Tata Tiago prices hiked again; hatchback becomes dearer by Rs 7,000

Tata Motors has once again increased the price of its best-selling model, Tiago hatchback. After the first hike of up to Rs 6,000 in August, the hatchback now becomes dearer by Rs 7,000.

Similar to the previous revise, the price of the base variants (XB) has not changed, while the new prices are applicable on XE, XM, XT and XZ variants. The petrol variants are now priced from Rs 3.20 lakh to Rs 4.88 lakh, while the diesel variants will cost between Rs 3.94 lakh to Rs 5.67 lakh, ex-showroom Delhi.

Except base variants, the rest of the variants now cost Rs 13,000 more than its respective launch prices.

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The prices have been increased at a time when Tiago has registered over 50,000 bookings. Buoyed by the response, Tata Motors is also planning to ramp up production of Tiago at its Sanand manufacturing unit in Gujarat. The waiting period for the hatchback currently stands at four months, depending on the city.

The first hatchback bearing Impact design language has been doing bullish sales for Tata Motors. Tiago found 4,557 takers in September. Riding on Tiago, Tata Motors posted a growth of 24 per cent in passenger vehicle sales to 14,601 units as against 11,732 units in September 2015.

In August, Tiago sales stood at 4,527 units. The sales of the new hatchback in April, May, June and July was 3,022 units, 3,287 units, 4,205 units and 5,114 units, respectively.

Tiago is sold in 1.2-litre three-cylinder Revotron petrol and 1.05-litre three-cylinder Revotorq diesel. The petrol mill churns out 83.8bhp of power at 6,000rpm and 114Nm of torque at 3,500rpm, while the 1.05- diesel engine produces 69bhp of power at 4,000rpm and 140Nm of torque at 1,800-3,000rpm. Both the engines come mated to a five-speed manual gearbox.

Check revised prices (all prices ex-showroom, Delhi)