Suzuki Ertiga Diesel officially launched in Indonesia – mild hybrid MPV; 22.6 km/litre; priced at RM73,296

Suzuki Ertiga Diesel officially launched in Indonesia – mild hybrid MPV; 22.6 km/litre; priced at RM73,296

The Suzuki Ertiga Diesel has finally been launched in Indonesia, where it is priced at 219,500,000 rupiah (RM73,296). The Ertiga Diesel, which will be fully imported to Indonesia from India, joins the standard Ertiga (from 184,000,000 rupiah, RM61,442) and Ertiga Dreza (from 217,900,000 rupiah, RM72,762) variants in the republic.

Under the hood, the Ertiga is powered by a D13A 1.3 litre four-cylinder turbodiesel DDiS engine that provides 89 hp at 4,000 rpm and 200 Nm at 1,750 Nm of torque. The direct-injection mill is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox and as previously reported, is also linked to the Smart Hybrid Vehicle by Suzuki (SHVS) system.

This mild hybrid setup features an Integrated Starter Generator (ISG) in place of an alternator and a larger 70 Ah, 12 V battery. The former functions to provide regenerative braking to recharge the battery, assistance to the engine when setting off, as well as support the idle start/stop system. Suzuki claims the Ertiga Diesel will provide a fuel consumption of just 22.6 km/litre, following Balai TMP’s (Termodinamika Motor dan Propulsi) research.

Styling-wise, the Ertiga Diesel looks nearly identical to the petrol version (aside from the Dreza), but with exterior highlights like chrome trim on the grille, fog lamp and tailgate; electric-folding side mirrors; Hybrid badging; and alloy wheels.

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Inside, buyers will get fabric seats with a different pattern, a manual-dimming rear-view mirror, air-conditioning with rear demister function, a gear shift indicator, a beige steering wheel and gearlever (Indonesian petrol models get brown items, like ours), plus a standard audio system.

In Malaysia, the Ertiga is available only with a K14B 1.4 litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine, and customers can choose from Executive (MT and AT) or Executive Plus variants (AT only). If you’re hoping for the national carmaker to introduce a diesel variant here, the company had previously stated it won’t be doing so.

“We have no plans to bring in the diesel Ertiga. We have a 1,500 unit per month target for the car, numbers that are comfortable for a small MPV, and the current model meets these requirements,” said previous Proton Edar CEO Rohime Shafie at the time.

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Comments

  • Why bring the out dated car with 1.4 litre.This apply to Honda Perdana. These 2 projects will fail miserably

    No wonder the Suzuki Artiga still have the 2016 stock now and waiting to dispose off with big discount.

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    • Kunta Kinte on Feb 10, 2017 at 12:29 pm

      Why never bring this Diesel to Malaysia? Now our petrol price so crazy despite Malaysia being an oil producing nation.

      We need this diesel. How come Suzuki can launch in Indonesia and not in Malaysia where they have a marriage with Proton?

      Or is the marriage now on the rocks and going to cerai? The Japanese hate China. Suzuki sure cannot take it now Geely is going to own Proton plant.

      Japanse and China long rivals. They cannot forget each other during the war and what they did to each other.

      Looks like Suzuki is leaving Proton eventually, otherwise, they will launch the Diesel Ertiga here.

      By the way, this Ertiga got VSC or not? Or is it just Malaysia Suzuki dumps dangerous non vsc Ertigas?

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      • ERDUAPOINTENAMBILLION on Feb 10, 2017 at 6:05 pm

        You nak beli ke? Sembang je lebih tapi abuk pun tarak.

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    • Theanswer on Feb 10, 2017 at 1:38 pm

      Dah la rebadge..nak yg latest model. Tamak ke ape..

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      • Definitely not greedy at all. The Inspira was a current running Lancer model during the rebadge exercise. So it is not too much to expect the latest model.

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  • lilytan on Feb 10, 2017 at 12:21 pm

    Should bring this car to msia. With better torque, cheaper diesel and no direct competition, this ertiga should be better than the current petrol model. But obviously proton is have no balls to make such clear cut decision.

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    • Agree. The good fuel consumption of the Ertiga Diesel can answer the typical consumer complaint of the Exora being 1 hell of a thirsty MPV . Proton never attempt to think out of the box to carve out a niche market for itself since there is no competition for a frugal small diesel MPV.

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  • WAH! So expensive! Even so much more than P1 Er3! Ini mesti semua salah… oh wai

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  • Ellfian Rahim on Feb 10, 2017 at 1:18 pm

    I don’t get it – why is there such a huge resistance to bringing in cheap diesel cars into this country? Instead, only the well-healed are spoiled for choice when it come to oil-burners here in Malaysia…

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  • Bapak Bangkrut Nusantara on Feb 10, 2017 at 1:21 pm

    Best suited for Uber/Grab/Limo/Taxi fleet

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  • Faiz Roslan on Feb 10, 2017 at 1:38 pm

    Instead of bringing in the latest and better version, proton continues to be stubborn and insist in selling outdated models with old technology. What is proton trying to archeive?? No wonder your sales figure slide like waterfall. You deserve to be sold to a foreign company. What a national shame.

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  • Mikey on Feb 10, 2017 at 2:20 pm

    Since Suzuki Er3 Diesel has been launched in Indonesia at 220 juta rupiah, who is going to buy the Iriz ??!! Looks like the marketing strategy have turn into TRAGEDY I’m afraid.

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  • passion on Feb 10, 2017 at 3:40 pm

    this car needs torque badly. the diesel will help. but i must say it looks quite good on the road though the red one especially.

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  • Brutus on Feb 10, 2017 at 5:43 pm

    Man, this will be a very good replacement Brown Taxi inm the Teksi 1Malaysia. Too bad our Proton high hand have little vision…….

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  • Perodua always getting the latest technology from Toyota with dual vvti engine (ahead of vios) but this proton always using the outdated engine from Honda and suzuki. No wonder the company need to be sold off.

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