- By James Kuanal
- Tue, 21 Jan 2020 03:39 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi | Jagran Auto Desk: Car manufacturer Hyundai Motors on Tuesday launched a new compact sedan Aura as it eyes to consolidate its position in the segment that is currently dominated by Honda Amaze and Maruti Dzire. Aura BSVI compliant comes with 1.2 litre diesel engine, 1.2 litre power trains and one litre turbo petrol.
"The model would help us improve performance in the compact sedan segment which has long been dominated by Dzire and Amaze for a decade now," Hyundai Motor India MD and CEO SS Kim told PTI. He added that the model is also being upgraded to conform to BS VI emission norms.
Aura is set to compete with Maruti Suzuki Dzire, Honda Amaze and Ford Aspire that are priced in the range between Rs 5.82-9.79 lakh, in compact sedan segment.
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The company states that 1.2 litre petrol variant of Aura comes with fuel efficiency of 20.5 and 20.1 kilometer per litre for manual and AMT versions.
The 1.2 litre diesel manual trims come with fuel efficiency of 25.35 km per litre while the AMT versions come with 25.4 km/litre efficiency, it added. The one litre petrol turbo, which comes with manual transmission only, comes with a fuel efficiency of 20.5 km per litre, HMIL said.
The vehicle is loaded with features like wireless charger, driver rear view monitor, air curtain among others.
The 1.2 petrol versions of Aura are priced between Rs 5.79 lakh and Rs 8.04 lakh while the 1.2 litre diesel trims are available at starting price of Rs 7.73 lakh up to Rs 9.22 lakh. One litre turbo petrol is priced at Rs 8.54 lakh.
The petrol AMT trims are priced at Rs 7.05 lakh and Rs 8.04 lakh while the diesel versions with similar technology are tagged at Rs 8.23 lakh and Rs 9.22 lakh. The petrol 1.2 litre (CNG) version is priced at Rs 7.28 lakh.
(with PTI inputs)