Maruti Suzuki will launch petrol variant of S-Cross, focusing on Petrol-CNG cars instead of Diesel

HIGHLIGHTS: Maruti Suzuki: Sales of diesel engine vehicles are estimated to be around 2.7 to 2.8 lakh units in this financial year. The company has sold a total of 12,45,197 vehicles in the domestic market in the first nine months of this financial year.

Maruti Suzuki: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki is focusing on petrol variants and CNG options to make up for the loss of sales due to the decision to discontinue the product of diesel engine vehicles. . The company showcased the petrol variant of the compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) Vitara Brezza at the Auto Expo 2020 last week. Till now, only diesel engine variants were available. The company is also planning to bring a petrol version of the S-Cross.

Shashank Srivastava, executive director (sales and marketing), Maruti Suzuki India, said that we hope that the loss due to the shutdown of the diesel engine will be offset by increasing the number of petrol variants. It is not like comparing the current portfolio with the next year, but it is a comparison of removing diesel vehicles from the existing portfolio next year.

He said that diesel vehicles accounted for 21 percent of the company's total sales during April to January. According to PTI news, the sales of diesel engine vehicles are estimated to be around 2.7 to 2.8 lakh units in this financial year. The company has sold a total of 12,45,197 vehicles in the domestic market in the first nine months of this financial year. This is 15.1 percent lower than the year-ago period.

Srivastava said that this is the goal of marketing and it is a challenge. we'll try. The petrol version of the Vitara Brezza is the main model in this category. The petrol version of the company Vitara Brezza is going to be launched in the market this month. The company is preparing to launch the petrol version of the S-Cross in March. The company's diesel vehicles include Swift, Dzire, Baleno, Ciaz, Vitara Brezza, Ertiga and Super Carry. However, the company said that if there is a demand for diesel vehicles at a higher price among consumers, it can make 1.5 liter diesel engines compatible with Bharat Stage-6 (BS VI) standard.

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