Hindustan Motors to launch a new SUV in India

CHENNAI: Automobile manufacturer Hindustan Motors Ltd on Friday said they would be launching a high-premium Sports Utility Vehicle in the Indian market soon.

“We are expecting to launch the high-premium SUV ‘Outlander’ by this year itself in the Indian market and it would be placed between Mitsubishi’s Pajero and Montero”, Hindustan Motors Ltd Executive Vice-President Y V S Vijay Kumar told reporters here today on the sidelines of the company’s exclusive tie-up with Pune-based Opulent Auto Care Pvt Ltd.

To a query, he said that the price may be somewhere between in the Rs.30 lakh range but declined to give more details about the vehicle.

He said the sales performance of “Montero” was ‘phenomenal’ since the launch of the vehicle.

“So far we have sold 600 units and we are expecting it to increase this year too”, he said.

“We sell around 250 units of Pajero every month and cities like Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai have reported good sales performance” he said.

Referring to their tie-up with Opulent Auto Care Pvt Ltd, which mainly caters to the Value Added Services for automobiles, Kumar said that the concept is gradually gaining importance from vehicle owners. “The contract with them is for three years and this particular segment is booming,” Kumar said.

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