Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 launched in Chile

Maruti Suzuki is currently on an export spree to boost its income from India. We discovered recently that Mazda has tied up with Suzuki Indonesia to sell rebadged Ertigas as the VX1 MPV in the Indonesian market. Now, it has emerged that Maruti is exporting the Alto 800 to Chilean market and has recently launched the car there. The Maruti Suzuki Alto 800 was launched here in October last year and is the spiritual successor to the M800. 

The Chilean spec Alto 800, apart from left hand drive, is exactly the same as the model being sold in India. It is powered by 796cc petrol producing 48PS and 68Nm of torque. Power is transmitted to the front wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox. 

It is being offered in three variants; GL, DLX and DLX AC which is the equivalent of our LX, LXi and VXi variants. All three variants get a USB and AUX compatible music system but no safety features unlike the Indian version where an airbag is an optional extra on the LXi variant. Suzuki currently sells the India made Alto and its larger sibling the K10 in the Chilean market also.