For more than a year now, news had been doing rounds that the Tata Xenon facelift might offer an automatic transmission. Supporting claims, this time around the test mules of the facelift Xenon featured an automatic transmission, thereby indicating on its possible launch sometime in next six months. The Xenon pick-up truck from Tata has not been generating big sales numbers, but with the introduction of an automatic option, it might well generate fresh interest.
The exterior of the upcoming facelift model does not get major upgrades and changes are restricted to new body coloured grille and revised bumpers with fog light enclosures. In the Australian market, the Xenon is the only product to be offered by Tata Motors in the passenger vehicle segment, hence if the automaker is not too keen on offering an automatic option in India, it will definitely make it Down Under
Based on what can be seen, the test mule features dual tone fabric seats and two tone dashboard in grey and black. However, you can expect mild tweaks in the production spec version while no major upgrades are expected for now. Under the hood, it will continue to be powered by a 2.2-litre four-cylinder VariCOR engine which generates 144bhp of power and 320Nm of torque. Reports also indicate that the engine might be tweaked a little for slightly extra power output figures. Additional details about the new vehicle might be known in the coming days.
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