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The made-in-India Maruti Suzuki Fronx has been awarded a 4-star rating by Japan NCAP, scoring 163.75 out of 193.8 points, or 84%.
As per the crash test report published by JNCAP, the Fronx received a safety score of 76% for crash safety and 92% for preventive safety.
The compact SUV received full points for full-wrap frontal collision, side collision (driver’s seat), and pedestrian leg protection. It received 4 out of 5 points in neck injury protection and passenger seat belt reminder tests and 3 out of 5 points for pedestrian head protection.
While the car earned full points for Autonomous Emergency Braking, it only scored 3 out of 5 points for AEB (Intersection).
Besides this, the car bagged 5 out of 5 points for lane departure prevention, 4 of 5 points for high-performance headlights, and a similar score for pedal misapplication prevention.
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BHPian wadewilson recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
Hi all, so I finally went ahead and purchased the car. Took delivery on 23-01-2025. When I went to check the car, I found the plastic covering the seats to be manufactured on 22-10-24 which probably meant that the car arrived in the city by 20-11-24 considering it takes two to three weeks for cars to arrive in the North-East. So the car was sitting idle for two months only which isn't too bad. Paid Rs. 13,7X,XXX.00/- on road.
Regarding the bird droppings, while the car was cleaned before delivery; the bird stains definitely left a mark. However, I was sure it was nothing a detailing session couldn't fix so I went ahead with the purchase - after checking out the car in detail of course. They also did polishing and teflon coating (do people still do that?) for the car before delivering it to me. Here are the pictures:
The exterior of the car had no visible dents, dings or scratches other than the bird droppings. Also, in their earnestness to clean the car, there were faint swirl marks which one could make out if one looked at the car closely from an angle. The headlights, tail lights, DRL's were tested and they worked without a hitch. I also inspected the rubber beadings, checked the tire manufacture date, checked the spare tire among other things, and found them to be in good condition.
The interior was what surprised me. For a car that was this dirty on the outside, the inside was almost in pristine condition. When we went to take delivery of our Seltos (Facelift), we didn't notice the scratches on the gear console (it is piano black), it was only in the morning the next day that we noticed that. I therefore made sure to inspect the piano black elements in the car and found that they had no visible or faint scratches on them - thankfully the overzealous cleaning guy had not laid their hands on the interior. Tested the sound system, 360-degree camera, HUD, interior lights, power windows, etc., and found them to be okay.
After the all clear from my end, I instructed the salesperson to proceed with the paperworks. However, one thing I did notice during delivery was whiteish smoke coming from the exhaust of the Fronx. The same, my brother pointed out was coming from a Baleno and Brezza (both of which were to be delivered on the day). Since I had read earlier that Maruti provides only 2 years / 40,000 km warranty, I made up my mind to go for the extended warranty which would bump the kms up to 1,60,000 kms. It was only later that I realised that Maruti finally increased the warranty period for their cars and now it stands at 3 years / 1,00,000 kms. Anyway, I had waited too long to purchase extended warranty for my XUV700 which led to its price increasing twofold later on so I'm glad I got the extended warranty during delivery itself for the Fronx.
I had gone with a 50-50 mind with regards to purchasing the car and I had informed the salesperson beforehand that if I am not satisfied with the car, I would walk away without taking delivery. So the paperwork had not been started from their end, and the car inspection by me, my younger brother and my cousin brother took time. Eventually, the car was delivered around 7:30 PM and I was able to finally drive home the Fronx. Posting a short summary of what I like and dislike about the car after having driven it for 1050 kms.
What I like about the car:
What I don't like:
These are some of my observations after having driven the car for around 1050 kms now. Anyway, here are some pics and thank you to everyone who pitched in their advice, comments and thoughts.
Mandatory Delivery Pic - thankful to the Dealership for the good and hassle free experience
Took the car for polishing and graphene coating at CSI - a particular patch of the bird dropping is still there and I will be visiting them to get it fixed
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BHPian bobbyblr recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
During the rains, I tried the rear defogger for the first time and did not notice any water drops evaporating or heating of the glass.
I finally managed to repair the rear defogger grid lines of my Fronx.
After so much research, I bought a small bottle of Electrolube SCP (Silver Conductive Paint) from RS Components which can be applied on a variety of substrates, including plastics, paper, wood, textiles, glass, ceramics and metals. The part number for the 3g bottle is SCP03B and the cost is around Rs.2,549/- including GST. I am attaching the datasheet of this product.
In the below photo, I have masked the open glass areas and you can see the grid line that has been damaged is in light brown colour.
Following is the procedure that I follow in applying this silver conductive paste (SCP):
Note: You can also follow the procedure provided by the Frost Fighter Defroster Grid Repair guide.
After applying the Electrolube SCP (inside view)
After applying the Electrolube SCP (outside view)
After removing the masking tape (inside view). Here you can see the SCP has got spread out a little
After removing all the masking tape (inside view). I have cleaned the SCP immediately using isopropyl alcohol.
I should have made the width smaller / thinner, instead of thicker.
Since this is SCP is silver in colour, it's a little distraction when seen from the outside.
I did not get the rains in the next few weeks. But after a month, there were rains and I was able to test it and all the grid lines were working as the fog got cleared within 5 mins.
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According to media reports, Maruti Suzuki is developing a strong hybrid powertrain for its mass-market products. The new powertrain is said to debut on the Fronx facelift (codenamed: YTB).
Now, for the first time, a Maruti Fronx with a hybrid unit under its bonnet has been caught testing. The test mule was spotted on the streets of Gurgaon.
As you can see, the test vehicle had no camouflage whatsoever. It looks like a regular Fronx; that is, until you see the 'Hybrid' badge. On the current model, the ‘Fronx’ badge is on the left side of the boot lid. This one has it on the right-hand side.
Reports suggest that Maruti’s first strong hybrid powertrain will be based on the Z12E engine. It will feature a series hybrid setup, wherein the petrol engine will work as a generator.
If media reports are anything to go by, the Fronx hybrid could arrive sometime in 2026.
Thanks to Nitin for sending these images in. Heartfelt gratitude for sharing them with other enthusiasts via this Team-BHP share page!
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Suzuki has revealed a new off-road-focused concept car based on the Fronx. The Fronx Sea Bass Night Game Concept will make its public debut at the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon.
According to Suzuki Japan, the design of the concept is based on the “night fishing in the city” theme. It features a black and grey camouflage finish with neon green highlights and decals. The car rides on off-road wheels shod with Yokohama Geaolander tyres.
The Fronx Sea Bass Night Game concept is equipped with a front bumper protector, a roof rack with integrated lights, a roof box, and door sill protectors.
The Suzuki Fronx concept is expected to be powered by a 1.5-litre petrol engine with mild-hybrid tech. In Japan, the compact SUV is available in front-wheel drive and AWD configurations.
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Maruti Suzuki Fronx has achieved a new sales milestone. Sales of the sub-compact SUV have crossed the 2 lakh unit mark in a record time of 17.3 months.
The Fronx was launched in April last year and became the fastest new model to reach the 1 lakh sales milestone in January 2024. The first 1 lakh cars were sold in 10 months, while the next 1 lakh units took just 7.3 months.
According to Maruti Suzuki, the Fronx has gained significant traction among customers in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities. The top 5 markets for the model include NCR, Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi and Bangalore.
Partho Banerjee, Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales at Maruti Suzuki, said, “With a notable 16% YoY growth in FY25, this compact SUV has captured the attention of first-time buyers while becoming the preferred choice for those upgrading within the segment.”
The Maruti Fronx is available with two engine options. These include a 1.2-litre K-Series Dual Jet motor that makes 89 BHP and 113 Nm. It is paired with either a 5-speed manual or a 5-speed AMT. The second engine option is an all-new 1.0-litre K-Series Boosterjet turbo-petrol that puts out 99 BHP and 148 Nm. This engine is offered with either a 5-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic.
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BHPian G20Rider recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
My family had purchased a Suzuki Fronx (Zeta 1L turbo with the 6 speed AT version) back in mid 2023. I had to wait a long 12 months to actually try it when we visited India for our summer vacation in July 2024. I drove it for around 2000 KM in this month and below are my observations about the car
What I liked
What can be better
Why Fronx?
We had a Suzuki Ciaz ZDI+ that was bought new in 2015 after my parents retired and moved back to India (Along with a Chevrolet Beat bought in 2011). It was a brilliant car but a terrible misfit for our requirements.
But why was it a misfit? Well we have a family strength of six people, but four of them were living away from home. That meant 95% of the time it was just my parents driving and they almost never drives for more than 50kms (prefers to hire a cab instead). That means Ciaz never got its chance to show its strength as a spacious mile muncher. At the same time, due to the sheer length of the car, it was sometimes a pain to negotiate the tiny backroads of Kerala. I knew this beforehand and wanted them to buy an i20 petrol automatic back then as I felt it was fitting for our requirements. But they wanted a sedan(that big car thing) and diesel (was peak of diesel then) and a Ciaz was bought new.
In 2019, mom replaced the Beat with a Hyundai i10 Nios petrol automatic. A compact automatic tall boy really opened my dad’s eye and with that the already low usage of Ciaz came to almost nill. He loved the tall seating and compact dimensions. And thanks to the ever worsening traffic in the already small roads of Kerala, a manual diesel was becoming too tiring to drive. Suffix to say, the Ciaz was very underutilised in its time with us. When we sold him in 2024, it had been driven for just around 32,000km in the 9 years of his life!! In fact the potential buyers had trouble believing this was the real mileage. Car was sold within days of listing in OLX and whoever bought it can enjoy that car for a very long time to come.
Below are some pictures we clicked for the sake of advertisement. It was in great condition with full regular service done in Suzuki.
So now dad wanted an anti Ciaz. A compact automatic petrol tall boy. I was not involved in the decision and I don’t think there was any comparison. Dad has become a Suzuki loyalist owing to the painful service experiences he had to experience with Ford in the 2000s and 2010s vs the excellent service Maruti provided for our M800. One day he stated “Suzuki announced a new model called Fronx and I’m considering buying it”. We already had the i10 and both my parents were retired. From a logical point of view, it made no sense to have two 5 seater cars, in fact it didn’t make much sense to have two cars at all, but they were pretty much decided on having a second car. I put forth a proposal to buy an Suzuki Ertiga/XL6 instead, so that we also have a 7 seater for those full family trips. I knew it was a long shot since my parents consider those as vans and too big to drive around. I showed the measurements on how Ertiga is actually shorter than Ciaz and the price difference between the Fronx and Ertiga is not that big, but that could never remove the stigma of driving a “van” and the proposal was never taken seriously. I still wish we had brought an Ertiga. Anyhow, a Zeta 1L turbo with the 6 speed AT version of Fronx came home in mid 2023. I was happy with the variant choice since it was kitted well with that turbo petrol and a real AT.
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Wide front with the current trend of having a DRL on top of the headlight. While Im not the biggest fan of this, Suzuki has managed to execute it quite nicely here. And a long DRL on top does help car look wider. And I love how the DRL also works as turn indicators.
Same for rear, the connected tail lamps makes it look wide. And make no mistake, the car is infact quite wide for its class. The inverted L patterns of the read light is very striking
One of the best angle IMO.
And the least flattering angle. Rear does looks like it got abruptly cut off.
Look at the gap in the wheel well with 195/60R16 tyres. IMO the car would look a lot hotter if its lowered a bit.
The highlight of this car. 1L turbo. It’s small but with good potential. I will any day pick this over the K12 NA 1.2L simply for its strong mid range. Unlike the NA version you don’t have to rev to extract power. Turbo lag is well controlled too. But at the end of the day, being a 3 Cylinder is a liability for the engine. it simply cannot match the creaminess of an 4 cylinder setup. I hope 1.4L BoosterJet comes to India at-least in models like the Grand Vitara and above. My average fuel efficiency was below 15kmpl, which has a lot to do with the driving pattern of frequent start stops around my hometown owing to the road construction. Speeds rarely go above 70kmph.
Dash is busy. I like simple elegant layouts where screens are neatly integrated into the dash (The Ciaz for example). Flat bottomed steering is nice to hold and is soo much lighter in low speeds compared to my 3 series. and the screen is big enough but with thick bezels around it which is a turn off. We are so used to bezel less designs these days that anything around a screen immediately makes it look cheap. Higher versions gets bigger screen, but bezels are very much still there.
Old style analogue speedos still hold its charm, I love them. Note how rev is just around 1100RPM in D mode (4th gear) at 40KMPH. II used M mode to hold into 3rd gear most of the time, it can pull from as low as 25 upto 60KMPH while staying in the power band.
Cheap looking gear selector with not the best shift pattern. I have grown used to having the R-N-D primary pattern where you can confidently pull down the selector to drive or push up to reverse. In this case, one needs to be precise while shifting else you might end up inadvertently in M (instead of D) or P (instead of R). But it’s a proper 6 speed torque converter AT with smooth and quick shifts. World apart from the AMTs that dominates the hatch and small crossover segment in India.
The beautiful triple LEDs in action. Bottom two are low beam and the top one is the high beam. Head lights are great with a very well defined and strong throw. A few flashes was all it needed to get the pesky high beamers in opposite direction to get into low beams.
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A Maruti Suzuki Fronx test mule equipped with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) has been spotted in India.
The spy images feature a lightly camouflaged test vehicle. While the front grille looks similar to the standard Fronx, it houses a pair of parking sensors and a trapezoidal radar module in the centre.
Recently, Maruti Suzuki began exporting the Fronx to Japan. As we have reported earlier, the Japanese version does get ADAS. Therefore, it’s highly likely that the test vehicle was an export-spec model.
The Japan-spec Fronx is powered by a 1.5-litre mild-hybrid petrol engine paired with a 5-speed manual and 6-speed automatic gearbox. It also gets Suzuki’s AllGrip Select AWD system, which is not available in India.
That being said, advanced safety systems, including ADAS, are slowly making their way into mainstream cars, and we wouldn’t be surprised if Maruti Suzuki starts offering the same in its compact models.
Source: Rushlane
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Recently, Maruti Suzuki began exports of the made-in-India Fronx to Japan. The first batch of cars was shipped off from Gujarat’s Pipavav port. Now, new details of the Japan-spec Fronx have emerged.
According to media reports, the Fronx sold in Japan is equipped with Suzuki’s AllGrip Select AWD tech, which is not available on the Indian version. The AllGrip Select is not a full-fledged all-wheel drive system like AllGrip Pro. It has four off-road modes – Auto, Sport, Snow and Lock. In Sport and Snow modes, power is sent to the rear axle.
The Fronx AWD is powered by a 1.5-litre mild-hybrid petrol engine paired with either a 5-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic gearbox. Moreover, the crossover also gets a different suspension setup.
Another feature that’s missing in the Indian Fronx but is available on the Japan-spec car is ADAS. The safety suite includes lane-keeping assist, automatic emergency braking, and automatic cruise control. The Fronx also has front parking sensors, an electronic parking brake with hill-hold, heated seats, and other features.
Source: @enthucarguide1
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Maruti Suzuki has commenced export of the made-in-India Fronx to Japan. The first consignment of over 1,600 vehicles has been dispatched from Gujarat’s Pipavav port.
The Fronx is the second Maruti Suzuki model to be exported to Japan after the Baleno in 2016. It is also the first “SUV” from the brand to be exported to the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’, which will go on sale in the autumn of 2024.
The Fronx is based on the Heartect platform. In India, the car has two engine options: a 1.2-litre petrol engine that makes 89 BHP and 113 Nm and a 1.0-litre turbo-petrol that puts out 99 BHP and 148 Nm. Transmission options include a 5-speed manual, a 5-speed AMT and a 6-speed automatic.
Maruti Suzuki is the biggest passenger vehicle exporter in India. In FY2023-24, the carmaker shipped over 2.8 lakh units to over 100 countries. The company has a 42% share in the exports of passenger vehicles. In Q1 FY2024-25, Maruti exported a record 70,560 units.