The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has introduced the all-new crossover Fronx at the Auto Expo 2023.
This is based on the Baleno which has received extensive positive feedback in terms of sales.
5K booking mark crossed
The company has recently announced that it has crossed the 5,500 bookings milestone of its latest offering.
The all-new crossover Fronx will be available for sale via the Nexa range of dealerships and will most likely be launched in the April of this year.
Interested customers can reserve one for a booking amount of Rs 11,000.
New territory
The Fronx crossover is the brand’s take on the less popular hatchback and SUV cross segment.
This marks the first time that the Indo-Japanese automaker has produced a crossover SUV.
Fronx made its debut at the Auto Expo 2023 alongside the coveted SUV Jimny five-door.
In terms of its positioning in the carmaker’s lineup, this crossover SUV sits below the top-of-the-line sub-compact SUV Grand Vitara and above the hatchback Baleno and compact SUV Brezza.
Shared elements with Grand Vitara
The all-new Fronx is heavily inspired by its elder sibling, the Grand Vitara, essentially serving as a younger sibling to it.
It gets a similar grille albeit without the chrome garnishes.
In its place it has a single broad chrome strip in the center that also holds the Suzuki logo.
Moreover, due to the squared-off wheel arches, the Fronx seems significantly more powerful and muscular than its hatchback sibling.
It also has significantly more ground clearance than the Baleno and is just overall bigger in dimensions as well.
The interior looks identical to Maruti Suzuki’s outgoing premium hatchback Baleno.
Interior features
It gets a dual-tone theme and a 9.0-inch free-floating SmartPlay infotainment system that comes with connectivity options including Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
The interior is clad in faux leather and features a wireless vehicle charger, head-up display, 360 degree rear view camera, automatic air conditioner, reverse parking camera, etc.
Safety
Coming to safety, the Fronx is offered with ISOFIX mounts for child seats, front, side, and curtain airbags, ABS with EBD, reverse parking sensors, and pedestrian protection compliance.
Other features include premium ones such as hill hold assistance, electronic stability program, three-point ELR seat belts, auto-dimming interior rearview mirror, and Suzuki Connect telematics system.
The new crossover SUV will be offered in five different configurations- Sigma, Delta, Delta+, Zeta, and Alpha.
Powertrain
It comes in two powertrain choices- the 1.2-liter, four-cylinder, normally aspirated petrol engine and the new, three-cylinder, 1.0-liter turbo-petrol Boosterjet engine.
The former generates 100 horsepower and 147.6 Nm, and the latter generates 90 horsepower and 113 Nm.
Both come equipped with Maruti’s mild-hybrid technology.
The NA petrol engine comes with a 5-speed manual or a 5-speed AMT transmission.
The turbo-petrol engine can be had with either a 5-speed manual or a 6-speed torque converter automatic gearbox.
