{"id":22714,"date":"2015-03-06T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=22714"},"modified":"2015-03-06T16:45:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:15:22","slug":"meet-suzuki-ik-2-marutis-premium-hatchback-india-launch-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/meet-suzuki-ik-2-marutis-premium-hatchback-india-launch-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Suzuki iK-2, Maruti’s premium hatchback! India launch this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suzuki Motors has taken the wraps off the “iK-2” concept at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. Country’s largest carmaker is planning to launch the iK-2 in India. In fact, the company has already started testing this vehicle in India.<\/p>\n

\"Maruti<\/p>\n

Codenamed YRA, the premium hatchback will sit above the top-selling Swift hatchback, and its design will draw heavy influence from it. According to Suzuki, K-2 is \u201can ideal compact car\u201d with \u201cLiquid Flow\u201d as its central theme.<\/p>\n

\"Maruti<\/p>\n

The iK-2 is built on an all-new platform that Suzuki says – increases rigidity while reducing weight via a fundamental redesign of the under body\u2019s structure. \u00a0Suzuki also claims that the new design improves fuel efficiency, safety, handling, stability, and NVH performance of the car.<\/p>\n

\"Maruti<\/p>\n

The car has a U-shaped grille that swoops from the headlights and a conventional-looking front bumper with fog lamps. On the rear, iK-2 has a blackened A-pillar, wide fenders and muscular lines running across the top portion of the side profile similar to Maruti Swift<\/a>. This design may not make it to production and Maruti will tweak the design for mass production.<\/p>\n

\"Maruti<\/p>\n

The big news, however, is the new petrol engine under the hood. The showcased model features a new 1.0-litre, direct-injection turbocharged petrol engine. Suzuki calls it the “Boosterjet” whose fuel efficiency has been improved by shrinking engine displacement, while power and torque are boosted with a turbocharger. The new engine is based on the Suzuki’s 1.0-litre K-series engine that also powers the Alto and the WagonR<\/p>\n

\"Maruti<\/p>\n

Expected to be priced around in the range of Rs 5.5 lakh<\/strong> – Rs 9 lakh,<\/strong> the new premium hatchback will be launched during this year’s festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suzuki Motors has taken the wraps off the “iK-2” concept at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. Country’s largest carmaker is planning to launch the iK-2 in India. In fact, the company has already started testing this vehicle in India. Codenamed YRA, the premium hatchback will sit above the top-selling Swift hatchback, and its design will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":22715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[179],"class_list":["post-22714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile","tag-maruti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}