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Maruti Suzuki Ritz ZXi

With prices starting of Rs 4.53lakh (on-road, Mumbai) for the petrol, Maruti has assured the Ritz a strong start.

Dec 9, 2009
RATING
9 / 10
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Tall boy designs are difficult to make attractive as they are not only as tall as SUVs, but their tiny footprint means they often look more like a post box than a car. Though the Ritz is a good 90mm taller than the Swift, it suffers none of those maladies. Its steeply raked windscreen, sloping roof and prominent wheel arches prevent it from being a mere flat panel job. Striking details like the prominent nose with its almost-Audi-like pouting grille, the tipped-forward stance with its rising beltline and, of course, those boomerang-shaped tail-lights which make for a jaunty angle.  

The talking point is the brand new K-series petrol motor which is an all-aluminium, twin cam, 16-valve design which comes with a raft of technical advances normally reserved for more expensive cars. It uses distributor-less ignition (one coil per spark plug), throttle-by-wire, an offset crankshaft, and lightweight pistons and connecting rods. 
 
Unique for India is a marginally reduced bore and stroke to bring the capacity below 1.2 litres to qualify for small car tax benefits. In other markets, the same engine known as the K12B has a 1242cc capacity.
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