Wednesday, January 2, 2008

New Esteem-sedan version of Swift "Maruti dezire"

In coming auto expo we are going to experince one more change from maruti suzuki.The old most successful luxury cars "Maruti Esteem "is all set to change to new design similar to swift..or sedan version of swift which will be known as "Maruti dezire".Maruti Suzuki’s first-ever sedan on Indian roads was the Maruti 1000(970cc, 3 box) in 1990 which was given a higher engine and renamed as Maruti Esteem1.3L (1298cc, 3 box car)LX in 1994.The company has finally taken a decision to stop the production of Esteem.Production will resumes as new maruti dezire at its Manesar plant after a week-long maintenance shut down.
The new Swift sedan is expected to be offered in both petrol and diesel engine variants.
The company would initially launch a petrol variant of the Swift sedan sporting a 1.3 litre engine
->diesel option, Maruti may pick the 1.3L DDIS engine which currently powers the swift hatch back to power. A diesel version is likely to introduce later in the year.