Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

India's leading car maker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), in a bid to offset the rising input cost pressure has raised the prices of the new diesel variants of its sedan DZire by up to Rs 12,000 with effect from May 01, 2012. The country's largest car maker has increased the rates of the model between Rs 8,000 and Rs 12,000.

The company had rolled out a shorter version of its entry-level sedan DZire in February this year at an introductory price between Rs 4.79 lakh and Rs 7.09 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The company priced the petrol variants of the new DZire between Rs 4.79 lakh and Rs 6.54 lakh, while the diesel ones come for Rs 5.80 lakh to Rs 7.09 lakh.

Recently, the company’s Ritz car had successfully achieved the 2 lakh sales mark in premium hatchback segment within a short span of 36 months of its launch. Ritz like its sibling Swift is one of the fastest models to achieve the 200,000 mark.