Maruti Suzuki India has launched the facelifted Brezza at an introductory ex-showroom price starting at Rs 7.39-7.40 lakh, adding a new turbo-petrol engine option and an underbody CNG kit as the country’s largest carmaker looks to defend its position in the fast-growing compact SUV segment.

More muscle, same footprint

The updated Brezza gets a new 1.0-litre turbo-petrol engine, badged Turbo Boosterjet and borrowed from the Fronx, alongside the existing 1.5-litre naturally aspirated K-series petrol unit paired with mild-hybrid tech.

According to the company’s official brochure, the turbo motor makes 110.12PS and 170Nm and comes only with a six-speed manual, while the 1.5-litre unit puts out 103.05PS and 139Nm and can be had with either a six-speed manual or automatic. 

The SUV also gains a factory-fitted underbody CNG kit, which runs on the 1.5-litre engine and delivers a claimed mileage of up to 26.90km/kg — the highest in the line-up — while the petrol variants return between 19.96 and 21.09kmpl depending on the gearbox.

The New Brezza retains its 3,995mm length, 1,790mm width and 2,500mm wheelbase, and continues to seat five. It comes with a standard warranty of 100,000km, extendable up to six years.

Styling changes are largely restricted to the front, with a slimmer chrome grille, reworked bumper and a gold garnish on higher variants. Inside, the Brezza now gets a larger 10.1-inch touchscreen, ventilated front seats, a heads-up display, wireless charging and a single-pane sunroof.

A five star rating for safety features 

Ahead of the launch, Maruti Suzuki said the Brezza had scored a five-star rating in both Adult Occupant Protection and Child Occupant Protection under the Bharat New Car Assessment Program, in a press release. 

The company said this was its fifth consecutive 5-star Bharat NCAP rating, joining the Dzire, Victoris, Invicto and e Vitara in its safety-rated line-up. Standard safety kit across all variants includes six airbags, electronic stability programme with hill-hold assist, blind spot warning with lane-change alert, rear cross-traffic alert, front parking sensors, a tyre pressure monitoring system and ISOFIX child-seat anchorages.

Hisashi Takeuchi, managing director and CEO of Maruti Suzuki India, said the Brezza has been India’s highest-selling compact SUV since 2016 and that the rating reinforces customer confidence in the vehicle. He added that the company had made six airbags standard across 16 models and 160 variants, enabling more than 1.6 million customers to get advanced occupant safety in FY26 — the highest such figure in the industry by volume.

Price war in the compact-SUV pack

The facelifted SUV is offered across four variants — LXi, VXi, ZXi and ZXi+ — and is positioned against the Tata Nexon, Kia Sonet, Skoda Kylaq, Mahindra XUV 3XO and Hyundai Venue, most of which are priced in a similar Rs 7.3-8 lakh band. It remains pricier than the Nissan Magnite and Renault Kiger.

Betting big on SUVs

Maruti is banking on the refreshed Brezza, along with the Victoris and additional output from its Kharkhoda plant, to lift its SUV sales sharply in the current financial year. 

Partho Banerjee, senior executive officer for marketing and sales at Maruti Suzuki India, said the company expects SUV segment growth of between 25 and 30 per cent this year, adding that it would come from a combination of new models and existing brands rather than the Brezza alone.

SUVs made up close to 30 per cent of Maruti’s sales in the first quarter of the current financial year, up sharply from about 12 per cent in FY23, and the company’s overall SUV market share crossed 20 per cent during the same period. 

The company sold more than 522,000 SUVs in FY26; a 25-30 per cent rise would take FY27 volumes to roughly 653,000-679,000 units.

The compact SUV segment now accounts for over 30 per cent of India’s total passenger vehicle sales, up from about 5 per cent in FY16, underscoring why Maruti is moving to strengthen its position in the category it once trailed.