Maruti raises diesel car prices by up to Rs 10,000

Country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India has hikedprices of its diesel cars by up to Rs 10,000 with effect from Monday on accountof higher input costs and appreciation of Japanese yen.

The company has sent mails to its dealers across the countryinforming about a price hike on diesel versions of its compact cars Ritz andSwift and sedans DZiRE and SX4 between Rs 2,000 and Rs 10,000, sources said.

When contacted a company official confirmed the development.

"MSI has raised prices of all its diesel cars witheffect from today. In its mail to dealers, the company cited reasons of higherinput costs and unfavourable yen appreciation," a source said.

The strengthening of yen has increased the cost of import ofcomponents from Japan.

The company has hiked the price of the diesel variants Ritzby Rs 2,000, while that of Swift, SX4 and DZiRE have been raised by Rs 10,000each.

Before this hike, the diesel version of the Ritz was pricedbetween Rs 4.93 lakh and Rs 5.29 lakh. Swift is priced at Rs 5.17 lakh-Rs 6.38lakh range.

While the DZiRE is priced at Rs 5.86 lakh-Rs 7.20 lakh, SX4is available between Rs 7.79 lakh and Rs 9.01 lakh.

All the above prices are for ex-showroom, Delhi.