Maruti Baleno is a budget premium hatchback designed to offer a premium and comfortable experience to its customers. On sale in India since 2015, the sub-compact car has spawned two generations and numerous facelifts during its lifecycle.

The Baleno provides numerous first-in-class features making it a top seller in its segment. This is another model from Maruti Suzuki that constantly ranks in the ‘Top 10 Cars Sold’ every month.

Design Highlights

Designed using NEXA’s ‘Crafted Futurism’ design language, the Maruti Baleno’s exterior design features a familiar flowing line seen on previous generation models. The overall design of the car is an evolution over the previous models while making it more appropriate for current market requirements.

New elements on the outside include a larger NEXA Wave front grille, swept back LED headlamps with three pot DRL design and a reprofiled bumper. Towards the side the new Baleno features new blacked out 16-inch alloy wheels and body coloured ORVMs on the top-end variants.

Maruti Baleno Interior and Features

Interior - TThe interior of the Maruti Baleno is more spacious than ever before. Finished in a new dual-tone blue and black theme with brushed aluminum accents the car gets more features than ever before.

Features - The car provides a revised multi-layered dashboard with a floating 9-inch touchscreen infotainment system, flat-bottom steering wheel, coloured MID and more. The New Baleno also offers a spacious boot of 318 litres.

Safety - In terms of safety, the Maruti Baleno is built on the HEARTECT platform and gets up to 6 airbags, ABS with EBD, Hill Hold Assist, a 360-degree parking camera and more based on variants.

Maruti Baleno Price and Variants

The New Maruti Baleno price in India starts from Rs 670000 and extends to Rs 992000 (ex-showroom). It is offered in 9 variants namely Sigma, Delta, Zeta, and Alpha with the choice of AMT and manual gearbox.

Engine Specification

Maruti Baleno is powered by the updated 1.2-litre engine. This unit is offered with both petrol and CNG fuel type. The engine produces 89 bhp and 113 Nm of torque in the petrol variant, whereas the figures drop to 76 bhp and 98.5 Nm for the CNG variant. The Baleno is offered with a 5-speed manual and a 5-speed AMT (petrol only) gearbox option.

The Maruti Baleno measures 3,990 mm in length, 1,745 mm in width and 1,500 mm in height with a wheelbase of 2,520 mm. The car gets a standard 37-litre fuel tank and 16-inch alloy wheels.

Maruti Baleno Mileage

The mileage of the Baleno is set at 22.35 kmpl for the petrol variants and 30.61 km/kg for the CNG trims.

Colour Options

There are 6 distinct exterior colour options available on the Maruti Baleno. It includes Nexa Blue, Grandeur Grey, Arctic White, Splendid Silver, Opulent Red, and Luxe Beige.

Competition Check

Rivals to the Maruti Baleno include the Hyundai i20, Tata Altroz, Toyota Glanza and Honda Jazz.