India, Nov. 21 -- A new small car from Maruti Suzuki is always big news. After all, inevitably, it dominates sales charts. And while Maruti already has a couple of 1.0-litre hatchbacks on offer, the new S-Presso gives the buyer the option of a tall supermini - which is fitting, given the increasing demand for high riding cars these days.
Suzuki had to put in quite an effort with this one, for it's an all-new car in every sense. The chassis, which has been dubbed Heartect K, is derived from the platform of smaller Japanese Kei cars. Maruti had to put in a fair amount of work into this to make it India ready, as they had to increase the length of the chassis - Kei cars are shorter - to accommodate the spare wheel compartment. The S-Presso al...