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With the mid-size Ciaz discontinued last year, the sub-4 metre Dzire is now the only sedan existing in Maruti Suzuki’s line-up
SUVs may be all the rage, but sedans are here to stay and perhaps even get back in the lead in a key segment. Defying an inconceivable market trend, the Maruti Dzire climbed straight to the no.1 position on India’s new car sales chart last year.
A year ago, Tata Motors made headlines when it broke Maruti Suzuki’s four-decade streak of selling India’s best-selling car, and that was with the Punch micro-SUV. The Indo-Japanese joint venture is back to reclaim the highly coveted top spot in the four-million-plus car market, and it has surprisingly done so with a sedan.
Maruti Suzuki does not announce model-wise sales, but industry data shows the company sold 2.14 lakh units of the Dzire in 2024. The volume includes the car’s taxi version as well, which the company markets as the ‘Tour S’.
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The Dzire transitioned into its fourth generation in November 2024, which made 2025 the first full year of sales for its latest version. It appears this redesign has really worked wonders for Maruti Suzuki, and the GST rate on it going down from 29% to 18% last September provided a major additional boost. The sub-4 metre sedan’s annual sales stood at 1.61 lakh units in 2024 and grew by 32.9% last year.
On average, Maruti Suzuki was selling approximately 17,800 units of the Dzire every month last year. The sub-4 metre outperformed hot-selling SUVs like the Hyundai Creta and Tata Nexon, which should push Hyundai and Tata Motors to strengthen their focus on their sub-4 metre sedans, namely the Aura and Tigor, respectively. Honda is also present in this segment, selling the second- and third-generation models of the Amaze side by side.
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Maruti Suzuki offers the Dzire with the Z12E 1.2-litre three-cylinder naturally aspirated engine in a petrol variant and a petrol-CNG bi-fuel variant. This engine produces 60 kW (80 bhp) and 11.7 Nm of torque running on petrol and 51.3 kW (69 bhp) and 101.8 Nm of torque running on CNG.
Customers can specify the Dzire with a 5-speed manual transmission or a 5-speed automated manual transmission, although the company gives the option for the latter only with the petrol variant of the Z12E engine. The petrol variant delivers a fuel economy of 24.79 km/l with the manual transmission and 25.71 km/l with the automated manual transmission. The bi-fuel variant delivers a fuel economy of 33.73 km/kg in CNG mode.
The prices of the Maruti Dzire start at 6,25,600 rupees (ex-showroom) and go up to 9,31,300 rupees (ex-showroom). The Maruti Tour S is available in two grades, priced at 6,23,800 rupees (ex-showroom) and 7,09,800 rupees (ex-showroom), respectively.
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