Leading Indian carmaker Maruti Suzuki India has added the Baleno and the XL6 to its S-CNG range of PVs.
Priced at INR 8.28 lakh, ex-showroom India for the Delta variant and INR 9.21 for the Zeta trim level, the Baleno is powered by a 1.2-litre petrol engine, producing 77.49 PS and 98.5 Nm torque in CNG mode.
Meanwhile, the XL6, priced at INR 12.24 lakh, is only available in the Zeta trim level and features a 1.5-litre petrol engine producing 87.83 PS and 121.5Nm of torque in CNG mode.
Interestingly, both vehicles can also be owned through Maruti Suzuki Subscribe at an all-inclusive monthly subscription fee starting from INR 18,403 and INR 30,821, respectively. These models feature Suzuki Connect with 40+ connected features, including a 17.78cm Smart Play Pro touch infotainment system with onboard voice assistance, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity, and a MID display with CNG-specific screens, among others.
On the safety front, the Baleno gets six airbags, while the XL6 features a quad airbag. Apart from this, it also features ISOFIX child seat anchorages and ESP with Hill hold.
Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Officer, Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki India, noted that the company believes that offering a large bouquet of technologies to suit varied customer needs is the only approach to achieve mass adoption of environment-friendly vehicles.
Notably, MSIL till date, has retailed more than one million units of its S-CNG range of cars since FY13, while in FY22 alone, it retailed 1,214,362 units of these vehicles.
Earlier, while announcing the Q2FY23 results, Srivastava noted that the company is witnessing high demand for its CNG vehicles, leading to a long waiting period for the PVs.
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