New Delhi: It’s certainly not a good news for those who wanted to purchase Maruti this Diwali. India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has announced an increase in prices of its selected models by upto Rs 6,000 just ahead of Diwali. The price hike on select models would range between Rs 2,000 and Rs 6,000.

In a press release, the company said, “'The company has announced a marginal price hike of between 0.7 per cent to 1.1 per cent (between Rs 2000 to Rs 60000) in the ex-showroom prices of its cars.”

The price of the entry model ‘800cc’car have been hiked by Rs 2,000, while ‘Alto’ will cost Rs 2,500 more.

Maruti has increased the price of its premium small cars ‘Zen Estilo’ and ‘WagonR’ by Rs 3,000 and for ‘Omni Van’, you have to pay Rs 2,200 more.

The highest hike has been in the price of ‘MSI's Sedan SX4’ and ‘Gypsy’ which have been raised by Rs 6,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively.
The prices of ‘Versa’ have also been hiked by Rs 3,500. Select variants of premium hatchback ‘Swift’ have also gone up by Rs 4,500. The company, however, have decided not to raise the prices of ‘Swift Lxi’, ‘Swift Diesel’ (all variants) and ‘Swift Dzire’ (all variants).