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Maruti Suzuki "The way of life" will launch its new facelifted Estilo today. Here are the specs that are doing the rounds. It will come with A-Star's super smooth 3 cylinder K10B 1000cc engine which will generate a modest 68Bhp. Maximum torque would be in the range of 9.1Kgm and the weight of the car is about 865Kgs. The car will come in no less than 8 different colors to look at and the interiors too have been changed a bit though the beige is retained and it comes with a rear parcel shelf. Overall it looks better than before but anyway that is the maximum Maruti could do to change this otherwise boring looking car. The prices are expected to be similar and the car is going to be soon overshadowed by the Ritz, i10 and the A-star soon again because the facelift does not hide its age no matter what. The moment you look at it, you know it is the Zen Estilo and this is uninspiring. They have tried to break away from the one box design giving more angle to the bonnet though with little success and this car looks a little less of a bread box than before. The top end will come with ABS and Airbags but an automatic will not be on offer. The car will come with small 145mm tires and the VXI with 155mm which will make it look exactly like it did before. 

It is the new Zen Estilo Day on August 25th when Maruti will take wraps off its refreshed Zen Estilo. This car is actually the Suzuki MR Wagon, its production had stopped in Japan in late 90's. Maruti got this slightly outdated car to India and named it Zen Estilo. Of course it did not live upto the image of the original Zen which was anything but this car. Mechanically it shares a lot of components from the WagonR which lets Maruti price both these cars competetively. Maruti was keen to give the Estilo a new lease of life and we can expect it to get the new 1000cc all aluminium K10M engine which already powers the A-Star. This engine is BSIV compliant which comes in strength in 2010 and all manufacturers have to phase out engines which are not or tune them accordingly. We can expect some major improvements in looks and interiors but no one really knows the level of change this car will get. Maruti has guarded this very well and so far no pictures or designs have been sneaked out or seen online.