On Monday, Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker said that “it has stopped working on LPG models as it will roll out CNG variants of the entire range of its cars from early 2010, the first of which could be its highest selling model Alto.”

R C Bhargava, Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India told PTI, “We have stopped working on LPG models, because customers prefer CNG cars. We will launch the first CNG variant next year”.

He added to it, the company would start introducing 'cleaner-fuel' cars once the distribution network of CNG improves across the country, at first in the main cities. 

Bhargava said that we do not want our customers to wait in long queues and suffer because of lack of distribution network. We hope that the distribution network will strengthen by 2010 and at that time we will roll out the CNG cars. 

However, Bhargava refused to specify the model name that would hit the roads first on the CNG mode. 

MSI is looking at launching the CNG version of Alto in 2010, followed by other cars, says the sources. 

A source said that Alto is Maruti Suzuki's highest selling model. It will make sense to roll out that model at first and the company is likely to do so.

Best Selling Maruti Suzuki Cars in India
Maruti SX4 (Sedan)
Maruti Gypsy (SUV)
Maruti Grand Vitara (SUV)
Maruti Omni (VAN)
Maruti Versa (VAN)
Maruti 800 (Hatchback)
Maruti Alto (Hatchback)
Maruti Zen (Hatchback)
Maruti Swift (Hatchback)
Maruti WagonR (Wagon)

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Posted by Naresh Koshti on 24 June, 2009 10:55:41 AM IST #