Unveil of BSIV Rio petrol Premier at Auto Expo

The wait is almost at an end for consumers on a look out for Premier River BSIV compliant gasoline, but diesel fans will have to wait a little longer. The national carmaker Premier is all set to take the wraps off the new Premier Rio compact SUV gasoline at the Auto Expo in January 2012. The new petrol engine of 1.2 L is adjusted to conform to the latest BS IV emission standards with a remarkable 75.5 hp and 105 Nm of maximum power and torque numbers make for itself and this time BSIV cities. However, the largest automaker has postponed the launch diesel variant of the compact SUV for a later time at least until mid-2012 by the looks of it.

The new Premier Rio diesel will house a Fiat’s 1.3 L diesel powertrain under the hood. The consumers can as well expect a rise in the Premier Rio compact SUV price but should be competitive enough to offer a good fight against the rivals Mahindra Bolero and Chevrolet Tavera in the segment. So, the facelift is basically more to make it more suitable for the BS IV cities more than anything else. The auto giant with the Premier Padmini fame behind its back had launched the Premier Rio sometime back but failed to meet the latest revised emission standards of late. So, the auto major had decided to make up for the gap with the revamped Premier Rio launched recently.

However, the compact SUV will not go for sale until the January next year that is basically just a few days away from now. Nevertheless, the car manufacturer is taking longer than usual to introduce the new diesel variant to keep up with the times. The Premier Rio diesel still continues to sell with the 1.5 L diesel engine sourced by Peugeot Citroen with the 65 Bhp peak power performance. Coming to the makeover along the exteriors, it will carry forward the same design lines of the China bound SUV new Zotye Nomad based on which it was inspired right from the beginning.