Due to the rising prices of petrol and diesel, CNG-powered cars have been steadily gaining popularity in the Indian market. Hyundai India is reportedly planning to add more CNG passenger cars to its range in the near future, and even the Alcazar SUV is expected to get a CNG powertrain option very soon. Hyundai Alcazar CNG was reportedly spotted during a road test recently.
The technical specifications of Alcazar
CNG have not been revealed, but there are two possibilities; the SUV’s engine
could be either a 2.0L naturally aspirated unit or a 1.4L turbocharged unit.
Kia Carens is also expected to get a CNG powertrain option, which would be a
bi-fuel version of its 1.4-litre turbo-petrol engine. The same powerplant could
make its way to Alcazar CNG as well. However, some reports suggest that Hyundai
could simply add a CNG kit to the 2.0L petrol engine of Alcazar.
Currently, there are two engine options
available on Hyundai Alcazar. The first one is the aforementioned 2.0-litre,
naturally aspirated, inline-4 petrol mill that belts out 159 PS and 191 Nm of
maximum power and torque, respectively. The second one is a 1.5-litre,
turbocharged, inline-4 diesel motor, with 115 PS and 250 Nm on tap.
Transmission options consist of a 6-speed manual and a 6-speed torque-converter
automatic, available on both engines.
Hyundai Alcazar manages to achieve decent
monthly sales numbers currently, and the addition of a CNG powertrain option is
expected to help boost sales. At the moment, only Hyundai Aura and Grand i10
Nios are available with a CNG engine option. Hyundai Alcazar is priced from Rs.
16.44 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh for the petrol version, and from Rs. 16.85 lakh to
Rs. 20.25 lakh for the diesel version. We expect the upcoming CNG version to
only be available with select trim choices, and it will be priced higher than
equivalent petrol and diesel variants.
