This is the Maruti Suzuki Concept rIII, designed in India by a “team of young and enthusiastic engineers”. Built on a theme of “togetherness”, the Concept rIII is for the “big family” with “bigger needs” without the bulky looks of a traditional MPV. The seating configuration is in a 2-2-2 formation.
It’s a good effort that looks neat and modern, but after yesterday’s post on the Opel Meriva, we can’t help but draw similarities between the two. As with the GM product, the Concept rIII features rear-hinged “suicide” doors and a kink in the windowline! This compact MPV sits on a stretched SX4 platform with a monocoque body, so it should offer a more car-like experience compared to body on frame rivals like the Toyota Innova, which Indians are familiar with.
Shinzo Nakanishi, MD & CEO of Maruti Suzuki revealed that the company will introduce CNG (compressed natural gas) technology in the near future, so that could make an appearance in the production rIII. Or perhaps, Volkswagen drivetrains, now that Wolfsburg and Suzuki are walking hand-in-hand. Fiat’s 1.3-litre Multijet diesel should be available, as per Maruti Suzuki’s current cars.
Maruti Suzuki, which holds about 50% market share in India, will be keen to diversify its range as rivals take aim at the small car segment, which is its stronghold. The brand also showed off the Kizashi sedan (which it bills as Super Luxury) at the Delhi show.
More pictures after the jump!
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bring all those things to production, minus the suicide doors.
first…
like the suicide door..
i think better that the ALzA…
Ahak
they are very lucky to get low cost and beautifull car !
Rear loooks slightly weird. Not sure it will look anything like that production time
1st pic – picanto
3rd pic – honda jazz
4th pic – nissan lavina
front look is macho, but rear design is shitty. never suicide before? try the suicide door..
rear n side profile looks nice.. not diggin the front look.
probably production version looks better..
I tot the majority will be the small A-segment car in the Delhi show, but it seem more sedan & mpv..
Btw, spund that suzuki target for bigger car de..
wow…nice design
ai, suicide door jugak….
I love the doors! Same concept like RX8. Wish VW will do the same for Beetle.. I found that 2-door cars are so troublesome if more than 2 people need to get into the car…
looks like opel Meriva.
love the suicide doors
Nice Car!!!
wowww.. nice. ^^
interesting….!
looks like they just copied the meriva days after the pictures of the meriva was released
Wow, really cool and futuristic looks…
those dashboard awesome!
the seat looks good…but does it comfortable?
Suddenly India become more and more attractive for carmakers to introduce small cars. VW gain so much with this Suzuki launch. They own it right.
awesome interior…
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suzuki's wonder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great looks..
Supposedly they are similar because of the GM and Suzuki relationship, and both were designed by the same Indian design house.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/110010523818/suzuki-r…
suicide doors…. menyusahkan! kalo parking rapat2 ssh nak masuk.. x practical..
i think this is a direct copy of honda skydeck
same 2+2+2
same big door (no B pilar)
same futuristic dasboard
i don't really care which car company bring it to the market (suzuki or honda)… i really love the door. it would make ingress outgress easy, and… would make us easy to put stuff on the car such as bed, table, etc.
WOooooowww…very nice
5* for the interior
Design looks good – as someone in this forum queried, am not sure how comfort passengers would feel sitting in the card – wait and watch until production rollout… Any guess from this forum or author on what the price tag would be?
what will be price for this?
Who designed that doors, definitely not by an engineer but seems to be by a pogo fan comedy boy.Do you want to send the total family to heaven in one shot. This Maruti fellows so far nevere released a full car except sx4 & dzire.DONT THAIK ALWAYS ABOUT ECONOMY BUT DO THINK ABOUT SAFETY ALSO.All conjoos.
I like the design but the door are horrible , and what the price of the car