To deal with the increasing air pollution issue in the country, till now, the central and various state government has taken strict actions like diesel ban under the National Green Tribunal (NGT)’s ban program. Introduced bans in the renowned metro cities, has turned out as a big loss for the manufacturers. Owing to this, carmakers are also contemplating to introduce options like electric vehicles, LPG and CNG kits equipped machines that supports recently commenced green environment initiative.
In order to attain the same, Hyundai India has brought out CNG kits fitting facility for its hatch Grand i10 and compact sedan Xcent at dealer-level. Desirables can equip this fitment on the base trims of above-mentioned cars, which are available at Rs. 5.07 lakh and 5.45 lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai) respectively. One can easily book the car just by paying a token amount of Rs. 20,000. While the cars will be delivered within 10-15 days of complete payment, which will be Rs. 6.51 lakh for Grand i10 and Rs. 6.94 lakh for Xcent, on-road. The fitment will be considered as a legal fitment and endorsed on the RC book by the dealers at delivery.
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On powering, the CNG kits fitted into the current Grand i10 and Xcent will produce less power and torque figures as compared to the petrol powered cars, which belt out 80PS/112Nm claimed figures. As for now, Hyundai did not confirm any mileage figures for CNG cars but expected to offer more against the petrol units rated 18.9 kmpl.
Runaway success for Hyundai, the Grand i10, and the Xcent since their launch in 2013 and 2014 respectively, has witnessed downfall in sales over last two years. To compete with the new arrivals like Ford Figo/Aspire and the Volkswagen Ameo, the company updated both of its trims. And, now to offer some new features such as touch screen , graphics, and a fresh upholstery scheme, an anniversary edition is in the queue.
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Both the petrol and diesel variants of Xcent are being supported by the app-based taxi operators. Whether it will succeed to attract the audience or left as taxi images, it can only be figured out in coming future.
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