The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki is busy updating its vehicle portfolio rapidly. In the past few months, the company’s performance in the passenger vehicle segment has been very disappointing, while the market share has also been badly affected. Now the company is focusing on CNG models in the market. It is reported that soon the company is going to introduce a new CNG variant of its recently launched car Maruti Celerio.
Let us tell you that in the month of November, the company introduced the next generation model of Celerio in the market. Now its CNG variant will be launched, although no official announcement has been made about its launch yet, but it is believed that the Celerio CNG can be introduced early this year.
The company will use a 1.0-litre three-cylinder DualJet petrol engine in this car, which will come with a factory fitted CNG kit. Coming to a 5-speed manual gearbox, it will also be great in terms of mileage. The company has named Maruti Celerio as the country’s highest mileage petrol car.
Excellent Mileage:
Maruti Suzuki claims that this car gives a mileage of up to 26.68 kmpl. It is expected that its CNG variant will be able to give mileage of up to 30 kmpl. Its dual-jet engine is equipped with two fuel injectors on each cylinder, which increases the compression ratio. Apart from this, features like engine automatic stop/start system, cooled exhaust gas recirculation system will also be available in this car.
Apart from this, no other changes will be seen in the CNG variant. Since the company has introduced this car two months ago with a completely new look and features. It gets a 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system, which is connected to Apple Car Play and Android Auto, other features include driver seat height adjust, keyless entry, fog lamps, power folding wing mirrors, 15-inch alloy wheels. etc. will be given.
The Celerio CNG will get features like front seatbelt pre-tensioner, rear parking sensors, dual airbags, anti lock braking system (ABS), ideal engine/stop, power steering, 12V power outlet, AC unit, seat belt reminder etc. The company has also made a lot of changes in the size of the new model, it comes with 55 mm wider and 10 mm more wheelbase than the previous model. Apart from this, the ground clearance of 170mm has been given in this car, which is 5mm more than the previous model.
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