Last week, Maruti has launched the high-end Maruti Alto K10 which comes with the
new K-Series engine and is available at a price range of `3.03-3.16 lakh. Also, in China, new variants of the Alto called the Alto Cool were launched by Chang'an Suzuki. These variants include the one with manual transmission at 3.65 lakh and the other with automatic transmission at 4.43 lakh. With its annual sales of more than 870,000 units in the last fiscal and cornering around 50% of the market, Maruti has now become an enormous powerful group in its 26 years operations.