Petrol Vitara Brezza Incoming Launch Slated For August

• The 1.2-litre Dual Jet engine makes 90PS and 113Nm in the Baleno.


• might also offer an automatic transmission with the petrol variants.


• Turbocharged 1.0-litre BoosterJet from the Baleno might also be offered.


• Currently, the Brezza gets a 5-speed AMT gearbox.

The Vitara Brezza getting a petrol heart doesn't come as a surprise as.

The 1.2-litre Dual Jet engine makes 90PS of power and 113Nm of torque in the Baleno. The more potent BoosterJet is a 3-cylinder turbocharged petrol motor which churns out 102PS of power and 150Nm of torque. It is also safe to speculate that like the diesel variants, the petrol-powered will also come with an automatic transmission. Maruti might offer the AMT transmission that is currently paired with the diesel engine or bring in a CVT, which is available in the Baleno.

The 1.2-litre Dual Jet motor is one of the most frugal petrol engines out there, thanks to the Smart Hybrid system. This engine returns a claimed efficiency figure of 23.87kmpl in the Baleno. This efficiency figure, in comparison with the 1.3-litre diesel's 24 kmpl, seems like an acceptable tradeoff. The 1.0-litre BoosterJet, meanwhile, might be offered as a more powerful variant.

That said, we can't rule out the possibility of Maruti replacing the 1.3-litre diesel engine with the in-house developed 1.5-litre diesel mill in the future. Especially because most of the Brezza's rivals in the subcompact SUV space already come with 1.5-litre diesel engines.

Moving on to the pricing, the Brezza with the Dual Jet motor could see a price cut, thus further enhancing its value-for-money quotient. If Maruti Suzuki prices the petrol-powered Brezza right, it might not have a hard time matching the huge sales numbers of the diesel Vitara Brezza (4 lakh units sold since its inception in 2016). The 1.0-litre BoosterJet engine, though, is expected to command a premium over the current diesel variant. Currently, the Vitara Brezza with the diesel engine is priced from Rs 7.68 to 10.65 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) and competes with the Ford Ecosport, Tata Nexon, Hyundai Venue, and the Mahindra XUV300.