Tata Motors on Monday launched its sub-compact SUV ‘Punch’ in the country, with prices starting at Rs 5.49 lakh (ex-showroom).
Designed across Tata Motors’ studios in India, the UK and Italy, the model has been developed to herald an entirely new category — the sub-compact SUV, to address a growing customer need for a small in size SUV which is big on space, safety, performance and features.
Built on the company’s Agile Light Flexible Advanced (ALFA) Architecture, Punch would sit below Nexon in the company’s product line-up. It comes with a 1.2-litre petrol engine mated to both manual and automatic transmissions.
According to Tata Motors, the manual trims of the model deliver an ARAI certified fuel efficiency of 18.97 kmpl while the AMT (automated manual transmission) variants offer 18.82 kmpl to a litre.
The model comes with SUV attributes like tall seating, high ground clearance, 370 mm water wading capability and traction feature to aid recovery in off-road situations.
