The much awaited launch of the year Maruti A-Star is finally launched. Where the sales of the vehicles are down in Indian market, Maruti has launched it at

Priced in the Rs.347,000-Rs.412,000 range, the car - called A-star - will be made in over 200 variants and is touted to give a mileage of 19.59 km per litre of petrol. A-star is Maruti Suzuki's eighth vehicle launched in a little over three years.

Maruti AStar is direct take of the company over Hyundai i10. With the launch of this car Maruti hopes to tap new customer who were otherwise interested in Hyundai i10. With the launch of A-Star With the launch of A-star, Maruti Suzuki also debuts their new KB series engine in India. The 3 cylinder, 12valve MPFI unit generates 67PS of peak power at 6200rpm and 90Nm of max torque at 3500rpm. While the engine is not very powerful as compared to rivals but it does deliver impressive mileage of 19.5kmpl as per the news from various resources.