Finally very much awaited Mahindra-Renault Logan was launched yesterday. In another event this week, Hyundai India launched Getz with a smaller engine and renamed it Getz Prime.
Mahindra Renault Logan: Logan has three engine options (1.4L and 1.6L Petrol, 1.5L Diesel) and comes in five variants (GL, GLE, GLS, DLE and DLS). Basic Petrol version has a price-tag of Rs. 4,27,950 and base Diesel version a price-tag of Rs. 5,47,064. The costliest Logan in India is top-of-the-line Diesel DLS 1.5 DCi with a price tag of 6,43,939 rupees. All prices provided are ex-showroom Navi Mumbai.
Overall first impression of the car is good. It's overall priced perfectly, however, the top-end version can be considered a bit high on price. 1.5 DLS could have been worth the price if it could have got alloy wheels and ABS as standard. Driver-side air-bag is provided in this version though.
CarWale.com has provided the basic data for research and comparison. Prices will be updated till tomorrow. Our executive called a few Mahindra-Renault dealers in Mumbai and they confessed that they too don't have prices as of now. Some of them are expecting prices till today evening and rest are being told that they will get them on 6th of this month.
Hyundai Getz Prime: Hyundai India replaced Getz with its newer avtar Get Prime on Monday this week. Getz Prime is available for sale in four versions. The two starting versions i.e. GLE and GVS have got Santro Xing's 1.1L engine and the rest two i.e. GLS and GLX will continue using the same 1.3L engine.
Ex-showroom Mumbai price for the base GLE is Rs. 4,08,128 while the top-end GLX has a price-tag of Rs. 5,50,484. Price still seems miserable for Getz, well at least I think so. Even with the smaller 1.1L engine, 1.1 GLE is only 11,000 cheaper than earlier 1.3 GLE. Getz's 1.3L engine variants are around 30,000 costlier than their previous equivalent versions now. I don't understand the strategy behind the pricing thing. Maybe Hyundai wants to say, Getz is pricey and is for the class, if you cannot afford it, buy the one with smaller engine instead.
We will provide Getz Prime's data for research, tomorrow.
Update (12-April-2007): Getz Prime features, specifications, colors and prices are available for research.
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