Maruti cars to be dearer by up to Rs 1,017

Maruti Udyog on Thursday hiked prices of all its models by up to Rs 1,017 on account of increased cess announced in the Union Budget 2007-08. The company said post price hike, its popular premium hatchback Swift will be costlier between Rs 656 and Rs 818 across different variants. The base model of Swift will now cost Rs 4,68,657 as against Rs 4,68,000 (ex-showroom Delhi) earlier. Its popular Maruti 800 Std model will now be costlier by Rs 268 at Rs 1,93,914 as against Rs 1,93,646, the company said. Zen Estilo Vxi would now cost Rs 3,74,019 as against Rs 3,73,500 as its price has been revised upwards by Rs 519. The prices of Esteem models have been hiked by Rs 912 and Rs 982 respectively for the Lxi and Vxi variants. Esteem's base model would now cost Rs 4,79,135 as against Rs 4,78,223 earlier.

Courtesy: EconomicTimes
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