Maruti Wagon R Stingray AMT coming soon

It’s the age of AMTs, and it shows. Maruti started the trend with the Celerio and was soon followed by Tata Motors with the Zest. The Manesar-based manufacturer they brought in the new Alto K10 with a AMT option. Now, it’s time to shift focus to the Wagon R Stingray. 

The Maruti Wagon R Stingray is powered by a 1.0-litre K10 petrol motor and will be mated to the same AMT unit that we have already seen on the aforementioned cars. Since the time of its launch, the Celerio has been quite a success in the Indian market. The idea of the convenience of an automatic and the efficiency of a manual transmission hit just the note manufacturers expected. 

Maruti sources nearly 3,500 units of AMT from Magneti Marelli but now with the Wagon R Stingray AMT on the cards, this number is expected to increase to 5,000 units. 

Currently, Maruti doesn't offer the AMT option in the top most variant of the Celerio, but that may not be the case with the Wagon R. The Wagon R Stingray is the highest spec variant of the model and comes with all the bells and whistles including front airbags, ABS and alloy wheels. 

The Maruti Wagon R Stingray AMT is expected to be launched at a premium of Rs 30,000 – Rs 50,000 over the current top-of-the-line variant. As on date, there is no news of when the car is expected to be launched, keep watching this space for more updates.