Maruti Suzuki to phase out all diesel cars from April 2020

Automobile major Maruti Suzuki will stop selling all diesel fuelled cars from April 1, 2020 as new emission norms kick in from next year.

According to the company’s Chairman R.C. Bhargava, thecompany will stop selling diesel cars from April 1, 2020 as car prices willrise due to the implementation of Bharat Stage-VI emission norms.

   

“Given BS-VI (from April 1, 2020) has come and othersafety regulations implemented… prices are going up.

“Diesel cars of BS-IV have to be sold and registeredbefore 31st March (2019). We will work on our production schedule in a way thatno diesel IV vehicle is left in our stock.

“From April 1, 2020 we will not be selling dieselcars,” he said.

Currently, diesel powered vehicles constitute about 23 percent of the total domestic sales. The company had developed a new DDiS 225(1.5L) diesel engine.

At present, the company offers diesel variants of Swift, Vitara Brezza, Dzire, Ertiga, Ciaz, Baleno and S-Cross.

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