Hyundai Venue Dominates Segment; Creta Is Best-Selling Hyundai
March 2020 hasn’t been a good month for the Indian automobile industry. Most car manufacturers witnessed a steep fall in the sales including Hyundai that registered 65 per cent sales decline against the same month of previous year. However, the carmaker’s newly-launched Creta managed to begun its second innings with decent sales numbers.
Despite the pandemic crisis and a nationwide lockdown, the Korean carmaker dispatched 6,706 units of the 2020 Hyundai Creta. This makes it the best-selling Hyundai vehicle of the last month. Besides this, the Hyundai Venue managed to lead the segment with total sales of 6,127 units. Its arch rivals Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza and Tata Nexon recorded total sales of 5,513 units and 2,644 units respectively.
Talking about the 2020 Hyundai Creta, the compact SUV is available with three engine options – a 1.5-litre petrol, a 1.4-litre Turbo GDI petrol and a 1.5-litre VGT diesel. The naturally aspirated petrol motor produces a peak power of 113bhp with 144Nm of torque and the diesel unit returns power worth 113bhp and 250Nm of peak torque. The turbo petrol engine is good enough for 138bhp and 242Nm of torque.
Transmission options includes a 6-speed manual (standard across the range) along with the optional 6-speed torque convertor (on the 1.5 diesel), 7-speed DCT (on the 1.4 turbo petrol), and the iVT automatic (on the 1.5 petrol).
The Hyundai Venue, on the other hand, has been offered with two petrol and one diesel engine option. Similar to the Creta, it has a 1.0-litre, three-cylinder turbocharged petrol motor delivering a top power of 118bhp and 172Nm of peak torque. Check Out – Hyundai Creta 7-seater SUV Rendered Based On New Spy Images
The 1.2-litre, four-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol motor generates a maximum power of 82bhp and 114Nm of peak torque. Powering the diesel model is a 1.4-litre, four-cylinder, turbocharged unit dishing out power worth 89bhp and 220Nm of peak torque.
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