This affordable 7 seater car beats Maruti’s luxury XL6 in sales, difference of Rs 5 lakh between the two


Maruti Suzuki’s dominance of two cars has reduced in the 7-seater segment. The February 2023 sales figures in this segment were not good for Maruti. While the best-selling Maruti Ertiga in this segment reached number-3, the XL6 got the ninth position. Ertiga got 44% yearly degrowth and XL6 got 36% yearly degrowth. While Mahindra’s Bolero remained at number one in the segment, Scorpio made a quantum jump to reach number two. Renault Triber was at number 8 in the top-10 list. This car has got an annual growth of 27%. It left behind Maruti’s luxury 7-seater XL6. Let us tell you that Triber is the cheapest 7 seater car in its segment. Its starting price is Rs 6.33 lakh. Whereas, the starting price of XL6 is Rs 11.41 lakh. that is, between

Triber beats XL6

Last month, Maruti Suzuki XL6 sold 2,108 units. In February 2022, this figure was 3,304 units. That is, 1,196 units of XL6 were sold less with an annual degrowth of 36%. On the other hand, Renault Triber sold 3,056 units last month. In February 2022, this figure was 2,397 units. That means it sold 659 more units with an annual growth of 27%. At the same time, there was a difference of 948 units between XL6 and Triber. It is clear from this figure that the demand for Triber was more than XL6 last month.

52 thousand discount on Triber

There is a huge discount on Renault Triber this month. The company is offering a cash discount of Rs 15,000, exchange bonus of Rs 25,000 and a corporate discount of Rs 12,000 on the BS6 model of this MPV. In this way, the total discount on BS6 model is available up to Rs 52,000. Talking about the BS6 2 model, it is getting a cash discount of Rs 10,000, an exchange bonus of Rs 25,000 and a corporate discount of Rs 12,000. That is, a total discount of Rs 47,000 is being available on this BS6 2 model.

Renault Triber Engine & Safety

The Triber is powered by a 1.0-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine. This engine generates maximum power of 71 hp and peak torque of 96 Newton meters. The engine comes mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox and AMT. It gives a mileage of 18 to 19 kmpl. Global NCAP crash test rating got 4 star rating for adult and 3 star rating for child. For safety, it includes driver, passenger along with side airbags. The driver’s seat also gets a load limiter and pretensioner.