One of the major attraction of 12th Delhi Auto
Expo 2014 was this Cabriolet – the convertible from Audi - A3 Cabriolet. This
Cabriolet will come powered by a 1.8-litre TSI petrol engine based on the
Volkswagen group’s MQB platform.
Audi has stated that it is not looking at large
volumes with this car; it’s just to add a bit
of sex appeal and enhance the appeal of the A3 brand. Volumes for the A3
Cabriolet are too small to locally assemble it here in India, it will come here
as a full export. So, expect a price tag of around Rs 35-40 lakh.
In 11th Delhi Auto Expo 2012, we saw this concept
convertible from Maruti, the A-Star Cabriolet which sparked the hope of Indian
buyers to get these Cabriolet’s or the convertible’s in the hot selling
super-mini low budget cars segment in India which can give good numbers. This
car perfectly displays the positive intentions of the auto giant from India to
tread into newer paths so that it can stay ahead of competition – just like Celerio
with AMT (EZ-Drive) at this year’s show, but we don’t know when will these type
of concepts will ever make into production for Indian buyers.
Exploring internet one can find many pictures
of concepts or production versions of convertibles in super-mini segment from
Suzuki, GM, Nissan, Hyundai and others and this can be a new segment which can be
matured in India if some of these companies do launch the convertibles versions
of their popular hatches like A-star, Micra, Spark, i10Grand. They have already
started offering Automatics and Sunroofs…. Why not convertible’s also ?
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