Suzuki has new 63.5 mpg minicar motor

Tweet Green car congress reports that Suzuki Motor Corp. plans to introduce an all-new engine for its minicars for the first time in roughly 16 years. This 660cc engine is expected to deliver a fuel efficiency of 27 km/L (63.5 mpg US, 3.7 L/100km) when combined with an idle-stop system—an improvement of about 20% over the current offering.

Suzuki plans to invest a total of 20 billion yen [US$246 million] over three years to retool its Sagara factory in Shizuoka Prefecture to make the new engine.

All future versions of the company’s minicars, including the Wagon R and the Alto, will eventually be powered by the engine. The first to feature it will be the new MR Wagon, slated for launch this month.

China makes a version of the Alto and sells it for about $2800.
The Jiangnan Alto is based on the Maruti 800 version of the Suzuki Alto.



I would expect China's Jiangnan auto to license the new engine or reverse engineer it.

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