Maruti claims that both the automatic and manual modes would deliver similar mileage of about 23.1 kilometers to a liter of fuel, and the maintenance cost would also be similar between manual and auto gear shift cars.
The Maruti Suzuki Celerio is powered by a 1.0 liter, three pot, K10 petrol engine that also powers the Alto K10, the WagonR, the AStar and the Estilo. The engine delivers a power of 67 bhp at 6,000 rpm and a torque of 9.1 kgm at 3,500 rpm.
With Celerio, the company hopes to lower its shrinking sales. Maruti sales barely grew 1.7 per cent year-on-year to 755,093 vehicles between April and December 2013. Maruti holds a significant 41 per cent share of India's passenger vehicle market, mainly because of its inexpensive small car models.
