Maruti Celerio VXI, VXI(O) CNG BS 6 Launched

Maruti Suzuki India Limited have updated the Celerio CNG variants to BS 6 at an additional cost of Rs. 30,000.

Maruti Suzuki has launched the Celerio BS 6 in India. The transition for them begin last year only with Baleno and others followed as well. After Alto 800, Ertiga, Wagon R and Eeco CNG, the Celerio becomes the 5th BS 6 Compliant CNG vehicle.

Like before, Celerio CNG BS 6 is available in VXI and VXI(O) but whats changed is the price. The price hike from BS 4 to BS 6 is Rs. 30,000 but when compared to the equivalent petrol variants, the CNG trims costs Rs. 81,000 more than them. Maruti Suzuki has also launched a Tour variant for fleet purposes in the form of Tour H2 at a price sticker of Rs. 5.37 Lakhs.

Celerio CNG is powered by 1.0 litre 3 cylinder petrol engine which makes 59 BHP and 78 NM of peak torque. The mileage in this transition from BS 4 to BS 6 has come down from 31.76 km/kg to 30.47 km/kg.

	Celerio CNG Engine specs
Engine	1.0 L 3 Cylinder K10B Petrol
Power	59 BHP @ 6000 RPM
Torque	78 NM @ 3500 RPM
Transmission	5 speed MT
Fuel Efficiency	30.47 km/kg

Price difference between VXI / VXI (O) Petrol and VXI / VXI(O) CNG trims:

	Maruti Celerio Petrol BS6	Maruti Celerio CNG BS6	Price Difference
VXI	Rs. 4.80 lakh	Rs. 5.61 lakh	Rs. 81,000
VXI (O)	Rs. 4.87 lakh	Rs. 5.68 lakh	Rs. 81,000
Tour H2	–	Rs. 5.37 lakh	–

Maruti Suzuki has made CNG available with only VXI and VX(O) trims. Other trims are reserved for the petrol engine.

Maruti Celerio VXI CNG Features

• Exterior – Body coloured bumpers, outside door handles, ORVMs, front chrome grille

• Interior – Day / Night IRVM, integrated rear seat hearest

• Comfort – 60:40 Split rear seat, co driver side vanity mirror in sun visor, manual ac, front and rear power windows with driver side auto down, power steering, accessory socket

• Safety – Central door locking, driver airbag, engine immobiliser, ABS, rear parking sensors, child proof rear door locks, speed alert system, pedestrian protection

Maruti Celerio VXI(O) CNG Features

• Safety – 2 airbags, front seatbelt pre tensioner and force limiter

Maruti Celerio Tour H2 Video Review

Here is the complete price list of Maruti Celerio BS 6:

	Celerio Petrol	Celerio CNG
LXI	Rs.4.41 L	–
LXI (O)	Rs. 4.5 L	–
Tour H2	–	Rs. 5.37 L
VXI	Rs. 4.8 L	Rs. 5.61 L
VXI (O)	Rs. 4.87 L	Rs. 5.68 L
VXI AGS	Rs. 5.23 L	–
VXI (O) AGS	Rs. 5.3 L	–
ZXI	Rs. 5.06 L	–
ZXI (O)	Rs. 5.46 L	–
ZXI AGS	Rs. 5.49 L	–
ZXI (O) AGS	Rs. 5.58 L	–

Maruti Suzuki Celerio petrol prices starts from Rs. 4.41 Lakhs for the base LXI trim with the top end ZXI (O) AGS costing Rs. 5.58 Lakhs (Ex Showroom) while CNG falls between the price territory of Rs. 5.37 Lakhs and Rs. 5.68 Lakhs.

Maruti Celerio vs Santro CNG Comparison

Engine Specs	Celerio CNG	Santro CNG
Engine	1.0 L K10B Petrol-CNG	1.1 L Epsilon Petrol-CNG
No. Of Cylinders	3	3
Displacement	998 cc	1086 cc
Power	59 BHP @ 6000 RPM	58 BHP @ 5500 RPM
Torque	78 NM @ 3500 RPM	84 NM @ 4500 RPM
Transmission	5 speed MT	5 Speed MT
Fuel Efficiency	30.47 km/kg	30.48 km/kg
Fuel tank capacity	60 L	60 L

• The Santro has a bigger petrol engine with more torque and just a bit better mileage than Celerio CNG
• Celerio CNG produces 1 BHP of more power than the Sanntro CNG
• Both of them gets a fuel tank of 60 litres

	Celerio CNG	Santro CNG
Price (Ex showroom)	Rs. 5.37 L – Rs. 5.68 L	Rs. 5.85 L – Rs. 6.2 L

Clearly, the Maruti’s Celerio CNG trims are much cheaper than Santro’s Magna and Sportz CNG. The price difference between Celerio VXI CNG and Santro Magna CNG is Rs. 48,000 while Santro Sportz trims costs Rs. 54,000 more than VXI(O) CNG trim of Celerio.