The Government of India will soon announce the arrival of new stricter emission regulations, called the Real Driving Emission norms. With the arrival of new RDE norms from April 2021, several diesel as well as petrol cars will be discontinued from the market. Maruti Suzuki, Renault-Nissan Alliance & Volkswagen Group (VW, Skoda & Audi) have already adopted the greener petrol fuel option for our market.
Honda will also adopt this strategy of selling only petrol & petrol-hybrid vehicles in our market. Adding to it, Hyundai and Tata will also discontinue their smaller cars with diesel powertrain. Adding to it, other brands will discontinue their slow-selling models from our market. Here’s a list of 13 cars and SUVs which will be discontinued in the first quarter of 2023.
Honda Jazz
Honda WR-V
4th Gen Honda City
Mahindra Alturas G4
Mahindra Marazzo
Mahindra KUV100
Hyundai i20 Diesel
Hyundai Verna Diesel
Tata Altroz Diesel
Maruti Alto 800
Renault Kwid 800
Nissan Kicks
Toyota Innova Crysta Petrol
– Honda has decided to discontinue 3 products including the Jazz, WR-V and the 4th generation City sedan from our market. Adding to it, the company will also discontinue the diesel version of the 5th generation City sedan and the Amaze compact sedan. Honda is selling the previous generation Jazz and WR-V in our market. The company will pull the plug on the 1.5-litre diesel engine when new emissions regulations come in to affect in 2023. Honda is currently selling the City, WR-V and Amaze sedan with 1.5L diesel engine.
– Mahindra will discontinue 3 of its slow-selling models from our market. The company will discontinue the slow-selling Altura G4 SUV, Marazzo MPV and the KUV100 small SUV. First launched in 2016, the KUV100 small SUV failed to garned a lot of interest among buyers, and the sales gradually slumped. The Marazzo MPV is also expected to be axed very soon. The company had delivered 201 units of the MPV in November 2022. Mahindra has already removed the Altura G4 from its official website.
– Hyundai will discontinue the diesel versions of the i20 and Verna sedan from our market. These two models are powered by a 1.5L diesel engine. However, the company will continue to sell the diesel versions of the Venue, Creta, Alcazar and others. The 1.5L CRDi diesel engine will be upgraded to meet the new RED norms. Similarly, Tata Motors will discontinue the diesel version of the Altroz hatchback. The Altroz diesel demand is comparatively lower than the petrol version, as it only contributes to around 6 to 10 per cent of total Altroz sales.
– India’s most affordable and smallest models, the Maruti Alto 800 and the Renault Kwid 800 will also be discontinued from our market. The 800cc engines won’t be upgraded to meet the stricter emission norms. Maruti Suzuki has already introduced the new Alto K10 with a 1.0L Dualjet petrol engine, while the Renault Kwid is also available with 1.0L petrol engine.
– The slow-selling Nissan Kicks SUV will be discontinued in early 2023. Similarly, Toyota will discontinue the petrol-powered Innova Crysta. The company will re-introduce the diesel version of the Crysta in early 2023. This model will be sold alongside the new Innova Hycross, and will mainly target the fleet operators.
