Soon Maruti Suzuki  cars will come with the next generation engines that are highly fuel efficient and environment friendly.

The new petrol engine - K Series - with 1 liter capacity will fit with all Maruti Suzuki small cars starting from the A Star model which is expected to be released in October.

The new engines developed as part of Rs 9,000 crore modernisation plan, will be produced at the Martui facility in Mansheer. According to Maruti Suzuki India managing director S Nakanishi the new engine are aimed at achieving greater exports to European and American markets while the same will be available in domestic market as well.

Maruti Suzuki will introduce the new Engine in its existing models like Zen Estilo, Swift and WagonR. The present F and G series Euro III engines will be phased out by 2010, the managing director said in the interview to The Economic Times.

The development of K-Series engines comes with the introduction of highly efficient engines by rival Hyundai on it popular i10 model. The Hyundai i10 has 1.1 litre engines while Chevrolet Spark comes strapped with 1.0 litre 4-cylinder SOHC engine.

Maruti’s first series of the next generation engine, M-series Euro IV petrol engine has already been launched in the premium sedan SX4 last year.