BS-VI Volkswagen Vento. (Image: Anirudh Sunil Kumar/ News18.com)
The stringent BS-VI emission norms have deemed the top of the road for a number of diesel automobiles in India. Here’s a whole record.
- News18.com
- Last Updated: April 7, 2020, 9:13 AM IST
- Edited by: Anirudh SK
Amidst the 21-day lockdown imposed because of the outbreak of COVID-19 in India, the Supreme Court had provided 10 days grace interval after the top of lockdown for producers to exhaust their BS-IV stock.
The new BS-VI emission norms come simply three years after India carried out the BS-IV emission norms. The nation skipped on the BS-V norms making the BS-VI extra stringent. In mild of the identical, a number of producers have slimmed their diesel line-up. Hence, listed below are 30 diesel automobiles that can be discontinued.
Maruti Suzuki
— Swift 1.3 Litre DDis Diesel
— Baleno 1.3 Litre DDis Diesel
— Dzire 1.3 Litre DDis Diesel
— Vitara Brezza 1.3 Litre DDis Diesel
— S-Cross 1.3 Litre DDis Diesel
— Ciaz 1.5 Litre DDiS 225 Diesel
— Ertiga 1.5 Litre DDiS 225 Diesel
A number of months in the past, Maruti Suzuki had confirmed that it’ll discontinue all its diesel fashions after the BS-VI emission norms. However, a couple of days publish that, the corporate confirmed that its 1.5-litre diesel engine can be made BS-VI compliant quickly after the brand new emission norms. Hence, within the crosshair was the model’s 1.3 Litre FCA-sourced DDiS diesel engine.
Tata Motors
— Tiago 1.05 Litre Revotorq Diesel
— Tigor 1.05 Litre Revotorq Diesel
— Bolt 1.3 Litre Revotorq Diesel
— Zest 1.3 Litre Revotorq Diesel
— Hexa 2.2 Litre mVaricor Diesel
— Safari Storme 2.2 Litre mVaricor Diesel
Tata can be retiring its smallest 1.05 Litre Revotorq diesel from the Tiago and Tigor. In addition to this, the 1.3-litre diesel engine powering the Bolt and Zest will face the axe too. Due to the brand new norms, Tata will even be discontinuing its beloved Hexa and Safari SUV.
Volkswagen
— Polo 1.5 Litre TDI Diesel
— Vento Diesel 1.5 Litre TDI Diesel
— Tiguan 2.0 Litre TDI Diesel
— Ameo 1.5 Litre TDI Diesel
Volkswagen has already discontinued the diesel variants of the Polo and Vento. The normal Tiguan has been changed by the extra sensible Tiguan all-space with a petroleum engine. Also, the corporate has discontinued the Ameo compact sedan on account of poor gross sales.
Toyota
— Etios 1.4 Litre Diesel
— Etios Liva 1.4 Litre Diesel
— Corolla Altis 1.4 Litre Diesel
Toyota can be discontinuing the Etios, Etios Liva and Corolla Altis because the automobiles neared their lifecycle in India. While the Etios Liva and Corolla Altis had not carried out effectively, the Etios was credited with a serious chunk of gross sales.
Skoda
— Rapid 1.5 Litre TDI
— Octavia 2.0 Litre TDI
— Superb 2.0 Litre TDI
— Kodiaq 2.0 Litre TDI
Seeing its finish in Skoda’s line-up would be the 1.5 Litre TDI that was solely aboard the Rapid, which can be a petrol-only sedan. Octavia and Superb have been fully discontinued as effectively, with the previous more likely to return by the top of this 12 months. Kodiaq will get a brand new petrol engine the deliveries of which can begin in May.
Renault
— Duster 1.5 Litre Diesel
— Captur 1.5 Litre Diesel
— Lodgy 1.5 Litre Diesel
Renault has minimize off the 1.5-litre diesel engine from its lineup. As a consequence, the Lodgy can be discontinued accounting to poor gross sales, the Duster will get a brand new extra highly effective petrol engine and the Captur nonetheless stays a query with no BS-VI improve until now.
Nissan
— Kicks 1.5 Litre Diesel
— Terrano 1.5 Litre Diesel
Nissan Kicks and Terrano share the identical 1.5-litre diesel engine and haven’t acquired any BS-VI improve but. Speculations counsel that the Kicks may get a BS-VI petrol engine.
Mahindra
Mahindra has discontinued the KUV100 1.2 Litre diesel variants, on account of poor demand. The producer will even discontinue the prevailing diesel engines of XUV500 and Scorpio.
This post was last modified on April 7, 2020 9:32 am