Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza achieves 4 lakh cumulative sales

Team OD Updated: November 27, 2019, 02:28 PM IST

India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has announced its popular compact SUV offering, the Vitara Brezza has achieved a cumulative sales of four lakh units. The company has reached this milestone with the Vitara Brezza in less than three years. With a giant market share of 44 percent, the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza is the highest selling compact SUV in a segment that consists of the Tata Nexon and the Ford EcoSport. The company also mentions with an average monthly sales of 14,675 units, the year-to-date sales of the Brezza have seen a growth of seven percent. Even the AGS (Maruti talk for AMT) variant of the Brezza, that was launched in India last year, commands 20 per cent market share in the compact SUV segment.

"Vitara Brezza has transformed the compact SUV landscape in India. It continues to be the most loved and awarded SUV despite several new entrants into the segment. The benchmark success of Vitara Brezza with over 4 lakh customers in less than three years is a testimony of the customers' increasing preference towards the refreshed design and innovative features of the compact SUV." stated, R S Kalsi, Senior Executive Director (Marketing and Sales), Maruti Suzuki.

The Vitara Brezza was designed and developed completely in-house by Maruti Suzuki. Powered by a 1,248cc 4-cylinder turbo-diesel, with an output of 90PS and 200Nm, the Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza was first showcased as the XA Alpha concept at the 2012 Auto Expo. It was then revealed in its production form at the 2016 Auto Expo and launched in March 2016. The Vitara Brezza comes with features like the Android Auto- and Apple CarPlay-compatible infotainment system, cooled upper glovebox, rain-sensing wipers, cruise control, automatic headlamps, 60:40 rear split seat etc. The dual-tone colours, the projector lamps and LED DRLs enhance the design aspect on the exteriors. The Brezza also gets ABS and airbags as standard across the range.