The Suzuki Celerio is a hatchback city car produced by the Japanese manufacturer
Suzuki
is a Japan, Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard motor, outboard marine engines, wheelchairs ...
since 2008. Originally a rebadged
Alto/A-Star city car
The A-segment is the 1st category in the passenger car classification system defined by the European Commission. It is used for city cars, the smallest category of passenger cars defined.
A-segment sales represent approx. 7-8% of the market in ...
for some markets, the Celerio was made as a global nameplate and a standalone model replacing the A-Star in 2014. Suzuki unveiled the second-generation Celerio at the
Auto Expo
The Auto Expo is a biennial automotive show held in Greater Noida, NCR, India.
Till 2012, the Auto Expo was organized at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi which combined both vehicles and components. In 2014, The Auto Expo (Motor Show) moved to the n ...
2014 in India,
after being previewed as the A:Wind concept model at the Thailand International Motor Expo in November 2013. The third-generation model was unveiled in November 2021.
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First generation (2008)
Prior to being developed as a standalone model from the second generation onwards, the "Celerio" nameplate was first used for the rebadged
Alto/A-Star in some markets between 2008 and 2013.
Second generation (FE; 2014)
The second-generation Celerio was launched in India as a standalone model with six variants. The diesel version of Celerio was introduced in the second quarter of 2015. The hatchback is currently available in petrol and CNG fuel options. The Celerio X is a premium variant of Celerio with a sportier look, equipped with AGS technology, Striking X graphic and grille design.
The petrol engine is a Suzuki K-series K10B latest revision called K-Next (not same as
Wagon R K10B, because Wagon R has compression ratio of 10:1 while Celerio/Cultus has 11:1). The gearbox is basically a manual transmission with a transmission control unit (TCU) that actuates the hydraulics to shift the gears.
It was launched on the European market in the second half of 2014, having its European premiere at the
Geneva Motor Show
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in March 2014. However, the British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand market (ceased being built for UK/IE market in 2019, 2021 for Australasia) were produced in the Suzuki's Rayong manufacturing plant in Thailand. The Australasian market model lacked a fifth seatbelt.
The Pakistani version of the Celerio (Cultus in Pakistan) was launched approximately a year after Previous Generation of Cultus was discontinued due to low sales. Pak Suzuki launched Cultus in three variants: VXR, VXL and VXL AGS. VXR and VXL had major differences, VXR did not come installed with Airbags, Fog lights, Alloy wheels, Immobilizer, Chrome grille, Body Colored door handles and Wing mirrors, while VXL was offered with these features. later in 2020, Sat-Nav was also available on VXL models. VXL AGS was basically the Automatic version of the VXL variant. 1.0 litre engine was the only option offered.
Pakistani version of Celerio was launched under Cultus nameplate. It was offered under Celerio name by
Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki India Limited, formerly known as Maruti Udyog Limited, is an Indian automobile industry, automobile manufacturer, based in New Delhi. It was founded in 1981 and owned by the Government of India until 2003, when it was sold to the ...
in
India
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and Suzuki Motor Thailand in
Rayong Province
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Thailand
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. It replaces the
A-Star and
Zen Estilo. The Celerio was Pakistan's first car with AutoGear Shift technology.
2017 Suzuki Celerio SZ4 Automatic 1.0 Rear.jpg, 2017 Suzuki Celerio SZ4 (UK)
2020 Suzuki Celerio 1.0 CVT blue interior view in Brunei.jpg, Interior
Safety
The India version of the Celerio was awarded zero stars by the
Global NCAP
The Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) is a project of the Towards Zero Foundation, a UK-registered charity. The programme aims to promote the sale of safer cars in developing markets by empowering consumers with objective info ...
after a test conducted in May 2016 (similar to Latin NCAP 2013).
The basic version of the Celerio in India and Pakistan does not include airbags nor
ABS and the body shell of the vehicle was rated by the Global NCAP as "unstable".
Latin NCAP
The Latin New Car Assessment Programme (Latin NCAP) is an automobile safety assessment programme for Latin America and the Caribbean. Founded in 2010, it offers independent information to consumers about the safety levels of new cars in the ...
awarded the Indian-made Latin American version with 2 airbags 4 stars in 2013.
The European Suzuki Celerio scored 3 of 5 stars when tested by
Euro NCAP
The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) is a European voluntary car safety performance assessment programme (i.e. a New Car Assessment Program) based in Leuven (Belgium) formed in 1996, with the first results released in February ...
in 2014 (similar to
Latin NCAP
The Latin New Car Assessment Programme (Latin NCAP) is an automobile safety assessment programme for Latin America and the Caribbean. Founded in 2010, it offers independent information to consumers about the safety levels of new cars in the ...
2020) and 4 of 5 by
ANCAP ANCAP may refer to:
* ANCAP (commodity standard), based on ammonium nitrate, copper, aluminum and plywood
* Australasian New Car Assessment Program
* ANCAP (Uruguay)
ANCAP (Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland, Engl ...
in 2015. ANCAP and Euro NCAP received criticism claiming they underscored the Celerio relative to other cars that had fewer airbags or performed worse in crash tests.
Diesel
Maruti Suzuki introduced its all new 793 cc diesel engine in the Celerio on 3 June 2015, at a price of INR 4.65 lacs. The Celerio DDiS125 is powered by Suzuki’s first indigenously developed two-cylinder motor which delivers of max power and 125 Nm of peak torque. It also promises to deliver a segment best mileage of .
Externally, the Celerio diesel is identical to its petrol version.
The Celerio diesel variant was discontinued in February 2017.
Third generation (2021)
The third-generation Celerio was unveiled in India on 10 November 2021.
The car is built on lightweight
HEARTECT platform
The HEARTECT platform is an automobile platform that underpins various Suzuki models since 2014.
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Construction
The platform is claimed to utilize " Advanced High Tensile Steel" and "Ultra High Tensile Steel", which are intended to in ...
that also underpins
Wagon R and
Ignis. It is powered with a 1.0-liter
''K10C Dualjet'' engine which is a reworked
''K10B'' engine with dual fuel injectors per cylinder,
VVT and several other modifications.
File:2021 Maruti Suzuki Celerio ZXi (India) rear view.png, Rear view
Sales
References
External links
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