 units in the last fiscal year while the Eeco raked-up
sales of 74,554 units in the same period.