Tata Motors recently launched the Nexon facelift with comprehensive exterior and interior updates, but mechanically, it has remained largely unchanged except for the petrol engine receiving a couple of new gearboxes. The company has now revealed the ARAI-claimed fuel efficiency of all the powertrain options.
The petrol variants will return a mileage ranging between 17.01-17.44kpl, depending on the gearbox, while the diesel variants have a claimed efficiency of 23.23kpl and 24.08kpl for the manual and AMT, respectively. Here’s a summary of the ARAI-claimed fuel efficiency of all powertrains on offer.
Powertrain Efficiency | Petrol 5MT/6MT 17.44kpl | Petrol AMT 17.18kpl |
Petrol DCT 17.01kpl | Diesel MT 23.23kpl | Diesel AMT 24.08kpl |
Nexon petrol fuel efficiency compared with Brezza, Fronx
When it comes to fuel efficiency, Maruti Suzuki usually goes uncontested. Here we have taken Maruti’s two sub-compact offerings – the Brezza and the Fronx – for comparison against the new Nexon.
The Brezza comes with a larger, 103hp, 1.5-litre four-cylinder, naturally aspirated petrol engine as compared to the Nexon’s 120hp, 1.2-litre, three-cylinder, turbocharged unit. The Brezza’s manual version is marginally less efficient than the Nexon, but the former’s automatic is sufficiently more efficient than both of Nexon’s AMT- and DCT-equipped variants.
Meanwhile, the Fronx gets either a 90hp, 1.2-litre four-cylinder, naturally aspirated petrol engine or a 100hp, 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbocharged unit. Both engines are down on power than the Nexon, but all powertrains are a lot more efficient than the Nexon with claimed efficiency upwards of 20kpl.
Viraaj Bhatnagar
Uday Singh
Suraj Viswanathan
Lenny D'sa
