Maruti Suzuki Victoris: All The Tech Detailed
Maruti Suzuki intends to significantly increase its foothold in the mid-size SUV game, with the Victoris. The new SUV has been packaged well, with a strong focus on technology and features inside. It has in fact, been stuffed with features, including a handful of ‘Maruti-firsts’. The Victoris feels like Maruti’s attempt to appeal to the modern C-SUV buyers who have become accustomed to products that offer good styling, ample cabin room, and a lot of tech and features.
Tech-Focussed Design
The Victoris is a good-looking SUV. There is a sense of sharpness to the overall design. Key highlights include slim LED DRLs, sleek projector LED headlamps, connected LED tail lamps, and roof rails. Maruti has also given it features like automatic headlamps and rain-sensing wipers- common finds in its segment.
Even the colour palette has a lot to choose from- 7 mono-tones and 3 dual-tones. It sits squarely in the mid-size SUV space, rubbing shoulders with cars like the Creta and Seltos, but the added finesse of its exterior design could give the Victoris an upper hand.
Deep Dive Into The Tech Inside
Step inside and the Victoris will surprise you with its premium cabin design and the long feature list. The cabin simply wants to impress you. Soft-touch panels, layered textures, and a panoramic sunroof give it a likeable air of premiumness. But the real story is the tech.
The SUV comes with a twin-screen setup- 10.54-inch touchscreen and 10.25-inch digital cluster. The infotainment unit comes with wireless Apple Carplay and Android Auto, Alexa integration, and an 8-speaker premium audio system from Infinity with Dolby Atmos 5.1 Surround Sound.
This audio system will likely turn out to be the best in the segment. Many now see the Hyundai-Kia twins’ BOSE sound system as the segment benchmark. The Victoris may soon beat the Koreans down with its audio.
The carmaker has also given the Victoris several connected car features. It gets the Suzuki Connect suite that offers features like remote lock/unlock, geo-fencing, and vehicle health reports. Maruti Suzuki has put in genuine effort to catch up with rivals like the Creta in the ‘connected car’ race. For once, it doesn’t feel like the carmaker is playing second fiddle.
Ventilated front seats, a powered driver’s seat, and even a gesture-controlled powered tailgate prove Maruti is paying attention to what urban buyers now expect from a vehicle belonging to this segment. The powered tailgate, in particular, can be of great use while living with the SUV.
The Victoris even has a 64-colour ambient lighting setup neatly integrated into the cabin design. This will impress many for sure. There is also a built-in air purifier with AQI display, just like how you see on the Korean SUVs.
It is interesting to see how the designers have managed to keep the cabin design, the dashboard in particular, clean and clutter-free, despite having so many features on offer.
5-Star Safety!
Safety has long been Maruti’s soft spot. The Victoris, however, chooses to differ. It comes with features like six airbags, ABS, EBD, 360 camera with blindspot monitoring, electronic stability control, all-wheel disc brakes, electronic parking brake, tyre pressure monitoring system, and even a level 2 ADAS.
It even has features like adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and high-beam assist. The Victoris is also the first Maruti to offer the suite.
The SUV scored an impressive five-star safety rating in the crash tests conducted by Bharat NCAP. Looks like Maruti Suzuki is finally serious about improving the safety and crashworthiness of its products.
Proven Powertrains
Maruti knows not every buyer is the same. The Victoris, therefore comes with multiple powertrain options. These have been borrowed completely from the Grand Vitara and remain unchanged in their outputs. The 1.5-litre mild-hybrid petrol is reliable and makes 103 PS and 139 Nm.
The 1.5L three-cylinder excels with its fuel efficiency figures- up to 28.65 kmpl! There is even a more economic CNG version on offer, which interestingly has its CNG tank integrated into the vehicle’s underbody. And finally, Maruti hasn’t shied away from offering All Wheel Drive (AWD) variants either. The AWD variants even get selectable terrain modes!