Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza notches up 70,000 orders in India, waiting period extends up to nine months

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It appears that the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza is becoming a firm favourite among buyers in India. According to Autocar India, the model has received more than 70,000 orders since it officially entered showrooms there in March 2016.

Dealerships in the country say that about 50% of the bookings for the Vitara Brezza are for the higher-end ZDi and ZDi+ variants, which currently has a waiting period of nine months. Meanwhile, the lower variants – LDi, LDi (O), VDi and VDi (O) made up the rest of the orders, and had a waiting period of seven months.

Economic Times India reports that due to the high demand for the B-segment SUV, Maruti is looking to increase the vehicle’s production in the country. In terms of numbers, Maruti wants to increase Vitara Brezza production at its plant in Gurgaon to 120,000 units, an increase of 40,000 units from what it initially planned.

The increased production should help support Maruti’s plan to commence exports of the Vitara Brezza to Nepal by the end of this month, reports Indian Autos Blog. The carmaker will also be looking to direct units to Indonesia later this year.

The Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza is powered a Fiat-sourced 1.3 litre DDiS 200 diesel engine that develops 90 hp at 4,000 rpm and 200 Nm at 1,750 rpm. Drive is directed to the front wheels via a five-speed manual transmission. Prices start from 6.99 lakh rupees (RM42,896) to 9.68 lakh rupees (RM59,403).

With the encouraging response to the Suzuki SUV in India, do you think the Vitara Brezza would be a best-seller in Malaysia it were to, let’s say, be rebadged as a Proton model? If you need some idea of just what that might look like, check out this year’s April Fool’s joke before sharing your thoughts.

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Comments

  • Proton should rebadge this with 2 engine choice,1.6 or 1.4t booster jet…and sell below 70k

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    • Some says Fiat engine here, sure will be condemn fast and spare parts need to wait few months. Somemore manual GB only, MY pipu dun wan. So better P1 dun bring it here

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  • Is this oso 0 star Indian NCAP?

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  • hailthepurist on May 31, 2016 at 2:12 pm

    from RM42,896 for manual 5-speed, prozuki should bring this..

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  • it looks nice, no wonder the waiting list
    But recently there were some bad coverage on the NCAP results for Maruti, some went as low as 0 star…
    hope this model is out of the norm

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  • orang biasa on May 31, 2016 at 2:35 pm

    Suzuki Vitara Brezza kasi proton rebadge, boleh!
    Masalahnya, price, items, engine dan design.
    Nanti mai sini, ini itu barang remove lah, engine pakai cam-pro lah, dan harga murah sikit compare to HRV.
    Design jadi bentuk lain pula.
    Ini memang proton punya style-lo ler.

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  • fastd on May 31, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    Let see the how ertiga rebadge can captured Malaysian…

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  • Yazawa on May 31, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    Decent spec and design. Small SUV are quite demanding in Malaysia.

    However the safety is quite concerning due to recent India cars’ NCAP result. Hope Proton can do some R&D when rebadging it to improve it’s safety, and for sure this will be selling well here.

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  • Diana on May 31, 2016 at 6:26 pm

    200nm torque that’s the same pulling power as a Preve turbo. Proton shud rebadge this and sell below RM50k and I’ll definitely buy if engine is the Suzuki 1.5 in the swift. Rebadge this and compete with Myvi is what Proton need to do to sustain it’s business.

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