Maruti Suzuki has no plans to upgrade its lowest-priced Maruti 800 model to meet Euro IV emissions standards, chairman RC Bhargava said on Friday.

Bhargava told Reuters sales of the model would be discontinued in 13 Indian cities from April.

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The design of Maruti’s long-running entry level model is based on the 1979 Suzuki Alto. 

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