Petrol Stop - Maruti restarts selling LPG WagonR in old version

Maruti restarts selling LPG WagonR in old version

Monday, 02 August 2010

02 August 2010;business-standard.com:New Delhi: With the development of an LPG variant of its latest generation WagonR yet to be complete, the country’s largest car-maker, Maruti Suzuki India, has resumed selling the alternate option in the old version of the model. After launching the new-generation WagonR in April, the company had discontinued the ‘Duo’ variant of the old WagonR, which had both petrol and LPG options. “We are now selling the ‘Duo’ and it will continue till the LPG variant of the new WagonR is ready. The work on the new LPG is going on,” Maruti Suzuki India Chief General Manager (marketing) Shashank Srivastava said. ‘Duo’ was contributing about 20-22 per cent of total WagonR sales, which stood at 10,000-12,000 units a month, and the LPG variant is priced at Rs 3.68 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). When asked about the likely timeline for launching the model, he said: “The R&D team has just started the work and it is unlikely that the LPG variant will be ready in this financial year.” Meanwhile, the company will launch the factory-fitted CNG version of WagonR this month.