"Maruti launches new Alto 800"

 Maruti Suzuki today launched new Alto 800, banking on the fresh version of its best selling small car to boost sales, which are projected to grow at a lower pace of 3-5 per cent in the current fiscal.

The country's largest car-maker introduced the new Alto in both petrol and CNG options, offered at introductory prices ranging between Rs 2.44 lakh and Rs 3.56 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

"We are expecting to grow 3-5 per cent this fiscal. High petrol prices are impacting our sales badly as most of our best selling models are in this mode," Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Managing Director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi told reporters here. Although diesel prices have been increased now, it will take some time to bring back customers to petrol cars again, he added.