Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara vs competitors: A detailed specs comparison – Smartprix

The entry of the Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara has waved the heat around the midsize SUV segment in India. Also, the hybrid offering of the new Grand Vitara, somewhere, put the SUV atop the list among its rivals alongside its other counterpart i.e. Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder. Developed on the same Suzuki’s Global C platform, both the SUVs have the capability to run on EV mode in their strong hybrid model.

Although, Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara will see close competition against SUVs including Toyota Hyryder, Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, MG Astor, Skoda Kushaq, Nissan Kicks, and Volkswagen Taigun. We have prepared a comparison guide to see where Grand Vitara stands among its rivals in terms of dimension, engine variants, and fuel efficiency. 

Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara vs rivals: Dimension

While all the participating SUVs ride on 17-inch wheels, the Maruti Grand Vitara with a length of 4345mm ranks third after Toyota Hyryder and Nissan Kicks when it comes to the longest SUV. Comparing the height and width of the SUVs, Grand Vitara lies in the middle while Kicks is longer and wider. 

Both Vitara and Hyryder feature the same width and wheelbase dimensions. Though the wheelbase of Kicks is longest at 2673mm while MG Astor got the smallest 2585mm wheelbase. 

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Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara vs rivals: Engine and Transmission

Among the eight SUV competitors, Grand Vitara and Hyryder are the only SUVs offering hybrid powertrains with their top-end petrol engines. Though they produce the lowest amount of power and torque output against the 156hp power of Kicks and 250Nm torque of Kushaq and Taigun. All the SUVs are powered by naturally aspirated petrol units while Kushaq and Taigun sport turbo-petrol mills. Creta and Seltos are also available in diesel variants. 

For manual transmission, Grand Vitara, Hyryder, and Astor make use of a 5-speed gearbox while others offer 6-speed transmissions. But for automatic transmission, each SUV gets a combination of torque converters, DCT, and CVT gearboxes. Notably, it’s only Grand Vitara and Hyryder that offer electric gearboxes with their strong hybrid models.

Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara vs rivals: Fuel Mileage

Now comes the turn of the most fundamental parameter affecting the purchase of a vehicle – fuel efficiency. With the records on paper, strong hybrid models of Maruti Grand Vitara and Toyota Hyryder are the winners offering a claimed mileage of 27.97kmpl. But there’s a catch since both of the SUVs are still awaiting to make on roads for real-time testing. 

While the mild hybrid variants of the two siblings registered a fuel efficiency of 21.12kmpl based on the internal testing. The trailing SUVs are Taigun, Kushaq, Creta, Seltos, and Kicks at the least. Astor’s economy rate has not yet been revealed by the maker.

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