Maruti to do a Zen with Baleno

India’s leading automaker Maruti stopped the manufacturing of their popular Zen model earlier this year to launch a totally updated car under the same brand just a couple of weeks back.

Now the company is planning to something similar with their Baleno model which has not been very successful for the company.

Maruti Suzuki has decided that they are now discontinuing production of Baleno to make way for its new premium segment car which is currently code-named YY4.

Maruti is expected to launch this new model in April next year. Market sources had earlier said that the company would be launching the updated version of Baleno in the country.

Maruti just might use the Baleno name on this upcoming car just like they did with the newly launched Zen Estilo model. Or maybe they can bring in a fresh identity considering Baleno was not a very lucky name for this car.

A market source said on this car: “The car is being developed on an all-new platform and is being engineered from scratch by a team of Indian and Japanese engineers. This will mark a big image change for Maruti, which has till now been identified as being a small car maker.”

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