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Comparison : Maruti Baleno vs Elite i20 vs new Jazz vs VW Polo

Recent years have witnessed dynamic shift towards huge demand of hatchbacks by mid salaried buyers and therefore as an impact of this, all major car makers are emphasizing on manufacturing hatchbacks that are enriched with all luxurious and contemporary features and available at an affordable price. It would be interested to know that hatchbacks have played an incredible role in making Maruti Suzuki India Limited as country’s leading car manufacturer, setting a benchmark for other car makers. Once again, MSIL is on the target of its contenders because of its recent launch, Baleno hatchback launched under its flagship. The name of Baleno is not new in the Indian car market as almost a decade back company had launched Baleno sedan with lots of expectations which unfortunately could not be achieve. But now forgetting the old memories Indo-Japanese car maker has once again used the name of Baleno for its new hatchback speculating to enjoy the success expected from its predecessor. Baleno is the first car which is made by Japanese car maker completely in India and will be exported to other countries only from India.

With its launch the hatchback has also emerged as a strong competitor for its contenders mainly for Hyundai Elite i20, new Honda Jazz and Volkswagen Polo. The feature which differ this hatchback from other cars in segment are referred below:

1. Integration of front dual airbags, ABS+EBD at standard feature in all trims. Apart from Baleno these features are only offered in Jazz by Honda.
    
2. One more interesting feature which differs Baleno from other three cars is presence of Apple CarPlay which has been offered by any car maker for the first time.
    
3. As compared to its contenders Baleno has been priced at very competitive price lesser than others in segment.
    
4. Baleno is 100 kgs light weighted than other three hatchbacks.
    
5. One more feature which makes it different from Elite i20, Jass and Polo is its production. Baleno is the first hatchback by Indo-Japanese car makers which will be manufactured specifically in India and then exported to other countries.

Well, in the below infographic, this is just a comparison of Maruti Baleno vs Hyundai Elite i20 vs Honda Jazz vs Volkswagen Polo :



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