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New Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire Tour is now available at Rs 5.24 lakh

Maruti has launched its new edition in the swift family, the 'Swift Dzire Tour' in India. New Dezire Tour is now available in petrol and diesel variants at a price of Rs 5.24 lakh and 5.99 lakh respectively (ex-showroom prices in Delhi). It is expected that Maruti will be launching a CNG variant of the car in the near future. The new Dezire Tour is based on the outgoing second generation Dzire (Swift Dzire compact sedan) and it is familiar with a “Dzire Tour', that means the next generation Dzire might follow a similar naming style.

The standard car has been featured with a black plastic mirrors, power windows, manual air conditioning and silver steel wheels. Inside the car, new Dzire Tour for the first time comes up with a dual- tone interiors with subtle faux wood trim. The detailed instrument cluster of the second generation car has been altered and now comes with a large digital display for the trip meters. On the outside, the standard car comes up with a black bumpers but can be painted to the body colour for an additional amount and there is no chrome package.

The petrol variant of car is powered by the 1.2-litre K-Series petrol engine which produces a 83bhp/115Nm whereas the diesel variant is powered by the 1.3-litre Multijet engine which produces 75bhp/190Nm. Both the variants of Dzire Tour is coupled with a five-speed gearbox. New 2017 Maruti Swift Dzire will be revealed next week.