Maruti Eeco to launch in India

India’s largest passenger car manufacturer, Maruti is planning to launch another small car model Maruti Eeco in the upcoming Delhi Auto Expo. The Maruti Eeco will be powered by the 1.2L, 1200cc, MPFI (Multi Point Fuel Injection) petrol engine and it will satisfy BS IV (Bharat Stage IV) emission norms. It is expected that the Maruti Eeco price will fall in the range of Rs 4 to 5 lacs. The car was under development out for the past three years and developed by the team of Maruti Suzuki engineers.

Maruti Eeco will be available with the three row and two row seating arrangements which has the seating capacities of five and seven passengers respectively. According to the sources, Maruti will launch Maruti Eeco in B+ segment to target this mass segment as more than 70 percent car buyers come for this price range.

Maruti Suzuki Managing Executive Officer, Rao said that the new Maruti Eeco will represent the growing expertise of our engineers to conceive, design and to produce car here. The new car will also be inline with parent company Suzuki Corp’s vision to make India as a global hub for manufacturing, research and development of small cars.