The country’s largest automaker Tata Motors has today launched a new CNG avatar of its famous cars Tata Tiago and Tigor in the domestic market. This is the first step from the company’s side in the CNG segment and there are a lot of expectations from these cars. The starting price of Tiago CNG has been fixed at Rs 6.09 Lakh while the price of Tigor CNG starts at Rs 7.69 Lakh. All prices given here are ex-showroom- Delhi.
Let us tell you that after Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai, Tata Motors is the third largest company to start using company fitted CNG kit in its vehicles and initially both these cars have been launched in the market with CNG kit. After the launch of these cars, Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai are going to get a tough competition. However, Maruti Suzuki continues to dominate the CNG vehicle portfolio as the company’s vehicle lineup comprises 6 CNG models.
What is special about these CNG cars:
In both the cars, the company has used the Revotron petrol engine with a capacity of 1.2 liters with 3 cylinders. This engine normally generates power of 86hp and torque of 113Nm. At the same time, in CNG mode, the performance of this engine is slightly reduced and it generates power of about 73hp and torque of 95Nm. It is clear from this that there is a difference of 13hp between petrol and CNG. Apart from this, the weight of the car has also increased by about 1 quintal (100 kg).
The company has used a 5-speed manual transmission gearbox in both these cars, and the most important thing is that these cars can be started directly in CNG mode only. This technology is not being used by any other company in the market, the models of other companies have to be kept in petrol mode to start. However, Tata Motors has not yet shared any official information about the mileage of these cars. At the same time, Maruti Suzuki claims about the Celerio CNG launched in the past, that this car is capable of giving mileage of up to 35.60 kilometers per kilogram.
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However, there is no significant change in the look and design of the CNG variants of both the cars. The company has given an ‘i-CNG’ badge on the exterior of the car. Apart from this, no changes have been made to the interior as well, it remains the same as the current petrol model. The Tiago CNG has been introduced by the company in a total of 4 trims, while the Tigor is also available in only two variants.
As we mentioned, the features remain the same as the regular model, which means the top-spec CNG trims get 14-inch alloy wheels, projector headlamps with LED DRLs, 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment with Android Auto and Apple Car connectivity. The system is equipped with features like Apart from this, CarPlay, 8-speaker Harman audio system, a digital instrument cluster, automatic climate control, electrically adjustable and foldable wing mirrors are also available.
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In terms of safety, features like Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Corner Stability Control, Dual Airbags with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) have been provided in these cars. Let us tell you that both these cars are one of the safest cars in their segment. He has got a 4 star rating in the global NCAP crash test. These cars will compete with Maruti Suzuki WagonR CNG and Celerio CNG in the market.
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