IAB Report - Nissan Evalia Special Variant launched at INR 11.62 lakhs

Gets a sportier front fascia. 

Nissan India launched a special variant on its MPV, the Evalia, in a bid to give it some publicity in the festive season. The Evalia special variant is priced at INR 11.62 lakhs, ex-Showroom, New Delhi, and is based on the top-end XV (O).

The special variant gets a sportier front fascia thanks to a full chrome grille, an all-new bumper with aggressive airdams and redesigned foglight enclosures with chrome strips. Apart from these, the MPV gets new 10-spoke alloy wheels and a rear spoiler.

There are no changes seen inside, or to the mechanicals of the car. Since its based on the XV (O), the special variant gets a faux-wood finished center console, second and third row AC vents and a 2-DIN music system. Other features include an i-Key, reverse camera, rear wiper and defogger, ABS, EBD and dual front airbags.

The Evalia is powered by the 1.5-liter four-cylinder K9K diesel engine which makes 86 PS (84.7 bhp) of power and 200 Nm of torque. A 5-speed manual gearbox drives the front wheels of the car.

Nissan launched a mildly updated Evalia in July this year, however it has done little to change the fortunes of the slow selling car. For the past 3 months, the Evalia sold in numbers of 50, 28 and 26 units respectively.

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The slightly better looking Evalia would compete with the Honda Mobilio RS, which apart from receiving new bumpers also gets projector headlights, a dual-slat chrome grille, LED daytime running lights and side skirts.