Maruti Suzuki cars: India has a car whose more than 10 thousand units are sold every month. However, it is not included in the list of top-10 cars. Not only this, the middle class does not even mention this car. Despite this, its demand remains.
Actually, the name of this car of Maruti is Eco. Eco is in great demand in the commercial vehicle segment. It is number-1 in the van segment. Also, it is the cheapest 7 seater car in the country. Its starting ex-showroom price is Rs 5.29 lakh. This month the company is also giving a discount of Rs 25 thousand on Eco.
If you are planning to buy Eco in September, then you will get benefits on both its petrol and CNG variants. The company is giving a cash discount of Rs 10 thousand on the CNG variant of Eco. In such a situation, this month can be the best to buy this car. Let us tell you that 10,985 units of Eco were sold in August.
Features and specifications of the new Maruti Eco
Talking about the dimensions of Maruti Eco, the length of Eco is 3,675mm, width 1,475mm and height 1,825mm. The height of the ambulance version is 1,930mm. The company has replaced its old G12B petrol motor with a new K series 1.2-liter engine. The new Eco has been launched in 13 variants. Which includes 5-seater, 7-seater, cargo, tour and ambulance body styles.
The new Eco generates a maximum output of 80.76 PS from petrol and a peak torque of 104.5 Nm. For the TR variant, the company claims a mileage of 20.2 km/liter for petrol trim and 27.05 km/kg for CNG. For the passenger trim, the mileage for petrol becomes 19.7 km/liter and 26.78 km/kg for CNG.
The company is now offering 11 safety features in the Eeco, which meet all the existing and some upcoming safety regulations. These include reverse parking sensors, engine immobilizer, child lock for doors, seat belt reminder, ABS with EBD, dual front airbags.
Although creature comfort features are not a feature of the Eeco, Maruti has made the new Eeco a bit more modern with this update. The Eeco now gets a new steering wheel and a digital instrument cluster