Pajero Sport Coming January 2012

Hindustan Motors will launch the Pajero Sport SUV in India at the Auto Expo in January 2012. And the company was planning to bring in the model for quite a while however was unable to arrive at a competitive price due to a sharply increasing Yen.

In last year, the Japanese currency has shot up around 13 percent and this sharp increase has pushed up costs. Further, to challenge the rising Yen, HM is planning aggressively to localize its upcoming SUV which will be assembled in HM"s Thiruvallur factory in Tamil Nadu, where the current Pajero (recently upgraded to BS IV) is made as well. And the price the Pajero Sport in the range of Rs 20-23 lakh.

Moreover, the Pajero Sport comes with a 2.5-litre 16-valve intercooled turbocharged diesel heart producing 134bhp and 32kgm of torque. It has Mitsubishi"s rally-proven shift-on-the-fly Super Select 4WD and a high 215mm ground clearance that should provide it terrific off-road capability. An extra row seats are available that makes the Pajero a seven-seater.

Also, the company has big plans for the Pajero Sport and the company is banking on this model as the mainstay of the company"s limited product portfolio.

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