Maruti Celerio

Maruti's first indigenously developed diesel engine for India finds its way into the Celerio. With just two cylinders and 793cc, it’s the smallest and most efficient diesel car in India. Is the new entry to diesel motoring worth your money? We find out

The world is moving towards smaller capacity engines that offer similar outputs to their larger capacity predecessors. This especially is true among petrol engines, but in diesels, the gains haven’t been as prominent. Diesels however have shown quantum leaps on the refinement and efficiency front and India is just about getting the taste of that in mass segment cars. The Honda City and Maruti Ciaz are prime examples. But none have dared to or needed to build a pint sized engine that’s sole purpose will be to be as cheap to buy as to run. Sure there are the Hyundai Grand i10 and Chevrolet Beat 3-cylinder diesels that have been the entry point to diesels in India but could they have gone further and would that have been feasible to develop are questions Maruti Suzuki has answered with this new 793cc 2-cylinder engine. The Celerio is the first car from the Maruti stable to get this engine and we’ve taken it for a quick spin to find out if anything but underwhelms us. We’ve reviewed the Celerio before so if you want to know about our opinions on its design, interior and features, please click here Engine and performance...read more »

The uber-efficient car that the Maruti Celerio diesel is, it spoils us with its unbelievably low running costs

Maruti Suzuki is about to launch its popular hatchback Celerio in diesel form. But where does it stand against the Chevrolet Beat and the Hyundai Grand i10

The special edition adds an accessory pack that can be applied to all variants.

Special editions of most Indian cars trickle down only to the addition of some stickers, accessories and most importantly - chrome. This time around, it is the Maruti Celerio which has undergone this makeup to become the Celerio Limited Edition. Maruti has added a quite a lot of chrome and some graphics on the outside while the interiors get a plethora of beige accessories. Since this is merely an accessory job, the Maruti Celerio Limited Edition is available in all variants. The cost of the accessories in this kit adds up to Rs 19,989 but Maruti is offering them at a combined price Rs 11,990. On the outside, the Limited Edition Celerio wears chrome garnishes on the tail lamps, boot gate, headlight cluster, fog lamps and window line. Also, you get side body graphics, rear parking sensors, a set of door visors and door moulding to set your car apart from the rest of the accessorised Celerios. Inside, the seats are dressed in new beige seat covers and the steering wheel gets a beige cover as well. You also get ambient light in the footwells and a cylindrical tissue box. How convenient! In terms of the mechanicals, the diesel engine of the Celerio... read more »

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Maruti Suzuki has announced the addition of dual airbags and ABS as an optional feature to all the variants of the Celerio