Maruti Ertiga

Maruti Suzuki Etriga is a value-for-money car and is the highest selling MPV in the Indian market and regularly features in the top 10 car sales every month. The Ertiga with its new and angular design has captured the eyes of buyers as it looks more premium and upmarket in its design language with bolder front grille with projector headlamps, ABS with EBD and brake assist, dual airbags, coloured MID and smart hybrid system with idle start/stop as standard with the top-spec variants getting a 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system, automatic climate control and steering mounted controls among others. The Ertiga has got comfortable seats in the first, second as well as the third-rows. In most other MPVs, the third-row seating is really low, but in Ertiga it is not the case. You get 209L of boot space with all seats up, 550L of luggage space with the third-row folded and 803L with both the 2nd and 3rd row folded. The new Ertiga is based on the HEARTECT platform, which is also present in Swift. So, despite being much larger than the older car, it is 20 kilos lighter. This improves the performance of the car as well as its fuel-efficiency. The Ertiga is an easy-to-drive MPV, good for highways. The MPV comes with a 1.5L K15 petrol engine with a CNG option too returning fuel efficiency of 19kmpl in the petrol manual and 17.99kmpl in the automatic variant, while the CNG version delivers 26.08km/kg. The Maruti Suzuki Ertiga has no direct competition but with Kia announcing the Carens MPV the competition is heating up for the much loved MPV.