Maruti started offering its models on subscription from July 2020 beginning with two cities: Gurugram and Bengaluru. it’s now added the Wagon R, Ignis and S-Cross to the list of models offered under the subscription plans. While Maruti has mentioned the starting subscription rate of the Wagon R (Rs 12,722) and Ignis (Rs 13,772) for a 48-month tenure, it’s not mentioned that of the S-Cross.
Until now, you’ll have the Swift, Dzire, Vitara Brezza, and Ertiga and therefore the Baleno, Ciaz and XL6 from stage and NEXA showrooms respectively. While only the Vitara Brezza and therefore the Ertiga’s AT-equipped variants are available, Maruti is offering both the MT- and AT/CVT-equipped variants of all NEXA models. Sadly, you won’t be ready to have the Wagon R and Ignis with an automatic drive option as their LXi and Sigma variants are offered only with a manual gearbox. However, Maruti is yet to reveal which variant(s) of the S-Cross it’ll offer under the subscription plans.
Speaking of the subscription module, Maruti rolled it call at partnership with ORIX India. it had been later expanded to more cities like Delhi/NCR, Pune, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, and Gandhinagar. Under this, the carmaker is offering the cars with a white number plate for a tenure between 24 and 48 months while those with a black number plate are often had for 12 to 48 months. the main difference between a car with a white and black number plate is that the previous are going to be registered within the buyer’s name while the latter are going to be in ORIX’s.
The monthly subscription rate consists of the following:
For white number plate- vehicle usage, road tax, vehicle registration, insurance, and usage cost of 15,000km for a year. Maintenance includes parts replacement, labour cost and consumables cost for all scheduled and unscheduled services, also as accident repairs, and two roadside assists per annum .
For black number plate- All of the above and two car pick-up and drops for service repairs per annum .
After the subscription tenure is completed, the customer can prefer to extend, upgrade/return the vehicle, or buy the car at market value .