Maruti Suzuki plans to launch 660 cc car

 Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest car manufacturer, today indicated that it planned to launch a 660 cc car in the coming years. In Japan, the 600 cc range includes the Cervo Mode and the Alto. Meanwhile, the company also plans to upgrade the Omni engine to make it compliant with the latest emission norms and launch an executive sedan to compete with the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic. Talking to reporters here on the car company’s roadmap for the future, Shinzo Nakanishi, managing director of Maruti Suzuki, said: “The Suzuki 660 cc car is a good car for the Indian market, but it will take some years to launch it here.” He said several issues needed to be addressed before the 660 cc car was launched. One is the large investment Maruti has made on commissioning a plant for the K-series engine, which runs the A Star and soon-to-be-launched Ritz.