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Maruti Suzuki: Discontinuing Diesel Cars from 2020

After the Indian government decided to implement the BS-VI norms for pollution control skipping the stage 5 norms, Maruti Suzuki decided to discontinue sale of diesel cars although one of its latest car models Vitara Brezza is only available in diesel, even the sedan ciaz is available in diesel variants only. The stage six norms are more onerous to meet. The cost for producing the vehicles up to the BS-VI norms won’t be viable. It will make the cars much ore costlier. The bharat stage-VI norms will commence from 1 April 2020 and the diesel cars will be discontinued from the same date. Maruti Suzuki is one of the two automakers who will be impacted most by BS-VI norms, the other one being Hero Motorcorp Ltd . The diesel variants of ciaz, dzire, swift, baleno, ertiga, s-cross and vitara brezza will be discontinued from April 2020 , even the latest model of ciaz which was launched in March 2019 will meet its end. Although is demand is viable Maruti will consider a new BS-...