Last Updated on 13/08/2024 by Arun jain
The country’s largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India Limited today started exporting its ‘Made-in-India’ SUV Fronx to Japan. Fronx will be Maruti Suzuki’s first SUV to be launched in Japan. Giving information, the company said that Fronx is manufactured exclusively at Maruti Suzuki’s state-of-the-art Gujarat plant. Initially, the first consignment of more than 1,600 Fronx SUVs for Japan has departed from Pipavav port in Gujarat.
Let us tell you that the Fronx is the second model of Maruti Suzuki to be exported to Japan after the Baleno (2016). This SUV is planned to be launched in Japan by Maruti Suzuki’s parent company Suzuki Motor Corporation in the autumn season of 2024. This historic achievement symbolizes the growing strength and global reach of Indian manufacturing.
Speaking on the occasion, Hisashi Takeuchi, Managing Director and CEO, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. said, “I am extremely proud to announce that our ‘Made-in-India’ Fronx will soon be seen on the roads of Japan. Japan is one of the most quality conscious and advanced automobile markets in the world. Maruti Fronx is being highly appreciated in the Indian market and I am confident that it will receive a great response from the Japanese customers.”
Time is changing!
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has also praised this achievement of Maruti Suzuki. Piyush Goyal said in his post on social media, “Time is changing. It is indeed a proud moment as a consignment of more than 1600 ‘Made in India’ SUVs of Maruti Suzuki is being exported to Japan for the first time. The Modi government has implemented several policies to promote the Indian manufacturing industry in the last decade. With an emphasis on the production of world-class quality products at the local level, it has helped ‘Brand India’ become a well-known name globally.”
How is Maruti Fronx:
maruti fronks The company introduced it in the Indian market during the Auto Expo last year. This SUV comes in a total of 6 variants whose price starts from Rs 7.51 lakh to Rs 13.04 lakh (ex-showroom). Fronx comes with two petrol engine options. Which includes 1.0 turbo-petrol and 1.2 petrol naturally aspirated engine.
The company claims that its 1.2 liter petrol variant gives a mileage of up to 21.79 kilometers per liter. Its 1.0 liter turbo petrol manual variant gives a mileage of 21.5 kilometers per liter and the automatic variant gives a mileage of up to 20.01 kilometers per liter.
The company has decorated the interior of this SUV with a dual tone theme. Features like leather-wrapped steering wheel, chrome on door handles inside the cabin, premium fabric seat belts, flat bottom steering, rear parcel tray, wireless charger, paddle shifters, cruise control, electrically adjustable outside rear view mirrors (ORVM’s), keyless entry are available.
Apart from this, features like high adjustable driving seat, power windows, automatic climate control, AC vents for rear row, while the Delta variant gets features like 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, SmartPlay Pro infotainment system, voice assistant feature, over-the-air (OTA) updates, 4-speaker sound system, electrically adjustable wing mirrors and steering wheel-mounted controls etc.
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