2015 Maruti Suzuki Ertiga facelift starts arriving at dealerships, commands 1 month waiting period

Maruti Suzuki's newly launched Ertiga facelift has started arriving at dealerships for display and demo, while the reports indicate that the new avatar of the MPV Ertiga has a waiting period of up to one month.

A CarWale report claims that the dealers of Maruti have started getting the first lot of the 2015 Ertiga facelift and the prospective buyers may have to wait about a month to get the new MPV.

Maruti Suzuki, the country's largest car maker launched its new Ertiga MPV in India on 17 October for a starting price of Rs 5.99 lakh for petrol engine and Rs 7.55 lakh for diesel variants, ex-showroom Delhi. Under the hood, the newest avatar of Maruti's popular MPV Ertiga gets 1.4-litre K Series petrol engine and 1.3 multi-jet diesel engines.

While the new Ertiga's 1.3 multi-jet diesel engine, developing 89bhp and 200Nm of torque, now gets SHVS small hybrid system that debuted with Ciaz hybrid, the petrol engine comes mated to 4-speed automatic transmission as an option. The MPV is now tuned to deliver a fuel efficiency of 24.52kmpl in diesel models and 17.5kmpl in petrol variants.

As for features, 2015 Ertiga facelift gets engine start/stop button, new upholstery, electric folding mirrors and keyless entry and SmartPlay infotainment system.