2024 Maruti Suzuki Swift to get this key safety feature to tackle Tata Punch

Maruti Suzuki India is gearing up to launch the 2024 Maruti Suzuki Swift in the country. As we have already informed you, this will be the fourth-generation version of the popular hatchback and will enter the market in the second week of May. In its new avatar, the car will have a very important safety feature that might help it in tackling the Tata Punch and the combined force of the Hyundai Exter and the Hyundai Grand i10 Nios.

With models like the Alto K10, S-Presso, Celerio, WagonR, Ignis, Swift and Baleno, Maruti dominates the hatchback segment with a share of almost 70%. However, no Maruti hatchback gets six airbags as standard. This could change with the new Maruti Suzuki Swift.

According to our sources, the Maruti Suzuki Swift 2024 will come with six airbags as standard. This would immensely benefit the car as it already has other safety features like electronic stability control (ESC), anti-lock braking system (ABS) with electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) and brake assist (BA), as standard.

The Maruti Suzuki Swift garnered sales of 195,321 units in FY24. While no hatchback from any rival brand could come close, the Tata Punch did push Maruti hatchbacks with volumes of 170,076 units during the fiscal. The Tata Punch also emerged as the largest-selling car in India in March 2024. Even the Hyundai Exter, launched in July 2023, posted decent sales of 71,299 units in FY24, while the Hyundai Grand i10 Nios clocked 70,764 units.

Talking about the safety ratings of the Maruti Suzuki Swift, the car performed rather poorly at Global NCAP with merely one star each in the adult occupant protection and the child occupant protection categories. The Tata Punch, as we all know, is a five-star safety-rated car. If we talk about the Hyundai Exter and the Hyundai Grand i10 Nios, both get six airbags as standard. For that matter, all Hyundai cars in India come with six airbags as standard now.

With safety features like six airbags, ESC, ABS with EBD, and BA as standard, the 2024 Maruti Suzuki Swift would become an even better proposition, offering more value for money to the buyers. Also, it would be able to improve its safety ratings in case it is tested at Bharat NCAP.

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