Hyundai is going to launch the BS6 compliant Elantra diesel soon. It will get a 1.5 Litre diesel engine that will also come on new Creta and new Verna.
Hyundai launched the facelifted Elantra back in October last year. It got minor cosmetic upgrades, a couple of new features and BS6 compliant petrol engine. Now, reports suggest that Hyundai Elantra Diesel is also in its way and will hit the roads soon enough.
BS6 compliant Hyundai Elantra diesel is likely to be launched in the coming weeks. It will get its engine from Seltos, the 1.5 Litre four-cylinder motor. To note, this engine will also come on the new Creta and new Verna. A slightly detuned version of this engine comes on Venue and will further come on the new generation i20.
The 1.5 Litre engine produces 115 BHP and 250 Nm of peak torque on Seltos. The same power figures will be offered by Elantra Diesel. Earlier, it came with a 1.6-litre diesel engine which produced 128 BHP and 260 Nm of peak torque. The new engine is comparatively even less powerful.
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The engine will come paired to a 6-speed manual gearbox and a 6-speed torque converter AT. Elantra further gets a 2.0 Litre four-cylinder petrol engine, that puts out 152 bhp at 6200 rpm and 196 Nm of peak torque at 4000 rpm. The same 6-MT and 6-AT gearbox options are offered.
Elantra comes with features such as wireless charging, Auto Cruise Control, 10-way adjustable seats with lumbar support, Bluelink technology with more features than Venue, front ventilated seats and an electric sunroof. Safety features include Hill Hold Control, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, Front Parking Sensors, Rear Parking Camera, Front and rear disc brake, Six airbags and ABS with EBD.
The prices of Elantra start off at Rs 15.89 Lakhs up to Rs 20.39 Lakhs (ex-showroom). Once the diesel engine comes, the price range is expected to start off at Rs 17 Lakhs onwards up to Rs 22 Lakhs. The price difference should be around a Lakh between the petrol and diesel engines.
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In competition to the Elantra, we have the Skoda Octavia, Toyota Corolla Altis and Honda Civic. Due to poor sales and upcoming BS6 norms, Toyota has completely discontinued the Corolla. The production of the sedan has been stopped already. Amongst the other two, Octavia will also be discontinued towards the end of the month, with the new version coming by the end of this year.
