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The most important thing to consider when choosing a compact SUV is the fuel efficiency, especially with rising fuel costs. This comparison of four popular SUVs in India – Skoda Kylaq, Tata Nexon, Mahindra XUV300, and Hyundai Venue – highlights their mileage figures. Based on what they claimed regarding fuel economy, we would see how each would better perform when talking about mileage; hence, your decision becomes an informed one to suit your needs at the best end.
Let's dive deeper into the mileage claims, specifications regarding the engines used, and finally, pricing of these models.
It said that Skoda Kylaq returns a mileage of 19.68 kmpl in its manual variant. Its auto-gear model is a little less efficient with returns at 19.05 kmpl. It's a very great figure for this machine considering the size and power of the Kylaq's engine.
The Tata Nexon mileage for the Petrol manual ARAI-approved model is 17.44kmpl. There is an increase to 17.18 for AMT and 17.01 for petrol in the model of dual clutch. The same variant of Diesel does great by the Nexon scoring 23.23 kmpl in manual, and 24.08 with AMT.
The Mahindra XUV 3XO petrol manual version claims ARAI-fuel efficiency at 20.1 kmpl and the automatic version drops to 18.2 kmpl. In the diesel, it gives 20.6 kmpl although in real-life conditions, diesel usually averages around 15 kmpl. Under normal driving conditions, the petrol tends to return 11-12 kmpl.
The Hyundai Venue offers quite impressive fuel efficiency. 1.2-litre petrol with ARAI rating of 20.36 kmpl, the turbo-petrol variant features an MT unit and in test procedure carried at ARAI fetched a rating of 18.07 kmpl, meanwhile DCT is also featured with rating of 18.15 kmpl, however, well that feature is quite good because that is also being seen as part of the diesel variant which gained an ARAI rating of 23.4 kmpl.
The Skoda Kylaq comes with a 1.0 litre, three cylinders turbo petrol mill, 114 bhp/178 Nm of torque while a 6-speed manual or 6 speed automatic torque converter is offered on the transmission line.
Available two variants for Tata Nexon, including a 1.2-litre turbo-petrol that will be able to deliver 118.2bhp and offer 170 Nm of torque, and a 1.5l turbo-diesel, which churns out 113.3bhp and 260 Nm of torque. It has a 5-speed and 6-speed manuals, AMT and dual-clutch unit of 7 speed transmission.
Three types of engine options are provided with the Mahindra XUV3X0. There is 110 bhp, 1.2-litre turbo petrol along with 200 Nm torque and 1.5-litre diesel churning out 115 bhp, 300 Nm. Further, 129 bhp can be got by the powerfull 1.2-litre turbo petrol which brings out 230 Nm. It will also be offered in manual and AMT transmissions.
The Hyundai Venue is available in a range of engines, from a 1.2-liter naturally aspirated petrol engine that produces 83 PS and 113.8 Nm of torque to a 1.0-liter turbo-diesel engine that puts out 120 PS and 172 Nm of torque. There is also a 1.5-liter turbocharged diesel, which churns out 116 PS and 250 Nm of torque. It is offered in transmission choices 5-speed manual, 6-speed manual, and 7-speed double-clutch automatic. It comes with 6-speed manual.
The Skoda Kylaq starts at Rs. 7.89 lakh (ex-showroom), which is one of the more affordable compact SUVs in its class.
Tata Nexon ranges from Rs. 8 lakh, ex-showroom- starting from the base petrol-manual variant to Rs. 14.90 lakh for the top version-diesel-auto variant. Tata has it starting at Rs 8.99 lakh for the base versions and an upper variant of Rs. 15.59 lakh in terms of CNG.
Mahindra XUV3X0 is available at Rs. 7.79 lakh with a minimum ex-showroom price petrol-manual variant, the top version of petrol is at Rs. 15.49 lakh, and diesel versions starts with price range from Rs. 9.99 lakh to up to Rs. 14.99 lakh.
The Hyundai Venue base variant starts at Rs. 7.94 lakh for the entry-level E, petrol-manual variant. Top line SX(O) is going to cost one Rs. 13.48 lakh. Diesel ranges from Rs 10.71 lakh.
All prices are ex-showroom.
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