Maruti Dzire S-CNG launched

One of the biggest automobile manufacturers of India- Maruti Suzuki Ltd has launched the CNG variant of one of the most popular cars, Maruti Dzire. Prior to this owners used to go for aftermarket CNG kits but now with the availability of factory-fitted CNG options, it will surely prove to boost the sales of the car. Maruti Suzuki is offering this CNG option in the VXI and ZXI variants of Dzire. Senior Executive Director (Marketing & Sales) of Maruti Suzuki Ltd., Mr Shashank Srivastava said: “As the world pivots towards a greener future, Maruti Suzuki has continually worked on expanding its growing portfolio of green vehicles. With transformative technology like the S-CNG, more and more customers are actively looking to switch to S-CNG vehicles to fulfil their mobility requirements. Today, we have the largest portfolio of 9 green S-CNG vehicles. With low running costs and high fuel efficiency of S-CNG vehicles, their demand has tremendously gone up as we have witnessed a 19% CAGR increase in our S-CNG sales in the past five years. This is a testimony that customers are increasingly embracing technologically advanced, eco-friendly, factory-fitted and safe Maruti Suzuki S-CNG vehicles.” He added the latest CNG offering will provide relief to the customers amid sky-high fuel prices. The CNG variant churns out 77 Ps of Power and 98.5 Nm of peak torque. The CNG-powered VXI variant comes at a price of Rs 8.14 lakh while the ZXI variant is priced at Rs 8.82 lakh, ex-showroom.