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Motoring enthusiasts love rear wheel driven cars. It doesn’t matter whether you can hold a powerslide endlessly; the thought that a car can lash its tail out of line on demand is of immense pleasure to any dyed-in-the-wool motoring enthusiast. The Rio is rear-wheel driven and we drove it rather a lot in the dirt. Verdict? It is a lot of fun to drive! But wait, there’s more to this car than some silly young motoring scribe’s fascination for donuts. Why, when we’ve already driven the Rio before, are we driving it again? Because this one has a petrol motor under the hood.
WHY PETROL?
Introducing a petrol motor to an SUV in times of such incredulous fuel price hikes is sheer blasphemy, right? Well, Premier’s move is more ‘here and now’ than reeking of foresight. It’s simple. The TUD5 that has so far powered the Rio is a BS3 diesel, which cannot be sold in metros. Which means the Rio remained inaccessible to a large number of Premier’s target audience, the urban commuter with a fondness for regularly venturing into the rough. And the BS4 1.2 petrol motor has an important role to play here.
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