Upcoming Car Launches In India September: Kia Sonet, Toyota Urban Cruiser, Rapid Auto & Mercedes-Benz EQC

by Jagdev Kalsi on Thursday, Sep 03 2020

Some of the important car launches lined up for the month of September are: Kia Sonet, Toyota Urban Cruiser, Skoda Rapid automatic and Mercedes-Benz EQC. Interestingly, two of the cars that are scheduled to launch in September are for the B2 SUV segment -- Sonet and Urban Cruiser. Rapid is already on offer in the market with a manual transmission and Skoda will now introduce an automatic option in it as well. Mercedes-Benz will enter the electric SUV segment in this month with the EQC.

Upcoming Car Launches In India September

Here’s a list of the cars that are expected to launch in the month of September 2020:

Segment	Car Name	Confirmed Launch Date	Expected Price
B2 SUV	Kia Sonet	18 September	Rs 7 lakh to Rs 13 lakh
B2 SUV	Toyota Urban Cruiser	NA	Rs 8 lakh to Rs 10 lakh
C SEDAN	Skoda Rapid AT	NA	Rs 9 lakh to Rs 13 lakh
LUXURY	Mercedes-Benz EQC	NA	Around Rs 1.5 Crore

Read more about the upcoming cars:

Kia Sonet

Bookings for the Sonet are already open and Kia has now confirmed that it will announce the prices on 18 September. The Sonet will be available with both petrol and diesel engine options, and there will be a conventional manual, an auto-clutch manual, a dual-clutch automatic and a torque converter type automatic transmission on offer. The Sonet will compete in the B2 SUV segment against the likes of the Hyundai Venue, Honda WR-V, Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Ford EcoSport, Mahindra XUV300 and Tata Nexon. We expect its prices to start from under Rs 7 lakh. Read more about the Sonethere.

Toyota Urban Cruiser

Toyota has not revealed the date on which the Urban Cruiser will launch, but the carmaker is accepting bookings for the Brezza-based sub-4m SUV. It will share its powertrain with the Brezza, but it won’t be a complete rebadge exercise, like in the case of Baleno-Glanza. The Urban Cruiser will look somewhat different from the Brezza and will get a brown interior to distinguish its cabin. It will be the second new launch in the B2 SUV segment in the month of September. Read more about the Urban Cruiser here.

Skoda Rapid AT

Bookings for the Skoda Rapid automatic are now open, and Skoda has also revealed the variants in which automatic transmission will be available -- Rider Plus, Style, Onyx and Monte Carlo. Skoda will not offer a dual-clutch transmission with the 1.0-litre, turbo-petrol engine, but will offer a torque converter unit. There is no clear date on which the Czech carmaker will announce the price of the automatic Rapid, but it has announced that deliveries of the automatic version will start from 18 September. Read more about the Rapid automatic here.

Mercedes-Benz EQC

Mercedes-Benz will launch its electric SUV EQC in India in September 2020. The carmaker is yet to announce the date on which it will announce the prices of the electric car. Since it will be an imported car, we expect it to be priced around the Rs 1.5 crore mark. The EQC has a charging time of 10 hours using a wall charger and has a range of over 400km.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jagdev Kalsi

Jagdev heads content for V3Cars. Apart from driving cars, he likes to keep an eye on the industry trends. He thinks he knows why Maruti Suzuki sells the most number of cars in India.

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