Maruti Suzuki India cars are about to run on roads with the latest MPFI (Multi Point Fuel Injection technology) engine, which is going to be developed soon. It will be the country’s first dual-fuel engine, running on petrol and CNG, that will shrink a vehicle’s fuel bill to a fourth, making it one of the cheapest to run anywhere in the world.

Today's CNG kits attached with petrol engines supply fuel only in one direction but this dual fuel engine based on MPFI technology offers various benefits. CNG fuelled vehicles are said to be unsuitable because they are slow and do not perform well on high speeds. But with this incarnation of dual fuel engine, these problems will be eradicated.

Today in the market almost all cars like Maruti Alto, Hyundai Santro, Hyundai Accent and Toyota Innova have CNG kits and these kits are externally attached to the engine. The new technology used in the Maruti Suzuki's engine will improve the efficiency and eliminate the power loss. 

These will be also of much useful to the cars as it will decrease emission and qualify them for Bharat Standard-IV emission norms that will be in force from April 1, 2010.

The only short coming of the new engine may be its price as, “We would import injectors currently not available locally and are expensive,” said IV Rao, managing executive officer for engineering at Maruti Suzuki. “We are working on a totally different technology to adapt engine for dual use with petrol and CNG as auto fuels,” he added. 

Hope still, the cars with this new technology works well as Maruti has invested lot of time and efforts for this!

Best Selling Maruti Suzuki Cars in India
Maruti Zen Estilo (Hatchback)
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 1 October, 2009 10:56:02 AM IST #