Tata Safari Bharat NCAP, new Range Rover trims, Triumph Speed 400 price | News | Autocar India
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Is active now let’s dive into the news we’ll start this week’s episode with news from Land Rover well over a year since its initial launch Land Rover has added the Range Rover Sport SV and the petrol 3 l plug-in hybrid variants on its India website as you can see on the
Screen the SV variant starts from 2.8 CR and the petrol hybrid variant starts from 2.11 CR rupees X showroom the Range Rover Sport SV comes with a 4.4 L BMW soured V8 engine that can produce 635 horsepower at 800 newm of torque this makes it the most powerful Range Rover
Yet to be produced paired to an 8-speed automatic gearbox this four-wheel drive SUV is claimed to hit 100 kmph from zero in just 3.8 seconds and maxes out at a top speed of 290 km/h as far as styling changes are concerned for the exterior the range over sport SV gets wider
Tracks of the front and rear increased camber a new front bumper and Grill treatment side skirts and a rear bumper with dual twin exhausts inside the SV gets new seats with integrated head restraints for all four seats and a new design for the steering wheel it also incorporates an SV button to activate
The personalized drive mode the newly introduced petrol plug-in hybrid on the other hand is powered by a 3 l 6-cylinder engine that’s coupled with a 38.2 K battery pack combined the Range Rover Sport phev makes 460 horsepower and 660 newm of Tor enabling it to do
The 0 to 100 km/ hour Sprint in 5.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 225 km/ hour the battery pack takes 5 hours to fully charge using a 7 Kow AC charger and returns an electric only range of 100 123 km being offered only with the top spec autobiography trim the Range
Rover Sport pH gets all the bells and whistles such as illuminated scar plates 22-way power front seats with ventilation and massage Head Up Display 360° camera and more according to dealers deliveries for the range overport SV and the phv are expected to commence in 6 to 8 months Tata motor subjected its newly
Introduced Hara and Safari SUVs to the Barat new car Assessment program or BN capap making it the first cars to be tested by the organization both SUVs scored five stars securing 3.08 out of 32 points for adult occupant protection and 4454 out of a maximum of 49 for
Child occupant protection while the SUV scored perfectly in the side movable deformable barrier test the protection for the chest region in the frontal offset deformable barrier test proved to be less than ideal however what’s noteworthy is that these scores are very similar to the scores awarded by the global
Endcap Kia is set to commence bookings for the newly updated Sonet SUV from the 20th of December according to our sources the South Korean manufacturer will reveal prices for the Sonet facelift early next month and deliveries are expected to begin by mid January deliveries for the diesel manual
Variants however will begin a little later from February 2024 like with the Salos facelift Kia is also offering the provision for early deliveries for customers with a K Cod the K code can be generated by existing Kia owners from Kia India’s website by entering their vehicle details or through the myia app
Between 14th of December and the 20th of December the k code can then be used at the time of booking the vehicle to jump the queue for priority delivery if you want to know more about the Sonet facelift check out nichels walk around video on our Channel sticking with the
South Korean brand Kia Motors India has revealed that they’re actively looking to bring their hybrid Tech to its India lineup however the brand has not revealed any further information regarding technology or the models that will be powered by the hybrid Tech we’ve also learned that KIA is working on
Electrifying its existing 1.2 and 1.5 L naturally aspirated petal units for the Indian market Kia already uses their hybrid technology in their International models but in India to keep the cost in check the brand has to find a way to localize the production of motor components and Battery tech given the
Size of the engines being considered for hybridization the new powertrains could potentially find their ways into the likes of the SOS midsize SUV the cin MPV and a future sub4 met model sister brand Hyundai is also likely to share the same powertrain for its future SUVs over on the world of two- wheelers
Triumph has announced the speed 400 will be available for purchase at the interr price of 2.23 lakhs till the 31st of December the xoring price of the speed 400 will go up by 10,000 rupes to 2.33 lakhs from the 1st of January owing to the success of the newly introduced
Models like the speed 400 and the Scrambler 400 Triumph AES should reach 80 CS by April 2024 Triumph makes it once again to the news after releasing te images of the new Daytona 660 the middleweight super sport is set to be unveiled on January 9th and it take on the likes of the
Kawasaki Ninja 650 Honda CBR 650r and the upcoming yam R7 the Daytona 660 seems to share a lot of its components like the engine main frame and swing arm to the Trident 660 an output figures from its inline 3-cylinder engine should also be similar at 81 horsepower and 64
Newm of torque judging from the teaser images the Daytona 660 appears to have a more aggressive fully flared design a split LED headlight Arrangement a split seat setup and the ergonomics don’t seem as committed as on the older Daytona 675 the upcoming Daytona is also expected to
Receive a new display as well as packing new features like electronic Rider AIDS consisting of two riding modes a bidirectional quick shifter and a simple traction control system it remains to be seen if Triumph has a more aggressive riding mode considering the sporty positioning of this bike we’re expecting
More teasers and images in the coming days so stay tuned to our website and our social media handles and with that we conclude this week’s quick news here’s UTA India wishing all our viewers a merry Christmas thank you all for joining and see you all next week
This week on quick news, we have the Tata Safari and Harrier that have gone through the Bharat NCAP tests, new trims for the Range Rover including the PHEV, Kia’s plans for hybrid tech and details on Triumphs new Daytona 660. Phillip Binoy reports.
Editor: Deven Bhalla
0:00 – Intro
0:24 – Range Rover trims
2:22 – Tata takes on Bharat NCAP
3:15 – Kia Sonet bookings commence
3:42 – Kia’s hybrid tech plans
4:25 – Triumph Speed 400 price
4:50 – Triumph Daytona 660 details
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