In Pics: Most fuel-efficient cars in India

Milage: 26.68 kmpl

Celerio is the most fuel efficient petrol car on sale in India so far. Its VXi AMT trim is claimed to give a fuel efficiency of 26.68 kmpl, followed by the ZXi and ZXi+ AMT variants at 26 kmpl.

Milage: 25.19 kmpl

Maruti Suzuki’s tall-boy hatchback WagonR, after this year’s update, gets two petrol engine options – 1.0-litre unit, which delivering up to 25.19 kmpl with the AMT gearbox, and 1.2-litre engine, that can provide up to 24.43 kmpl (ARAI) with the AMT option.

Milage: 24.12 kmpl

Maruti Suzuki Dzire, with the 1.2-litre K12N engine that comes with a start-stop function, gives a fuel efficiency of 23.26 kmpl with its 5-speed manual gearbox and 24.12 kmpl with 5-speed AMT transmission, making it the most fuel-efficient petrol sedan in India.

Milage: 23.76 kmpl

The Maruti Suzuki Swift, after receiving a facelift earlier this year, now gets same K12N petrol engine as in its sibling Dzire. However, its mileage figures are slightly lower – 23.2 kmpl and 23.76 kmpl for the manual and AMT, respectively, compared to Dzire.

Milage: 22.94 kmpl

The new 2022 Baleno is powered by a 1.2-litre, four-cylinder DualJet K12N petrol engine and can be paired with either a 5-speed manual or a 5-speed AMT automatic gearbox. The ARAI-claimed milage for the new hatchback with the manual gearbox is 22.35 kmpl, while the new AMT version is claimed to provide an even higher figure of 22.94 kmpl.

Milage: 22.05 kmpl

Maruti Suzuki’s smallest car is powered by a 0.8-litre engine, which returns ARAI-claimed milage of 22.05 kmpl. Interestingly, its CNG variant also offer an equally impressive mileage of 31.59 km per kg of gas.

Milage: 22 kmpl

The Renault Kwid is available with two engine options – 0.8-litre and 1.0-litre. The Kwid 1.0 manual gets an ARAI mileage of 21.74 kmpl, while the 0.8-litre unit is rated at 20.71 kmpl. However, Kwid’s 1.0-litre engine when mated to the AMT gearbox can deliver a milage of up to 22 kmpl.

Milage: 22 kmpl

Datsun Redigo, which shares same powertrain as in Renault Kwid, comes with two petrol engines – 0.8-litre and 1.0-litre. Redigo gets a fuel efficiency of around 22 kmpl form the 1.0-litre engine with the AMT gearbox. On the other hand, its 0.8-litre and 1.0-litre engines with the manual gearbox are rated at 20.71 kmpl and 21.7 kmpl, respectively.

Milage: 21.7 kmpl

Maruti Suzuki S-Presso, which shares its 1.0-litre petrol engine with the Celerio and WagonR, has similar ARAI efficiency figures as its cousins. S-Presso’s higher-spec VXI and VXI+ trims (with 14-inch rims) have a marginally higher 21.7 kmpl rating compared to the lower variants, which are rated at 21.4 kmpl.

Milage: 20.89 kmpl

Maruti Suzuki Ignis with its 1.2-litre K12M petrol engine delivers an ARAI-rated efficiency of 20.89 kmpl in manual and AMT automatic transmission.