The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) 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 (ARAI), 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 investment plan announced earlier by Suzuki Motor Corp, MSI's parent.