Old vs Facelift Ertiga 2022 – Price, Dimensions, Mileage, Engine

Ertiga Facelift 2022 gains new engine with better mileage, more features apart from cosmetic updates.

Launched back in 2018, Ertiga received facelift a few days back. With the increasing competition from Kia Carens, the MPV received a big update. Here are all the changes over the old iteration:

1 Exterior Changes

Changes on the outside are minimalistic. Front grille has a mesh type chrome finish. Wheel size is still 15-inch while the design is all new.

Apart from the four colour options, Ertiga facelift can now be had in two new exterior paints – Splendid Silver and Dignity Brown.

2 Interior Changes

Like the exterior, updates inside the cabin are pretty less. Dashboard has a Metallic teak wooden finish along with change in the form of new dual tone seat fabric.

3 Dimensions change

	Old Ertiga	Ertiga Facelift
Length	4395 mm	4395 mm
Width	1735 mm	1735 mm
Height	1690 mm	1690 mm
Wheelbase	2740 mm	2740 mm
Turning radius	5.2 m	5.2 m
Ground clearance	180 mm	180 mm
Boot space	209 L	209 L
Boot space (3rd row folded)	550 L	550 L
Boot Space (2nd & 3rd row Folded)	803 L	803 L
Fuel tank capacity	45 L (Petrol), CNG (60 L)	45 L (Petrol), CNG (60 L)
Kerb Weight	1135 – 1170 kg	1150 – 1255 kg
Gross vehicle weight	1730 kg	1760 – 1820 kg

While most of the aspects remains untouched, the new engine and gearbox ensures the kerb weight goes up by 15 kgs to 85 kgs. Gross vehicle weight is also increased from 30 kgs to 90 kgs.  

Maruti Ertiga continues to be underpinned by the same HEARTECT platform.

4 Engine change

PETROL	Current	Facelift
Engine	1.5 L K15B Petrol	1.5 L K15C Petrol
Drivetrain	FWD	FWD
Power	103 BHP	101 BHP
Torque	138 NM	136.8 NM
Transmission	5 Speed MT / 4 Speed AT	5 Speed MT / 6 Speed AT
Mileage	19.01 kmpl / 17.99 kmpl	20.51 kmpl / 20.30 kmpl

With the new 1.5-litre K15C petrol coming in, power has gone down by 2 BHP while torque is reduced by 1.2 NM. Fuel economy has considerably gone up, especially for automatic.

CNG	Current	Facelift
Engine	1.5 L K15B Petrol-CNG	1.5 L K15C Petrol-CNG
Drivetrain	FWD	FWD
Power	91 BHP	87 BHP
Torque	122 NM	121.5 NM
Transmission	5 Speed MT	5 Speed MT
Mileage	26.08 km/kg	26.11 km/kg

With the CNG, it is now 4 BHP and 0.5 NM less powerful than before. As a result of this, there is a bit rise in fuel economy too.

Also, apart from VXi trim, CNG is now available in feature rich ZXI trim.

5 New Features

Ertiga facelift now offers many more premium equipments like 4 airbags (only in top model), new 7-inch Maruti SmartPlay Pro system with Suzuki Connect (40+ features), voice command, Amazon Alexa. 

Other new features are cruise control, paddle shifters and automatc headlamps.

6 Price Change

Variant	Old Ertiga	Ertiga Facelift 2022	Price Hike
LXI	Rs 8.13 lakh	Rs 8.35 lakh	Rs 22,000
VXI	Rs 8.93 lakh	Rs 9.49 lakh	Rs 56,000
VXI AT	Rs 10.13 lakh	Rs 10.99 lakh	Rs 86,000
ZXI	Rs 9.66 lakh	Rs 10.59 lakh	Rs 93,000
ZXI AT	Rs 10.86 lakh	Rs 12.09 lakh	Rs 1.23 lakh
ZXI Plus	Rs 10.14 lakh	Rs 11.29 lakh	Rs 1.09 lakh
ZXI Plus AT	NA	Rs 12.79 lakh	–
VXI CNG	Rs 9.88 lakh	Rs 10.44 lakh	Rs 56,000
ZXI CNG	NA	Rs 11.54 lakh	–

New variants added are ZXI Plus Top model with automatic gearbox and CNG in ZXI model.

Price hike has been pretty high, for variants like VXI AT, ZXI, ZXI AT and top model. 

Here is the price range comparison with Kia Carens:

MPVs	Price Range (Ex Showroom)
Maruti Ertiga Facelift 2022	Rs 8.35 lakh – Rs 12.79 lakh
Kia Carens	Rs 9.60 lakh – Rs 17.70 lakh

Maruti has a number of new models in pipeline including XL6 Facelift (April 21), Baleno CNG, S Presso and Ignis with Dualjet engine, New gen S Cross, New Brezza, Mid size SUV and New alto for this year.

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