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The name 'Celerio' needs no introduction. The 1st-gen car was launched at the 2014 Auto Expo and in just over a year, one lakh units were plying the Indian roads.
Now, Maruti has brought in the 2nd-gen Celerio based on a new platform, with a new engine and a lot of other segment-first features.
The Heartect platform is modular and underpins some other Maruti cars such as the S-Presso, WagonR, Swift, and Ertiga. This is not the age-old Alto platform on which Maruti entry-level hatchbacks used to be based.
Moreover, it gets the K10-C engine which comes with Dual Jet and Dual VVT with idle start-stop that aids fuel efficiency. This has allowed Maruti to make the claim that the new Celerio is the most fuel-efficient petrol car in India.
In the B1 segment, it will compete against the likes of Hyundai Santro and Tata Tiago, but more importantly, it will be competing against its siblings - the S-Presso and WagonR, which is one of the best-selling cars in the country.