<p>The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) on Thursday said its entry level small car Alto has crossed the cumulative sales milestone of 40 lakh units.</p>.<p>Launched in September 2000, Alto has been the best most selling car for 16 consecutive years in India, the company said in a statement</p>.<p>"Alto is the preferred choice of Indian car buyers with 76 per cent of Alto customers choosing it as their first car," it added.</p>.<p>Commenting on the feat, MSIL Executive Director (Marketing & Sales) Shashank Srivastava said,"Alto has been ranked as the No 1 selling car in India for 16th year in a row and we are immensely proud to announce another remarkable milestone of 40 lakh cumulative sales. This has become a sales record never achieved by any other Indian car."</p>.<p>Over the years, he said, the brand Alto has established a strong emotional connect with the customers and has become a strong symbol of pride.</p>.<p>"Alto is India's first entry level car to become BS-VI compliant coupled with the latest crash and pedestrian safety regulation," MSIL claimed.</p>.<p>It offers a fuel efficiency of 22.05 km/l for petrol and 31.56 km/kg for CNG.</p>.<p>The model is currently available at a price range of Rs 2.95 lakh to Rs 4.36 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). </p>
<p>The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) on Thursday said its entry level small car Alto has crossed the cumulative sales milestone of 40 lakh units.</p>.<p>Launched in September 2000, Alto has been the best most selling car for 16 consecutive years in India, the company said in a statement</p>.<p>"Alto is the preferred choice of Indian car buyers with 76 per cent of Alto customers choosing it as their first car," it added.</p>.<p>Commenting on the feat, MSIL Executive Director (Marketing & Sales) Shashank Srivastava said,"Alto has been ranked as the No 1 selling car in India for 16th year in a row and we are immensely proud to announce another remarkable milestone of 40 lakh cumulative sales. This has become a sales record never achieved by any other Indian car."</p>.<p>Over the years, he said, the brand Alto has established a strong emotional connect with the customers and has become a strong symbol of pride.</p>.<p>"Alto is India's first entry level car to become BS-VI compliant coupled with the latest crash and pedestrian safety regulation," MSIL claimed.</p>.<p>It offers a fuel efficiency of 22.05 km/l for petrol and 31.56 km/kg for CNG.</p>.<p>The model is currently available at a price range of Rs 2.95 lakh to Rs 4.36 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). </p>