Maruti Suzuki arms best-sellers Swift and DZire with new safety features

The country's leading passenger vehicle maker, Maruti Suzuki India is offering dual airbags and anti-brake system (ABS) as an option for all the variants of top sellers like Swift hatchback and DZire compact sedan.

The iconic Swift has been a bestseller through the decade and along with the DZire maintains an average sale of over 17,000 units each per month. In fact both the cars, known for their sporty traits, have remained among the top three sellers in the country for the past five years.

The new dual SRS airbags offered by Maruti Suzuki's Swift hatchback.

Maruti Suzuki Executive Director for Marketing & Sales R.S. Kalsi said, "Swift and DZire are two of the most popular cars in India. Both have played an instrumental role in shaping the Indian passenger car industry. Known for contemporary styling, superior comfort and performance, we have decided to strap driver and co-driver airbags along with and anti-lock braking system (ABS) across all variants of Swift and DZire."   
        
Many other carmakers have already made airbags standard for their models. Volkswagen has put airbags on its Polo hatchback and so has Toyota - across all its cars. Nissan has also put drive driver side airbag in its popular Micra hatchback.

Keeping the competition alive, Maruti has also now standardised the safety apparatus on its younger and popular models. DZire, launched in 2008, is India's best-selling entry sedan for the last three years and a category leader.

The strong performance of Swift and DZire have helped Maruti grab back its market share in the Indian passenger vehicle market that is towering to around 48 per cent and is the highest in the past decade.