Launched in India two months ago, Honda’s first MPV for Indian market, Mobilio has garnered an overwhelming response from customers. In its short stint in domestic market so far, the vehicle has roped in 20,000 bookings till date. Rivalling primarily Maruti Ertiga in its segment, Mobilio in its first month outnumbered the former. With as many as 5530 units sold in August, Mobilio accounted for almost one third of HCIL’s sales last month in domestic market. Sighting high demand for the vehicle, HCIL shifted production of City from its Greater Noida facility to Tapukara plant in order to allow maximum production for Mobilio.
The seven seater MPV offers capacious cabin and a roomier third row. The MPV is available in both petrol and diesel engine options powered with a 1.5 litre i-VTEC gasoline motor that engenders 119 PS of top power along with peak torque of 145 Nm and a 1.5 litre i-DTEC diesel powertrain delivering 100 PS of maximum power along with top torque of 200 Nm respectively. Both the engines are claimed to be frugal enough as petrol motor delivers an ARAI certified fuel economy of 17.3 kmpl on the other hand the diesel powered Mobilio is vouched to return 24.2 kmpl. A five-speed manual gearbox is mated to both the engines.
