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Maruti Suzuki India has firmed up plans to roll out its small car Zen Estilo on August 25 which is equipped with the latest KB-series engines.
The small car would be produced from the company's Gurgaon plant along with other two small cars- A-Star and Ritz which also have the KB-series engine, sources added.
Riding on the success of the new fuel-efficient technology, MSI planned to bring the KB-series engines in other existing as well as new models. It had set a target to gradually introduce this next generation light-weight fuel efficient engine series on other models over a period of next 3-5 years.
The company currently produces Bharat Stage-III, Bharat Stage-IV and Euro-V emission norms compliant KB-series engines. It produces two different petrol engines- 1 litre (A-Star) and 1.2 litre (Ritz) from the fully integrated engine manufacturing facility, located at MSI's Gurgaon plant.
Within 10 months of production of the KB-series engines, MSI had last month rolled-out over one lakh units of A-Star and Ritz. According to Automotive Research Association of India, A-Star gives a mileage of 19.6 km per litre, while Ritz runs 17.7 km in every litre of petrol.
The engine facility with a production capacity of 2.4 lakh units per annum was a part of the Rs 9,000 crore (Rs 90-billion) investment plan announced earlier by Suzuki Motor Corp, MSI's parent.