The Tata Curvv lately made its debut in manufacturing guise on the Bharat Mobility Show, and confirming our earlier report, Tata Motors showcased the Curvv with the 1.5-litre diesel engine carried over from the Nexon.

The Curvv is Tata Motors’ reply to the Creta/Seltos, Grand Vitara/Hyryder, Kushaq/Taigun and Astor, however whereas most contenders on this section by no means got here with a diesel engine, the Curvv will crucially widen the alternatives for diesel, which is at the moment restricted to simply two. Apart from the distinct coupe-SUV design, due to this fact, the diesel engine will even be a significant differentiating issue for the Curvv.

Tata Curvv diesel: how does it stack up?

The duo of Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos are at the moment the one fashions that provide a diesel powertrain – it’s a 1.5-litre, four-cylinder unit that produces 116hp and 250Nm of torque. The Curvv’s diesel engine will even be a 1.5-litre unit with near-identical energy determine, however torque will probably be marginally up by 10Nm.

As for gearboxes, the present car got here geared up with a 6-speed handbook transmission, however whereas there’s no phrase on the auto field but, one can anticipate the 6-speed AMT to be carried over from the Nexon as properly. In comparability, the Creta and Seltos additionally get 6-speed manuals, however the automatics are extra refined torque converter models. The latter will clearly have a bonus over the Curvv’s AMT with a a lot nicer driving expertise except Tata Motors introduces a brand new gearbox with the diesel engine.

Do be aware that at 4.3 metres, the Curvv is bigger and heavier than the Nexon, however the engine specs stay unchanged. That’s as a result of with the BS6.2 replace that this 1.5-litre engine obtained earlier final 12 months, it nearly clears the emissions norms utilizing the cost-effective passive SCR emissions management system. A bump in outputs may both require costlier emissions {hardware}, or it wouldn’t meet them in any respect.

Diesel makes for wholesome numbers in midsize SUVs

Although the market has more and more been inclining in direction of petrol, diesel nonetheless makes up wholesome numbers within the two fashions they’re provided in. Kia lately surpassed 1 lakh bookings for the facelifted Seltos, and 42 % consumers opted for the diesel variants. And whereas Hyundai hasn’t but revealed the cut up between petrol and diesel gross sales for the Creta facelift but, diesels persistently comprised over 40 % gross sales for the pre-facelift mannequin. Both these fashions promote over 10,000 models on common monthly, in order that seems to be a good chunk of diesels.

Apart from diesel, the Curvv will even get petrol and electrical powertrains, and will even be provided with CNG. The multi-powertrain technique ought to, due to this fact, give the Curvv a aggressive edge within the section, simply because it has accomplished for the Nexon.

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