Maruti Suzuki Celerio booking crosses 32,000

Maruti Suzuki Celerio, the new sensation in auto-sector, has so far received an advance booking of 32,000 units in which about 52% accounts for the AMT models (Automated Manual Transmission). Launched in the 2014 Auto Expo, the car from day one stared to attract customers through its unique feature of AMT that gives a clutch-less driving experience along with the 5% more fuel efficient, when compared with manual counterpart. The AMT variant provides fuel economy of 23.1 kmpl (ARAI certified).

The company that recently regained its lost possession of manufacturing half the cars on Indian roads, exports the AMT from an Italian auto part manufacturer Magneti Marelli, resulting in the extending of waiting period. However, to cope with the situation, Maruti Suzuki is planning to double the manufacturing units by producing 10,000 Celerios a month.

The base AMT variant named as Maruti Celerio LXI AMT is priced at Rs 4,14,229 while the manual Celerio LXI comes with a price tag of Rs 3,76,385. (Ex Showroom, Delhi ). Under the hood, both manual and automatic variants are powered by the 1.0-litre, 3 cylinder, k10B engine that belts out a power of 67.1 bhp and peak torque of 90Nm.