Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Suzuki Baleno nameplate has been used by the Japanese manufacturer Suzuki to denote several different subcompact cars since 1996. From 1996 to 2002, the Suzuki Baleno that was sold in Europe and Asia-Pacific was a rebadged Suzuki Cultus Crescent .
[4] [5] Suzuki originally owned 25 percent stake in the company which was increased to 40 percent in 1992, when it acquired 15 percent stake of the Government of Pakistan at a price of PKR 117.19 per share, 172 million in total. [6] [7]
It was introduced in 2001 as a replacement for the Suzuki Esteem/Baleno, with a tall 5-door SX model hatchback (for maximum inner room efficiency) and a 4-door sedan body. It featured two different 16-valve gasoline inline-four engines , with 1.5-litre and 1.8-litre, this one capable of 125 PS (92 kW; 123 hp) JIS .
The Baleno is built on the new lightweight HEARTECT platform, shared with the smaller Swift and Ignis hatchbacks. Baleno is the first vehicle from Maruti Suzuki to be underpinned with the newly developed platform. [13] It has a luggage volume of 320–355 litres (with or without spare tyre), which can be expanded to 756 litres when the rear ...
This was remarkable as the car was considered a luxury vehicle at the time, hard to conceive of from today's viewpoint – but in 1990, when it was released, its purchase price was high enough that it was out of reach for more than 99.5% of India's population. [44] It sold at Rs. 381,000.
The Pakistani rupee depreciated against the US dollar until around the start of the 21st century, when Pakistan's large current-account surplus pushed the value of the rupee up versus the dollar. Pakistan's central bank then stabilized by lowering interest rates and buying dollars, in order to preserve the country's export competitiveness.
Vehicle registration plates of Pakistan are issued by an agency of the provincial or territorial government. Generally, the appearance of plates is frequently chosen to contain symbols, colours, or slogans associated with the issuing jurisdiction .
Other than India, the car is also exported to Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The latter marketed the car as Grand Wagon R. [16] For the first time, the Wagon R is offered with two engine options. The base option is the K10B 1.0-litre petrol engine carried from the previous generation, with a more powerful K12M 1.2-litre petrol engine as an ...