It contained all the plus points that the 800 offered Indian car-buyers, in addition to features such as power-steering, power-assisted braking and a 5th gear that the 800 did not normally have. The Alto was seen as a natural successor to the time-tested and equally popular Maruti 800 (MB 308). The original Alto 800 carries the RF308 chassis code while the three-cylinder K10 is RF310 the four-cylinder export version is RF410. The first generation was launched to the local Indian market on 27 September 2000 although the Alto nameplate had been successfully used to export the Maruti Suzuki Zen to Europe from India since around 1994, having captured over 40% market share in Belgium and 33% in Netherlands by 1998. Since 2006, the Alto has been India's best-selling car and crossed the 1 million production figure in February 2008 becoming the third Maruti model to cross the million mark in India after Maruti 800 and Maruti Omni and fourth overall joining Hyundai Santro. The third-generation model is built on the same underpinnings as the S-Presso. The second generation was made as a standalone model, which was built on the same platform as the first generation. ![]() The first-generation model was essentially the Indian version of the fifth-generation Suzuki Alto kei car (with larger engine options). The Maruti Suzuki Alto is a city car manufactured and marketed by Suzuki through its subsidiary Maruti Suzuki primarily for the Indian market since 2000.
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