Indian-built Suzuki under 109 g/km for 2008
Filed under: MPG, Suzuki, European Union, UK, India
Meet the Concept A-Star, the latest entry from Suzuki which will be introduced at the Auto Expo 2008 in New Dehli, India. The model, which was developed and will be produced by Maruti, Suzuki's partner in India, is set for export to European markets as well the Indian market.
Besides the styiling, which I quite like for such a small car, the A-Star promises to beat Europe's current gasoline fuel-misers (with the exception of hybrids): the Peugeot 107/Citroën C1/Toyota Aygo triad. Suzuki is developing a brand-new 1.0 liter engine with promised emissions under 109 CO2 g/km. No diesel is expected to be installed in this vehicle, which will surely hurt sales in a significant way, but the car will allow British buyers to pay the cheapest tax rate possible (£35).
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[Source: Suzuki, Autoblog en Español]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-18-2007 @ 9:16AM
Guenther said...
A diesel is likely just not economical in this application, since the base price will certainly be quite low. Clean diesel after treatment might ad 20% or more to the price of this little thing.
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12-18-2007 @ 1:36PM
Chris said...
Wow! I want one! I hope they don't change anything about the styling of this little beauty when it goes into production.
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