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Yamaha has launched the 'FZ Blue Flex E85' in India, priced at ₹1.24 lakh. It's Yamaha's first flex-fuel model for the Indian market, compatible with ethanol blends ranging from E20 to E85. Built on the well-regarded FZ platform, it responds to the trend away from fossil fuels.
What's interesting is that even the same FZ has had its internals reworked to handle a different fuel spec. A fuel system that tolerates everything from E20 to E85 is a quiet but genuinely intricate piece of engineering. It makes me want to line up the specs against the old gasoline-only version and see exactly what's changed.
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What's the actual benefit of a flex-fuel vehicle?
It's sugarcane-derived, so the official line is it's better for CO2. Being able to switch fuels is the selling point.
This is a product built entirely around India's ethanol policy. It's never coming to Japan.
1.24 lakh, is that more expensive than the regular FZ? Maybe there's some subsidy involved?
Being E85-compatible should mean lower fuel economy, ethanol has less energy density.
Old Brazilian cars struggled with ethanol starting reliability too, back in the day.
Ethanol fuel ultimately competes with food and land use, can't praise it unconditionally.
