Maruti Alto K-10
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Today we take a look at the new Maruti Alto K-10.
The earlier version of the Maruti Alto featured a 797 cc engine delivering power of 45 BHP, and the car proved to be India’s best selling small car. Still, cars like Santro, Wagon R, and Indica which all deliver power above 60 BHP, certainly had an edge over Alto in terms of power and comfort. Nevertheless, the Alto did achieve universal acknowledgement for reliability and lower maintenance cost.
Now Maruti Suzuki has introduced its new Alto K-10 in which it has implemented its new k-series 998 cc engine which already has proven good performance in Estillo, A-Star, and New Wagon R.
Exteriors of the Maruti Alto
Alto has oftentimes been considered an extended version of the no-frills M800 model. The car has all the basic features that 800 lovers may miss and yet want something more. With the new Alto, Maruti has done little in changing the exterior designs, though a subtle sleekness has been introduced. There is nothing that is majorly noticeable and the car still looks like a simple, no-nonsense model that captures customers based on price and usability. Yet, the new Alto has its curves just at the right places to give an overall sleek and sliding appearance.
It may not be noticeable but the front end has been pushed a little, by 125mm, making the overall length of the new Alto to 3620mm as against 3495mm of the old variant. The change comes mainly to accommodate the new engine.
The new Alto features a new clear lens head lamp and newly designed rear combination lamp and new colour options in which Sunlight Copper seems to be the most likeable colour for Alto k10. New door trims, body colour bumper, and body coloured rear view mirror option makes it look like a complete and personalized hatchback.
Interiors of Maruti Alto K-10
The top end model of the new Maruti Alto has a touch of dual tone. But do not expect anything in stark contrasts. The two tone interiors are mild where Maruti has placed a combination of grey with light bluish colour which does not really stand out as contrasting interiors. The colour pads on the doors match the seat interiors.
One of the noticeable things is that the front seats have been given a curve from behind. This means a little more space to the rear passengers and makes them more comfortable. Even though the wheelbase remains the same and overall length does not change, intelligent interior designing can definitely make more space within the same frame.
Further, there is introduction of integrated head rest seats in front and all seats are of good quality fabric. Apart from that additional features like cupholder in console, and rear seat head rest add to the additional comfort of interiors.
Despite the seat redesign, the main drawback of the Alto is the leg space which feels congested for front seat passengers, especially the driver seat. I felt (My height is 5’ 9”) like I got fixed to the front seat with two legs resting on pedals, right hand elbow on door pad .
Engine and Specifications of Maruti Alto K-10
Now in the engineering is where Maruti has really introduced a major change. The new 3-cylinder engine has displacement of 998cc and is boosted with MPFi components. It yields a power of 67 bhp at 6200 rpm and 90Nm of torque at 3500 rpm. Currently, it is available as petrol model but diesel is soon to follow. The new model has boosted performance of at least 45 percent even though it weighs 50kgs more than its predecessor.
Colour options of the Maruti Alto K-10 include Midnight Black, ECRU Beige, Silky Silver, Fire Brick Red, Superior White, and Sunlight copper.
It is currently available in two variants, LXi and VXi, the specifications of which are shown below.
| Specs | Maruti Suzuki Alto K-10 |
| Engine Capacity | 998cc/3 cyl |
| Power (BHP) | 68 |
| Torque (NM) | 90 |
| Gears | 5/M |
| Length (mm) | 3620 |
| Width (mm) | 1475 |
| Height (mm) | 1460 |
| Ground clearance (mm) | 160 |
| Fuel tank capacity (l) | 35 |
| Mileage (KMPL) | 20 |
| Tyres rating | 155/65 R13 |
| Tyres type | Tubeless |
| Minimum turning circle radius (m) | 4.6 |
| Maruti Alto K-10 | ||
| Features | Lxi | Vxi |
| Power Steering | Yes | Yes |
| Power windows | No | No |
| Central locking | No | Front |
| A/C | Yes | Yes |
| Music system | No | No |
| Fog Lamps | No | No |
| Rear wind shield washer | No | No |
| Defogger | No | No |
| ABS | No | No |
| Air bag | No | No |
| Security System | Yes | Yes |
| Average fuel efficiency | 20 | 20 |
| Fabric Seats | Yes | Yes |
| Collapsible steering column | Yes | Yes |
| Tubeless tyres | Yes | Yes |
| Cup holders in console | Yes | Yes |
| Child Lock | Yes | Yes |
| Front Foglamps | No | Yes |
| Immobiliser | Yes | Yes |
| Key off reminder | No | Yes |
| Ex showroom Price Bangalore | 2.64 | 2.85 |
| Onroad price Bangalore | 375316 | 390704 |
Some interesting features of the Maruti Alto include collapsible steering column, side impact beams, child lock, immobiliser, all of which add to the comfort of using the car.
Maruti Alto Drive
The new engine speaks of performance through and through. Even at 100kmph, you do not feel that engine is strained. A test drive on highway was a pleasure and the car accelerated from 0-100kmph in around 15 seconds although Maruti claims it to be 13.3 seconds. Power to weight ratios plays an important role in maximum utilization of power developed, and the Alto with gross vehicle weight of 1185 KG clearly has an advantage in this regard.
As can be expected, a small car is economic in nature. In our drive, we achieved a mileage of 18 KMPL against Maruti’s claimed 20.2 kmpl.
The new Maruti Alto K10 has 155/65 R13 tubeless radials whereas the older F-series model had 145/80 R 12s. Moreover, the brakes and suspensions have also been beefed up which means better driveability and a smoother ride. The larger wheels are well-supported by enlarged brakes and gas-filled shock absorbers.
While returning to the city, the car could be manoeuvred easily and the rear was not dancing away at the turns. The car gives a contended sense of driving and manoeuvrability under tough urban traffic conditions. The cable actuated transmission is a bonus to the drivers.
Comparison of Maruti Alto
In its segment, the Alto competes mostly with the Spark and a number of other cars from the Maruti stable. The table below shows the comparative overview.
| Maruti Suzuki | Chevrolet | Maruti Suzuki | |||
| Alto | Spark | A-Star | Estillo | Wagon R | |
| Varient | Lxi | 1.0 PS | Lxi | Lxi | Lxi |
| Engine Capacity (l) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Power (BHP) | 68 | 63 | 68 | 68 | 68 |
| Torque (NM) | 90 | 92 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Gears | 5/M | 5/M | 5/M | 5/M | 5/M |
| Power Steering | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Power windows | No | No | No | No | No |
| Central locking | No | No | No | No | No |
| A/C | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Music system | No | No | No | No | No |
| Fog Lamps | No | No | No | No | No |
| Rear wind shield washer | No | No | No | No | No |
| Defogger | No | No | No | No | No |
| ABS | No | No | No | No | No |
| Air bag | No | No | No | No | No |
| Average fuel efficiency | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Ex showroom Price Mumbai | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
Conclusion
Maruti Alto K10 is a simple car with a simple design that has all features like practicality, driveability, mileage, comfort and price, in a manner well-suited to Indian mind-set. Moreover, it being a Maruti, it can be expected to have excellent re-sale value as well.
The Alto K10 with 998 cc engine is clearly a great initiative from Maruti Suzuki. An interesting thing will be the consequences for the A-Star which features the same engine and costs higher by 67 thousand for VXi variant. Even the Wagon R and Estillo also have the same engine and have a price difference of around 67k or so onroad. Of course, the major advantage of other models would be the interior space and hence comfort.
As far as Alto K10 is concerned, it has all ingredients to take up the legacy left by earlier model Alto. If anyone can feel comfort with the leg space provided, then Alto K10 would certainly give highest satisfaction of owning a small hatchback.
In sum, for people looking for a powerful compact car at a minimum price, the new Alto is the answer.
Comments on this review
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absolutely correct!
28 April 2012 By Shiva
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Thanks for sharing. What a pelarsue to read!
23 January 2012 By Char
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Huge ugly bonnet for a small car.
17 January 2012 By Vikram
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I am not satisfied by my Alto K10 VXI model. Milage is not more than 10kms. Reported the same to service centre, but still mileage not improved.
Its just a waste of money.30 December 2011 By Suchitra
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I bought the Alto K10 Vxi this May 2011. Just driving for 200km the A/C gave me problem. Starnge sound was heard from the engine compartment whenever I switch on the A/C. I have send my car the workshop but till today there is no solution. A/C gas depeleted at least three times but there is reason given my the technician.
07 July 2011 By KVR
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Dear, There is no such AC leakage problem with Alto k10. There might be some specific problem with your car. I have checked all the features of AC with my Alto k10 car. It is working perfectly all right.
26 April 2011 By Rakesh Kumar
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hey mr :smith go to hell and fu_ck off . we r indians u knw dnt play with us . ths is our product we knw wch&wht prdct have to by! so dnt commnt like tht k?
22 April 2011 By Jamsh
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i own a alto k vxi , i put 9 litre petrol and i drive more than 236 km,so i think i m getting 23km/litre.i m happy with my alto k10 ,thank u maruthi for wonderful evolution in motor sector......
17 April 2011 By Praveen
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whenever I over take a lorry or a bus in my old Alto-LXI, it was very difficult as the engine was not raising, I have to shift my gear to third, and then over take. But, I could feel the difference in K10. My problem is only with the dealers as they don't concentrate on what we try to remark. I have taken a drive at 130 KMPH in Alto-LXI. Hope, I will again have a long drive and share my comments.
09 April 2011 By Michael
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Alto k-10 is best car for long drive and for extra milage
28 February 2011 By Sabita
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Maruti Alto K-10 Lxi very nice car more space & good control. I think K-10 Lxi is good budget car ,but vry lack space in front seat.
23 February 2011 By JAYMAN BAROT
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There is a AC leakage problem which I felt while driving this Alto K10 VXI. when you have AC settings to only body side, the AC is still provided to the leg space of the driving seat.
I think this should be taken care by maruti suzuki, other wise people will stop buying Alto K10, because its more usage of fule unnecessarily.18 February 2011 By Jags
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Hi, I think there is some problem with AC setting.
You set the AC option to default Body side alone, even then the AC is supplied to your foot like wise in the option of body and foot of the driving seat.
This is my obsrvation. you can find it in demo cars of Alto K10 also.
This could be a big draw back after using for soem time....18 February 2011 By Jags
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abe sale, be in ur underwear. nahi to voh bhi fad denge
08 February 2011 By Cheap Indian
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Smith, Your leaders are visiting India and China begging for jobs to their countrymen.
02 February 2011 By Anand
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asshole smith
23 January 2011 By Nikhil
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beware wen u make such comments mr.smith. no 1 has sought ur opinion of indian people.
09 January 2011 By Pooja
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Smith, i am proude owner of Maruti from Last 9 Years and recently bought K10 which are having nice features.
What do you mean by CHEAP Indian, You crab, why dont you look at your own shit country (whereever you leave), even you dont have right to comment for indian products.
hope you understood07 January 2011 By Reply To Smith
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cost shoould be redused
02 December 2010 By Narayana
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altoK10 very nice car more space & good control
01 December 2010 By Mukesh
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Hi guys.... I'm planning to buy a Alto k10 vxi soon... but the problem is leg space... I'm 6.1" guy & my legs are long.... can some one tell do I can drive this car comfortably.... thnx
01 December 2010 By Jay
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bought the k10 vxi in bangalore. Superb car, superb drive.
Will spoil the market for spark, figo and i10.
Great going maruti25 November 2010 By Amit
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SMITH ............FUCK YOUR MOTHER...
20 November 2010 By Kosmo
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this is my bad experiance purchage the k10 no pickup, not good compair to my prerewiew car centro
21 October 2010 By Kaushal
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Have you observed any of the probleme which i have reported ?
20 October 2010 By Kiran
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I have alto K10 ,which has run around 1000 KMS.
My vehilce has a peculier problem of wobbling/vibraction @ only 60 to 70 km speed from 300 kms of drive till now .
Which is being reported to workshop form my 1st visit, the problem was
taken care but no solution, And even called one of the incharge person.
Many experiment was done on the service station
but no solution was provided.
I owned maruti alto 800 earlier which was not having any problem
. Really worst performance . Vehicle is not good on road grip poor breaking and more worst in rain road compared to alto 800 . Worst engineering .
I suggest alto k10 buyers not to go with alto k10.
not worth for the money .....
20 October 2010 By Kiran
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lx i model shoud have tachometer
23 September 2010 By Akash
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boughtK10Alto.wondeful.National Highways are great to travel.got 20kmpl.5 people accommodation.100kmph.wow,Igo for K10.Nice experience.In Chennai it is 3.55l.I suggest new buyers to go 4 K10.
13 September 2010 By Satish
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i think k10 is good budget car ,but vry lack space in front
seat12 September 2010 By Jai
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Comments for Smith & BOSCO LAWARENCE,
Guys if you can make such a car in less than the amount said by Maruti then do so or else put the middle finger in your butt & keep quit. comment something good you don't know what a "cheap" indian has to go through had it been you in our place then you would know, comment something useful or shutup11 September 2010 By Kapil
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list of featchers are not correct
07 September 2010 By Sarcar
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i have altto in india about 2 years am live in spain . yr car is very goood because the tire off your car is very slim .when i before take your car in yr company in nawashar .
06 September 2010 By Mandeep Singh
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check out the pics of Alto K10 from http://marutialtok10.blogspot.com/
26 August 2010 By Nishank
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A lot of information given above are wrong and misguiding like price, power window, central locking etc. Correct it immediately.
19 August 2010 By Sarkar
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hey it costed a bit less than 3,40,000(on road) to me (VXI model)(delhi)
19 August 2010 By Arun
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I hope all the people here are owning a mercedez benz and an AUDI..Guys look into the feature of the car and its price don u feel it really worthy..If its a cramped car then y its always the top selling in INDIAN Market..You people would give a bad review like this without even knowing the actual fact behind it..This car will really rock and again would make a record of top sellin in INDIAN Market.
Heloo Guys i have already booked one and below are the price details
Ex showroom chennai - 3,03,000 for LXI
Ex showroom chennai - 3,16,000 for VXI
Alto K10 LXI - 3,56,000 (on road chennai)
Alto K10 VXI - 3,70,000 (on road chennai)18 August 2010 By Hari
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good to read,the changes made in new model, but again you have left security bag which is most important for security purpose. You might going to change in next model to attract Indian customers for Alto small car.
17 August 2010 By Sudesh Sharma
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taken test drive of alto K10 on 15th august.
Exterior - Looks same as older version(no noticable change)
Interior - for small ht'ed person 5'5 like me, boot space is ok. For ht more than 5'8 very crampy.
luggage space is better. Interior also improved with curved back of front seat for some leg space for rear seat.
drive was not very plesent,even with new power was very difficult to cruz smoothly(like wagon -r)
With Ac on and 4 people sitting vehicle dragged, i drive zen and definately felt zen is always better.
After evaluation, although slightly over prised, a good car overall for middleclass family person.
17 August 2010 By DHANANJAY
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THE ALTO K10 IS A DISASTER FOR MUL
AT A LOWER PRICE U CAN EASILY BUY ESTELLIO , A DEALER IN DELHI OFFERS IT FOR FOR AS LOW AS RS.3,40,000 ONLY ,
I THINK i10 ERA IS A MUCH BETTER CHOICE & BARGAIN
16 August 2010 By Rahul
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very good
16 August 2010 By Nazrulislam
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Why should I buy this mediocre/cramped car for 3.7+ lakhs? Go and buy bigger/better/stable/solid/quieter Santro for less! And the gimmic of "introductory" price is absolutely ridiculous! Estillo (another crappy car from Maruti) has kept giving 50k discount since its lanch 3-4 years back! Whole low pricing of m800 and Alto is like this - every one sells a kg of rice for Rs 30, where as Maruti sells 0.5 kg for Rs 20. Average people don't look at per kg price, they just think Rs 20 is less than 30!
This car is not more than 2.5 lakhs onroad, period.16 August 2010 By Srini
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Ex show room price for Alto LXi in Bangalore is 3.11 lakh and For VXi its 3.24 Lakh . List of features is correct.
Realy Sorry for the typo error.16 August 2010 By Shiva
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It is sure that the review is without actually driving the car. the front portion of alto k10 is increased for about 10 cm and it makes very ugly in appearence( it is not merc for such a long bonnet). DRIVING IS NOT SMOOTH. It is like fitting 100 cc engine to a bicycle.
15 August 2010 By BOSCO LAWARENCE
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cramped and crooked car to cheat cheap indians
15 August 2010 By Smith
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I think its good news for indian car markets and we indian , good gift in the occosion off 15 aug(Idipendent day)
thanks
jai15 August 2010 By Jaiprasad
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The price details totally incorrect .
From the price list given it seems that there
is additional cost of more than one lakh ten thousand when
the car hits the road.
Ex showroom Price Bangalore 2.64 2.85
Onroad price Bangalore 375316 39070415 August 2010 By Girisankar
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Mr. shiva and ms. payal plz recorrect the price which shown in artical.
Maruti Alto K-10
Features Lxi Vxi
Power Steering Yes Yes
Power windows No No
Central locking No Front
A/C Yes Yes
Music system No No
Fog Lamps No No
Rear wind shield washer No No
Defogger No No
ABS No No
Air bag No No
Security System Yes Yes
Average fuel efficiency 20 20
Fabric Seats Yes Yes
Collapsible steering column Yes Yes
Tubeless tyres Yes Yes
Cup holders in console Yes Yes
Child Lock Yes Yes
Front Foglamps No Yes
Immobiliser Yes Yes
Key off reminder No Yes
Ex showroom Price Bangalore 2.64 2.85
Onroad price Bangalore 375316 39070415 August 2010 By Amit
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ex-showroom prices mentioned is wrong.
features btn lxi and vxi r incorrrect. check with official website. www.altok10.com
Review seems to be hust for the sake of a review15 August 2010 By Shama
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test drive as soon as possiable.....
15 August 2010 By Ayub
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