Maruti 800 and Omni – workhorses from Maruti Suzuki serving Indian customers for more than 25 years will finally come to an end. Maruti Suzuki today officially announced that 800 and Omni will not see any change in powetrain to meet the Bharat IV emission norms (will be implemented in 11 major cities in 2010). However, Maruti Suzuki will continue to sell Omni and 800 in other cities. “Once Euro-IV emission norms is applied across the country, which is likely to happen around 2015-16, then M800 and Omni may not be a saleable product. We will have to eventually phase (them) out then,” MSI Chairman R C Bhargava said. “We regularly introduce new models in the market, but at present there is no plan to bring out substitutes for these two cars,” he added. Bhargava said sales of M800 and Omni would stop next year in 11 cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, where Euro-IV emission norms would come into effect. “In any case, we are selling very small numbers in these cities as they have opted for higher standard cars. Our main markets for the small car are the rural areas, where we will continue to sell,” he added.