}} The car was officially unveiled first to the public at the
66th IAA Frankfurt Motor Show on 15 September 2015. It was previewed by the
iK-2 concept car that was first shown at the
85th Geneva Motor Show in March 2015. The Baleno is built on the new lightweight
HEARTECT platform, shared with the smaller
Swift and
Ignis hatchbacks. Baleno is the first vehicle from
Maruti Suzuki to be underpinned with the newly developed platform. It has a luggage volume of 320–355 litres (with or without spare tyre), which can be expanded to 756 litres when the rear seats folded. The total interior volume is 1085 litres (
VDA method). The "Liquid Flow" design has
drag coefficient of , making Baleno the most streamlined production Suzuki to date. The car has ground clearance between 120 and 170 mm depending on the market to suit the road conditions. It is built on a powertrain range of
K-series petrol engines: a new three-cylinder 1.0-litre
Boosterjet turbocharged
direct injection engine, a four-cylinder 1.25-litre
Dualjet dual injector engine, which is also available with
mild hybrid SHVS (Smart Hybrid Vehicle by Suzuki) technology. There is also 1.2-litre conventional petrol and mild hybrid engines mainly offered for Indian market and a 1.4-litre engine equipped for most regions outside Europe and India. A 1.25-litre
Fiat-sourced turbo-diesel engine is also available exclusively for Indian market. File:2017 Suzuki Baleno SZ3 Dualjet 1.2 Rear.jpg|2017 Suzuki Baleno SZ3 Dualjet (UK; pre-facelift) File:2019 Suzuki Baleno 1.4 (Indonesia) front view.jpg|2019 Suzuki Baleno GL (Indonesia; pre-facelift), which adopted the Indian Baleno RS styling File:Suzuki Baleno Hatchback (rear).jpg|2017 Suzuki Baleno GL (Indonesia; pre-facelift), which adopted the Indian Baleno RS styling File:Suzuki Baleno - wnętrze (MSP16).jpg|Interior File:Suzuki Concept iK.2 (81).JPG|Suzuki iK-2 concept car that previews the 2015 Baleno File:Suzuki iK-2 Concept (2015 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show, 08-23-2015), South Tangerang - rear.jpg|Rear view of Suzuki iK-2 concept
Facelift The facelifted Baleno was launched first in India on 28 January 2019. European market Baleno is powered by 1.0-litre three-cylinder direct injection turbocharged
K10C Boosterjet petrol engine, generating and a 1.25-litre four-cylinder dual injectors
K12C Dualjet petrol engine, generating . Mild hybrid variant is also available for the 1.25-litre engine. Due to low sales, the Baleno was discontinued in Europe in 2020.
United Kingdom The Baleno was launched in the UK in June 2016 with two trim levels; SZ-T and SZ5. The cheaper SZ3 trim was added in April 2017. It was discontinued in August 2019 alongside the
Celerio city car.
Asia India The Baleno was introduced in India on 26 October 2015. Slots above the Swift, the hatchback was built to maximize interior space while retaining
Indian GST structure benefit for vehicles with length dimension under 4 meters and powered by either 1200 cc petrol or 1500 cc diesel engine. The Baleno is exclusively sold through Maruti Suzuki's premium
NEXA outlets across India. The car is available in four trim levels - Sigma, Delta, Zeta and Alpha. There are three engine options for the Indian model: a four-cylinder 1.2-litre
K12M petrol engine that generates of power and of torque, a four-cylinder 1.25-litre
Multijet/DDiS 190 diesel engine that generates of power and of torque, and a three-cylinder turbocharged 1.0-litre
K10C Boosterjet engine which is the same engine that is found in the European market Baleno. All the engines get a 5-speed manual as standard, while the
K12M engine is offered with a
CVT option (initially only available for Delta trim, followed by Zeta in April 2016 and Alpha in August 2017). All variants are equipped with dual
airbags,
ABS and
EBD as standard. A performance variant for Indian market called Baleno RS ("Road Sport") was launched in March 2017. The Baleno RS was first displayed in India as a concept model at the
2016 Auto Expo, alongside the
Ignis. The styling is almost similar to the 2015
iK-2 concept car. It is powered with a 1.0-litre three-cylinder direct injection
Boosterjet turbocharged petrol engine, generating and paired with the same 5-speed manual transmission gearbox that was offered in the standard versions of the car. It was also provided with full-black alloy wheels (which was removed in the 2019 upgrade),
disc brakes on all wheels (14 inch front and 13 inch rear) and tuned suspension. The Baleno RS was supposed to launch by the end of 2016, but the launches got pushed to the beginning of 2017, due to a lot of pending deliveries for the regular Baleno and the
Vitara Brezza and production constraints. The facelifted regular and RS models were introduced on 28 January 2019. It is only available for Delta and Zeta trims and without CVT option. The Baleno RS was discontinued in January 2020 after
Maruti Suzuki decided not to upgrade the 1.0-litre
Boosterjet engine to meet the
Bharat Stage 6 emission standards. Despite positive reviews from critics, the Baleno RS was not well received by the market despite multiple price cuts and readily available units at showrooms as compared to a long waiting period for the regular Baleno. In May 2020, the 1.25-litre turbodiesel engine was discontinued due to stricter emission standards. By the end of 2021, Maruti Suzuki sold over one million (10
lakh) units of the Baleno.
Japan The Baleno began its sales in Japan on 9 March 2016. Initially, only base model XG with 1.25-litre
K12C Dualjet four-cylinder petrol engine was available, followed by the more expensive XT with 1.0-litre
K10C Boosterjet three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine in May. This changes made the engine power and torque dropped from and to and . In July 2020, Suzuki stopped selling Baleno in Japan.
Indonesia The hatchback was launched in the country on 10 August 2017 at the
25th Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show. The Indonesian market Baleno is based on the Indian Baleno RS to suit the local preference. Instead of positioned above the
Swift like in other markets, the car is marketed as the successor to
second-generation Swift and positioned above the smaller 1.2-litre
Ignis. It is offered in sole GL trim level with a 1.4-litre four-cylinder petrol engine inherited from the Swift, generating and of torque, paired with either 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission. The Indonesian market Baleno received its facelift on 20 December 2019, once again based on the facelifted Baleno RS.
Taiwan The hatchback was launched for Taiwanese market in March 2017. It is only available in sole unnamed trim, powered with a 1.0-litre
Boosterjet engine and mated with a 6-speed automatic transmission. The sales was discontinued in October 2020 due to low sales.
Sri Lanka The Indian market Baleno Zeta was introduced to the country in August 2016. The hatchback is powered with the same 1.2-litre petrol engine and only paired to a CVT. The facelifted model was introduced in June 2019, which is New Zealand specification Baleno. The hatchback is improved with projector LED headlights, 1.0-litre turbocharged engine, 6-speed automatic transmission, rear disc brake, six airbags, cruise control and several new features.
Latin America Colombia Colombian market Baleno was introduced to public in November 2016 at the Salón del Automóvil de Bogotá (Bogotá Motor Show), the hatchback is marketed as the
Baleno Esteem. It is offered in two trim levels; GL and GLX. Only 1.4-litre engine available and mated either 5-speed manual for both trims or 4-speed automatic transmission for GLX. The GLX trim has six airbags and rear disc brakes.
Mexico The Baleno was launched in Mexico on 4 June 2021. It is offered in two trim; levels GL and GLX. Powered with a 1.4-litre engine, and mated to either 5-speed manual or GLX only 4-speed automatic transmission.
Oceania Australia The Baleno was launched in July 2016 with two trim levels; GL with 1.4-litre engine paired with either 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission and GLX with turbocharged 1.0-litre engine paired with 6-speed automatic transmission. In February 2019, the 1.0-litre turbocharged engine was replaced with 1.4-litre engine and 4-speed automatic transmission from GL trim. The "Series II" Baleno arrived in Australia in August 2019. To avoid
the global semiconductor shortage, the 2022 model year Baleno (and Suzuki Australia's entire line-up) received new locally supplied 9-inch touch screen infotainment system without
satellite navigation feature in October 2021. In August 2022, Suzuki Australia introducing a limited edition trim called Shadow Edition. It is based on the GL trim with automatic transmission, black coloured
bodykits and 16-inch alloy wheels, which only 300 units are available for sale and more expensive than the loaded GLX trim. Despite being the best seller car of Suzuki Australia (second in its segment behind
MG3), the car was discontinued in July 2022 and the remaining stocks are available until the end of the year. The next generation Baleno (which is the same car with some improvements) will not coming to the country because it was not engineered to meet the safer
ADR85/00 side impact crashes standard.
New Zealand The Baleno was announced in New Zealand on 27 July 2016. It is available in two trim levels; GLX and LTD. The car is only offered with a 1.4-litre engine and paired with either 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission. A new trim level called RS was launched in June 2017, it comes with 1.0-litre turbocharged engine, 6-speed automatic transmission and rear disc brakes. The RS in New Zealand did not receive the Indian market Baleno RS styling. The revised Baleno became available in August 2019. The RS trim now comes with LED projector headlights as standard and the deletion of LTD trim. A limited edition based on GLX trim called Baleno SE with additional LED projector headlights and 16 inch alloy wheels from RS plus several exterior accessories was launched in November 2020.
Africa South Africa The hatchback was launched to the country in November 2016. It was available in two trim levels; GL and GLX. All models were equipped with 1.4-litre petrol engine, paired with either 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission. The GLX trim received additional features such as LED headlight, six airbags, automatic air conditioning, chrome-finished door handles, leather-wrapped steering wheel, and
cruise control. The facelifted model was announced in October 2019. The
electronic stability program (ESP) became standard across the range since September 2020.
Toyota Glanza/Starlet The facelifted Baleno is sold by
Toyota as the
Toyota Glanza, which debuted in India on 6 June 2019. The Glanza is also sold in Africa under the
Starlet nameplate and powered with a 1.4-litre petrol engine.
Safety Euro NCAP The European market Baleno was crash tested by
Euro NCAP in April 2016, receiving three star overall safety rating for the basic version and a four star overall safety rating for the version with the extra "
Radar Brake Support" security package. Same result as the Japanese-built
Swift, which is also underpinned by the same platform. As standard, it offers six
airbags (frontal, side and curtain),
ABS with
EBD,
brake assist,
electronic stability program and
hill-start assist.
Latin NCAP The base model Latin American market Baleno (2 airbags and no
ESC)
Latin NCAP 3.0 crash test result was announced in October 2021 (similar to Euro NCAP 2014) and received a zero star rating. Compared to the European market Baleno, the
test dummies received more fatal injuries on the chest, neck, knees and child occupants. == Second generation (WB2; 2022) ==