2009 Suzuki Alto to Make Paris Show Debut – First Official Image

At the International Paris Motor Show that runs from October 2 to 19, Suzuki will present the all-new 2009 Alto city car based on the A-Star Concept -see here- that premiered at the New Delhi Auto Show in India earlier this year. Compared to the prototype, the production version of the A-Star features a much less dramatic design which is quite a let down as we liked the concept’s original styling.

According to CarScoop’s sources, the 2009 Alto will be offered with a newly developed 1.0-liter engine with low CO2 emissions of just 109g/km. The Alto will be built at Suzuki’s Indian plant in Manesar with European sales set to start in December 2008. Since Suzuki only released one image of the Alto we decided to fool around with photoshop painting the Japanese city car in various colours. Follow the jump to check out our gallery. –Continued

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Update: Suzuki A-Star Concept Is The New Alto, Sales Start December 2008

Along with a full-set of high resolution images, we managed to obtain some inside info on what’s to become of the new Suzuki A-Star Concept that we showed you earlier today (click here). According to our Suzuki source, the production version of the A-Star will be named Alto and it will fit right under the new Splash that goes on sale in Europe during the first quarter of 2008. The new Alto will be offered with a newly developed 1.0-liter engine that will comply with the stricter Euro 5 emission standards. Production of the new Alto will begin in Suzuki’s Indian plant in Manesar, with European sales starting in December 2008. -Image gallery after the jump