Maruti Suzuki K series engine review and specifications

September 2nd, 2009 by India Auto Blog Team | 3 Comments | Filed in Engine

It almost 10 months since Maruti announced the brand new KB series engines . K series engine aims at improving power and millege of installed cars with reduction in cost and pollution . Bharath stage 4 standards will come into affect in all major Indian cities from 2010 April . The K series engines areĀ  already equipped to be compatible with this standard . Till now we have Maruti Suzuki A-star , Maruti Suzuki Ritz and the new Estilo 2009 shipping with K series engine .There are two present variants of K series engine namely K10 and K12 . K10 is the most basic k series engine used in A-star and Estilo 2009 . The same engine K10 engine will be available in next generation Alto arriving at the end of this year . Maruti Ritz uses KB12 , the second generation k series engine that produce more power .Maruti Suzuki manufactures K series engine from their Gurgaon plant. So fart they have shipped more than 100,000 KB-Series cars in 10 months .
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