Half a million K-series engines already powering Maruti Suzukis

File picture of K12M engine's launch

Maruti’s widely appreciated K-series engines now power over 500,000 Maruti Suzuki cars. Production of the engine crossed half a million in less than 23 months into production. The K-series in 1.0L form initially made its debut powering the A-star in October 2008 and has hence gone on to power the Estilo, WagonR and Alto K10. The 1.2L version of the same engine made its debut in the Ritz and later went on to power the Swift and Swift Dzire. The K-series engines are famed for their smoothness (especially 1.2L 4-cyl version) and fun to drive nature.

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Right now, Maruti Suzuki has an installed capacity to produce 500,000 K-series engines a year and that figure will rise to 700,000 in 2012. Maruti reached the 300,000th K-series engine production landmark in April this year. Maruti Suzuki India Managing Director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi said

“Introduction of K-series engine in India is an example of Maruti Suzuki’s commitment to take the engine technology in India to the next level. In a short span, the company has scaled up the production of K-series engine manifold,”