New Delhi: There good news for all who were waiting to buy a diesel run car. There is more in the basket that you can now choose from.
Country’s car major Maruti Udyog Limited, aiming to cash on in growing demand for diesel cars, on Wednesday launched two diesel variants of its premium 'Swift'.
The introductory price of the vehicle is Rs 4.68 lakh for the lower-end and Rs 4.96 lakh for the top-end model.
With this launch, the company is pinning its hopes on the new introduction to carve a big chunk of the diesel segment.
"With the launch of Swift Diesel we are expecting a change in current market shares of different segments of diesel cars," Maruti Udyog Managing Director and CEO Jagdish Khattar was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.
Khattar also said the company would launch two new models in the next fiscal, but did not disclose details.
Swift Diesel is powered by a new generation 1.3-litre engine manufactured by Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd (SPIL) – a joint venture between Suzuki Motor Corp and Maruti Udyog.
It is said to be the smallest 4-cylinder engine fitted in any passenger car in the world.
Compactness of the engine leaders to superior performance and better fuel economy, Khattar was quoted as saying.
This is Maruti's second tryst with diesel engines after its abandoned experiment with Zen and Esteem a few years ago.
The Swift diesel engine is introduced in India within months of its launch in Europe, making it the most contemporary diesel technology.
Khattar said this time the company was prepared to meet the demand and make the product more affordable to customers.
However, he declined to give any targets that the company has set for Swift Diesel, stating, as it was a new product the company would prefer to gauge the customer response.
(With inputs from PTI)
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