The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday (07 January) launched top-end diesel variant of its compact sedan DZire with auto gear shift (AGS) technology, priced at Rs 8.39 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
With this DZire becomes the first diesel car — and the fourth model in company’s portfolio — to have AGS technology, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.
“AGS, a two-pedal technology, enables customers to drive with comfort and convenience, especially in congested city conditions. This convenience is available to them at an attractive price, without any compromise on fuel efficiency. Maruti Suzuki introduced the AGS technology in India with Celerio and we currently offer it in Alto K10 and WagonR also. It has been very well accepted by customers. We are delighted to now offer AGS technology in DZire diesel as well,” MSI, Executive Director Marketing & Sales, R S Kalsi said.
The new Maruti Suzuki DZire variant will continue to be powered by the 1.3-litre DDiS diesel engine that develops 74bhp along with 190Nm of torque. Interestingly, the DZire's AGS variant delivers a mileage of 26.59 Km/l, which is the same as that of the variant with manual transmission.
Till date, the country's largest carmaker has sold over 11.5 lakh units of the DZire, thus making it the only sedan in India to have sold over a million units.
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