Baleno prices at launch in 1999 - finally found
Had been searching high and low for the prices at which the Baleno was initially
launched in India in 1999.
Thanks to the WorldWideWeb and Google, I finally came across this link http://www.domain-b.com/automotive/models/maruti/maruti_baleno.htm
which had the details I wanted.
City | Ex-Showroom | Registration | Registration | Insurance | Total | Total |
| 760,998 | 5,815 | 6,715 | 24,578 | 791,391 | 792,291 |
Chennai | 768,976 | 19,600 | 36,200 | 18,207 | 806,783 | 823,383 |
| 749,802 | 4,465 | 4,465 | 24,330 | 778,597 | 778,597 |
| 802,093 | 56,150 | 56,150 | 18,955 | 877,198 | 877,198 |
Mumbai | 832,010 | 39,400 | 106,400 | 31,750 | 903,160 | 970,160 |
Hmmm. The Baleno (there was only one variant back then - no Lxi or Vxi) cost 8 lakhs back then, in Chennai.
Compare this with my Lxi, which cost me only 5.8 lakhs. And the Vxi was 6.5 lakhs when I bought my car.
No wonder the Baleno did not really take off at that time. For a guy putting down 8lakhs, it would have made
better sense to go the Lancer or Honda City way, by paying a few thousands more.
Now that Maruti is mulling release of the new Baleno, let's see how they do the pricing this time around.
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