Maruti launches Swift diesel in Kerala market

Kochi, Jan 25 (UNI) Leading car maker Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL) today rolled out the diesel version of Swift, its premium hatchback model, into the Kerala market.

Addressing a gathering after the launch here, MUL South Commercial Head Shashank Srivastav said two diesel variants--Swift LDi and Swift VDi-- was equipped with state-of-the-art DDiS engine, which was clean, compact, powerful and fuel efficient.

The new generation diesel engine with five-injection technology minimises vibration and reduces emission substantially compared to the conventional three-injection diesel technology, he added.

He said the high-end Swift VDi was priced at Rs 4,96,134 and the other model at Rs 4,67,607.

Mr Srivastav said the technology for the diesel engine was obtained by Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) through a technological licence agreement with Fiat and Adam Opel.

He said SMC and MUL would invest Rs 2,500 crore upto 2010 in the diesel plant at Manesar in Haryana to increase the manufacturing capacity to 300,000 from 100,000 diesel engines.

Mr Srivastav claimed that Estillo Zen, launched in December last year was the fastest selling car in the country with a sales of 10,000 cars in five weeks.

UNI