Maruti Suzuki has a large family of small cars in India, ranging from the super basic 800 to the Swift, which is actually a big hatchback there. In between them is the best selling Alto (based on Mk5 Suzuki Alto), the tallboy Estilo (MR Wagon in Japan), the Wagon R, the A-Star (we know it here as the Suzuki Alto) and the Ritz, which is called Splash in Europe.
According to reports, the market leading brand will add another model to that large family of hatchbacks, and it’s the Suzuki Cervo, which comes in a modern monobox design. Launched in Japan in 2006, the Cervo is one of Suzuki’s many kei cars, which means that it conforms to the usual footprint and 660cc limits.
Some Indian commentators say that it will be positioned as a Tata Nano rival, while others claim that it will be placed a notch above the Alto. Its arrival is more certain though, and some say that it will be launched in October, in time for this year’s Diwali celebrations.
Other upcoming models for Maruti are the new Swift and the R III MPV. The latter, which is a “made in India for India” model shown in concept form at last year’s Delhi show, has already been caught undergoing testing lately.
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Nice looking Cervo.
Looks better than P2’s Viva.
Looks like a very good design, now that VW owns part of the company, they may actuall get TSI engines at a later date and may sport a SPORT badge using Fiat’s or VW’s TDCi engine, if they make on in below 1.0L. Both good design and good engine makes a good combination. Pity the Japs don’t have good little TDCi and TSI engine which is what the market needs for simple runabout vehicles.
reminds me of Changan ERA… better version perhaps? hoho..
changan is joint venture between suzuki and changan in china
looks better then the fugly alto!
I think it did some heavy borrowing from Honda Jazz :)
If you read carefully, this Suzuki was launched in Japan in 2006, Then there is an equal possibility that Honda Jazz was the one doing the copying.
Neat interior by Suzuki, Paultan got specs?
hope it coming to malaysia and replace alto…
Nice design from suzuki on hatchback car. definitely win over honda BRIO hatchback design from every angle view including interior dashboard.
make this model come to malaysia…
A stunner and where is Proton in India ?
Better pullout from that competitive market cos
you will be trampled by the big boys…be forewarned!!
Brio should technically compete with Alto. This is one level lower since its a Kei class, sub 1,000cc car.
Manual transmission please!
Cervo has been discontinued in Japan since last year. i doubt it will serve well here since Alto is suffering slow sales much like its Smash Revo kapchais. (although, coincidentally, both are priced rather cheap in respective markets… haha)
I just don’t understand why a good looking product such as this suffers discontinuity in Japan. Perhaps they prefer boxy and sharp lines than this.
What applies in Japan may not apply anywhere else. The ladies love Mazda 2 there but everywhere else knows that Ford Fiesta is the better of the two. Its what you call limited consumer knowledge due to protectionism, regional deals etc. That happens everywhere…
This Cervo beat than Overpriced Sime Darby JUNK inokom i10 100 times.
SD is a real greedy, how can a A Segment 1.25 car that enjoy national car tax rebate still price at 52,688.
But i not suprise as it employed sub standard staff to promote Fiesta & their Biodiesel :-) over auto blog.
Looks like the Jazzz…..not exclusive!!!
very much look alike Chevy Spark. If we got even playing field nobody will buy Viva with their current prices.
This thing looks alright….
TFazuin says:
‘What applies in Japan may not apply anywhere else. The ladies love Mazda 2 there but everywhere else knows that Ford Fiesta is the better of the two. Its what you call limited consumer knowledge due to protectionism, regional deals etc. That happens everywhere’…
so ur saying that japs are dumb for choosing the mazda 2 over a ford?…..i guess maybe the germans are dumb for choosing polos or skodas over the fiesta as well…and so on and so forth..none of those marketes are protected or they dun lack knowledge or have regional ‘deals’..they aint third world….they choose these cars because its cheaper and they can probably relate to it a little more. like the mazda 2 example u gave where apprently ladies love it in Japan…buying cars based on what ‘everybody’ or ‘everywhere’ else thinks is third world mentality. and that is due to limited consumer knowledge. or signes of protectionism…our local buying trends mirror that….. cheers…:)