Nov 29: In order to give customers a choice beyond the Esteem segment, Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) today launched 1.6 litre Baleno with a price tag of Rs 6.74 lakh ex-showroom in Delhi.MUL expects to sell 800-1,000 Balenos for the last quarter of this financial year and 10,000 cars for the whole of the next fiscal, a company spokesman told reporters here.
This is a first step of the company's new launches in the near future, MUL managing director Jagdish Khattar said, but refused to divulge details on the new vehicles. However, recent reports in a section of the press suggested that the next offerings next year would be Suzuki's Alto model and Wagon R.
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