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Premier Auto to roll out compact mini-SUV Rio on Oct 28

India's older car maker, Premier Auto, is all set to launch India's first compact diesel SUV Rio, on October 28. Chairman and MD, Premier Auto, Maitreya Doshi will unveil the mini-SUV Rio in Mumbai. According to some news reports, the company has tied up with Chinese company Zotye Auto for supplying CKD kits from its local plant and is to be assembled at Premier Auto's facility at Chinchwad near Pune. The plant has an annual capacity of 20,000 units. It is believed that the first compact diesel SUV will be priced lower than the Tata Safari and Mahindra Scorpio.

Published On Oct 26, 2009 12:28 PM By Vikas
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India's older car maker, Premier Auto, is all set to launch India's first compact diesel SUV Premier Rio, on October 28. Chairman and MD, Premier Auto, Maitreya Doshi will unveil the mini-SUV Premier Rio in Mumbai. According to some news reports, the company has tied up with Chinese company Zotye Auto for supplying CKD kits from its local plant and is to be assembled at Premier Auto's facility at Chinchwad near Pune. The plant has an annual capacity of 20,000 units. It is believed that the first compact diesel SUV will be priced lower than the Tata Safari and Mahindra Scorpio. Never theless, the space and other things will be less as suggested by the name mini-SUV. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the mini SUV Premier Rio will priced between Rs 5.5-6.5 lakh. The SUV is believed to be powered by a 1.5 litre, four cylinder indirect injection mill from Peugeot. The power train belts out 65 bhp of peak power. The company is owned by the Doshi family that is the country's older car manufacturer.
Volkswagen and GM also are gearing up to introduce its vehicles- Volkswagen Polo and Chevrolet Beat respectively.

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A totally people's person Vikas Yogi ventured into journalism 5 years ago. He started his career as a journalist for an online media agency, where he worked on few of their best online projects. Later on, he was given command of their entire content development division, where he single handedly managed and developed content for various domains ranging from Telecommunications, Electronics, Home Appliances, Fashion, Lifestyle to his favorite 'Automobiles'.

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neelesh
Nov 30, 2009, 7:05:40 AM

Where can we see the car. who is the dealer in Pune.....

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piyush
Nov 15, 2009, 1:08:20 PM

premier suv is fantastic. looks dashing. rates are mouth watering.it will be big success if premier will give good dealer net work in north india ncr region.dr piyush gupta

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raj
Oct 28, 2009, 5:16:59 AM

Good news actually. Looks very cute.This is the same Zotye nomad available in china. They introduced a 5008 fully loaded version, which is avalable with a cheaper price of around 70000 cny(chinese yuvan), that is around 470000 in indian rupee. In my opinion, If PAL really wanted to make a bang with this suv, they should give atleast similar or more features MM given in their ZYLO e8 version, with around 7 lakh. PAL can do this because the company has tied up with Zotye Auto

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