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| Peugeot 301 in India Soon |
For European car makers launching a car in Asian market is a big exercise. But now Indian market is so favorable for all kinds of European cars of course slight tuning is required for Indian roads. In fact western car makers are keen to launch cars for India separately. Peugeot plans for India are clearer now with its naming convention of their new car as 301. Peugeot explanation on name of new compact sedan 301 clarifies its stand in launching the car in Indian market. As per Peugeot ’3″ stands for segment of the car, ’0′ is constant and ’1′ stands for emerging markets.
The new Peugeot 301 is undergoing all kinds of hits and touchups to attract the Indian car buyers. Though the looks of Peugeot are not so stunning it got all kinds of features of European sports sedan . Looks are pretty conservative with good boot space and big box kind of salon which is been a traditional design of Peugeot. 301 will have both diesel and petrol options with 1.6 litre engine . The 1.6 litre diesel will hurl a power of 92bhp and petrol will pump 115bhp. Going into the more details, 301 overall length is 4.44 metres , wheel base of 2.65 metres and 506 litres of boot size. 301 comes with dual transmission option.
301 is produced in Peugeot’s Vigo (spain), market publicity going to start in Nov 2012 and Turkey is the first market to be launched in Asia. The car is expected in India in 2014. Yet showrooms are not finalized in India. Price range would be in the range of Volkswagen Vento, Skoda Rapid and Nissan Sunny.
The new Peugeot 301 is undergoing all kinds of hits and touchups to attract the Indian car buyers. Though the looks of Peugeot are not so stunning it got all kinds of features of European sports sedan . Looks are pretty conservative with good boot space and big box kind of salon which is been a traditional design of Peugeot. 301 will have both diesel and petrol options with 1.6 litre engine . The 1.6 litre diesel will hurl a power of 92bhp and petrol will pump 115bhp. Going into the more details, 301 overall length is 4.44 metres , wheel base of 2.65 metres and 506 litres of boot size. 301 comes with dual transmission option.
301 is produced in Peugeot’s Vigo (spain), market publicity going to start in Nov 2012 and Turkey is the first market to be launched in Asia. The car is expected in India in 2014. Yet showrooms are not finalized in India. Price range would be in the range of Volkswagen Vento, Skoda Rapid and Nissan Sunny.
