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Statement Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Conference Call Quarterly Statement to 31 March 2024

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

The figures for the primary quarter of 2024 underline as soon as once more that: Our technique for long-term, worthwhile development is strong and efficient – particularly within the dynamic setting wherein we function.

These situations are the identical for all gamers inside our business. However, there are at present three distinct teams of economic actors, every with their very own strategy.

1. The newcomers: those who generate numerous hype with single merchandise. They usually have solely particular person technological highlights, reminiscent of most efficiency, the most important vary or the most important display screen. 
It stays to be seen whether or not the general package deal will meet excessive buyer expectations, particularly within the premium section, over your complete lifecycle.
Additionally, they face the problem of managing complexity as they scale up and develop. Market entry can be purchased with aggressive value positioning.

2. Then, there are the established producers, who’re making an attempt to repeat these new gamers’ strategy, however run the danger of shedding their very own identification.

3. And, lastly, there are a selection of producers who’re struggling to maintain tempo with change – and due to this fact stay entrenched of their conventional enterprise fashions.

In this aggressive house, the BMW Group continues to chart its personal, balanced course.

And we stay true to ourselves.

We analyse and anticipate each present and future developments with out prejudging the result. From this, we develop our strategic approaches. The capability to reply to market developments, buyer wants and new technological approaches is crucial.

This has earned us a number one place in e-mobility and, on the identical time, allowed us to take care of persistently excessive profitability, even in a risky setting.

For 9 quarters in a row, our EBIT margin within the Automotive Segment has been inside our goal vary of 8 – 10 % or increased, prefer it was within the first quarter of 2023. Walter Mertl already defined the explanations for this.

Our improvement efforts are centered on applied sciences that ship actual added worth for our clients. Decades of market expertise have taught us what our clients need all through your complete buyer journey. We use this information and our technological experience to create the right total idea.

This shouldn’t be straightforward to duplicate.

The BMW Group can be one of many few “true” world gamers within the automotive business. From manufacturing, to gross sales, to suppliers – we’re in a robust place in all main markets.

We have effectively established footprints in every area together with a local-for-local mindset.

This world strategy is our biggest power. It creates resilience, opens up alternatives and retains us versatile.

We are constructing on this to leverage our enterprise success – as we speak and sooner or later.

A take a look at world areas exhibits that markets and buyer demand proceed to develop in a extremely diversified means. Maintaining a presence in all main gross sales markets allows us to steadiness out these totally different developments.

Our distinctive BMW strategy permits us to reply flexibly to altering demand, particularly in terms of drive applied sciences.

But let me be fairly clear: We proceed to ramp up e-mobility at a quick tempo that our opponents can barely sustain with.

Just a number of weeks in the past, we hit an vital milestone: Since the market launch of the BMW i3, now we have delivered multiple million all-electric autos to clients. This confirms the attraction of our fully-electric product vary.

This can be backed up by our present figures within the Chinese BEV market. With development of greater than 18% in China within the first quarter, BMW outperformed each the full marketplace for electrical autos and the electrical premium section.

This means: We are gaining section share on the planet’s greatest e-mobility market.

However, our success in China is not only evident from the numbers. The BMW Group is held in excessive regard there as a “local player”.

I skilled this after I was a part of the enterprise delegation led by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in April. And we had been additionally very happy that Premier Li Qiang took the time to go to the BMW Group stand at Auto China in Beijing.

We are assured about long-term financial prospects in China. We are due to this fact comprehensively making ready our three way partnership BBA’s manufacturing web site in Shenyang for future car fashions.

In late April, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding to this impact in Shenyang, for investments totalling round 2.5 billion euros.

Our extremely diversified electrical providing, throughout BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce, is not only in demand in China, however worldwide.

With gross sales up by about 28 %, fully-electric autos as soon as once more made an vital contribution to the BMW Group’s gross sales development and earnings within the first quarter of 2024.

At Auto China, a number of weeks in the past, we offered two autos that may reinforce this pattern:

the all-new fully-electric MINI Aceman* and an replace to the electrical BMW i4*.

The BMW i4 comes straight from the guts of the BMW model and is a hit story in its personal proper. People love its mixture of e-drive, design and signature driving dynamics – all of the issues they affiliate with the BMW model.

More than 80,000 clients purchased a BMW i4 final 12 months – making it one of many best-selling BEVs in your complete premium section.

MINI can be persevering with on a path that’s simply as brand-authentic and fashionable.

The “New MINI Family” is an actual sport changer that reimagines the model’s distinctive British heritage in a completely new means for the long run.

The all-electric MINI Aceman brings recent impulses. With this newest addition, the New MINI Family now options three fashions that serve totally different segments and attraction to new buyer teams.

This will allow us to proceed and develop the MINI success story in our world markets.

Our development and financial success as we speak are laying a stable basis for the long run.

We are investing greater than ever in creating new merchandise, environment friendly applied sciences and automatic driving features, in addition to in digitalisation.

As the most important single funding within the historical past of the corporate, the NEUE KLASSE exhibits how we’re redefining the BMW model for the long run.

From design, to drive trains, to completely new types of digital interplay between human and machine – the NEUE KLASSE represents an enormous leap into the long run throughout nearly all fields of know-how.

All future BMW fashions will profit from this – no matter their drive know-how. In this fashion, we’re in a position to make sure that our clients at all times have the most recent know-how on board.

The NEUE KLASSE will begin out with a Sports Activity Vehicle and a sedan within the present 3 Series section.

We offered a glimpse of what this future will appear to be for BMW at our Annual Conference.

The BMW Vision Neue Klasse and the BMW Vision Neue Klasse X showcase each the consistency and the breadth of the NEUE KLASSE.
There is loads of room between the 2 autos for innovation and new fashions – and we intend to make use of it.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The BMW Group is rising – regardless of the numerous totally different challenges we face. Even in instances of change, we ship optimistic monetary outcomes at a persistently excessive degree.

The course we’re charting as we speak will allow us to construct on this success sooner or later – throughout all our manufacturers and merchandise, with next-generation applied sciences and throughout the firm.

We are in a robust place globally and sustaining our management of the worldwide premium section.

We recognise that there are numerous new gamers seeking to achieve a foothold on this extremely engaging section – and, after all, we’re taking this very critically.

But this isn’t a one-way road. You might be certain of that: Every participant on this business, whether or not an formidable newcomer or a longtime producer, can be conserving a really shut eye on the BMW Group.

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Statement Walter Mertl Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Finance, Conference Call Quarterly Statement to 31 March 2024

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning,

SLIDE 2: BMW Group Quarterly Statement to 31 March 2024

The BMW Group had a profitable begin into 2024.

Both gross sales and earnings for the primary quarter had been consistent with our expectations. This outcomes from the targeted implementation of our strategic priorities.

At the BMW Group, we’ve robust manufacturers and enticing merchandise, which create ongoing excessive demand and a worthwhile operational enterprise.

SLIDE 3: Highlights of BMW Group Performance in Q1 2024

In the primary three months, the BMW Group delivered slightly below 595,000 automobiles to clients. This is a slight enhance of 1.1 % over the identical interval of final yr.

Our all-electric automobiles, specifically, made an vital contribution, with development of 27.9 %.

If we have a look at the BMW model alone, that quantity was 40.6 %.

At the identical time, gross sales of fashions within the higher premium section additionally recorded important double-digit development of greater than 21 %.

The Group EBT margin for the primary quarter got here in at 11.4 %, which is above our strategic goal of 10 %.

The EBIT margin within the Automotive Segment was 8.8 %. This falls clearly inside our goal hall of 8 to 10 %.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

This quarter confirms as soon as once more that the BMW Group’s working enterprise persistently delivers robust outcomes.

We have a clearly outlined long-term plan. And we’ve important flexibility in our programs and processes. This permits us to adapt rapidly to developments and benefit from market alternatives.

On this foundation, we anticipate to function at a constant stage all through 2024.

SLIDE 4: BMW Group in Q1

Let’s check out the monetary figures for the primary quarter in additional element.

I’ll begin with a short overview at Group stage.

BMW Group revenues had been on par with the earlier yr.

Group earnings earlier than tax totalled round 4.2 billion euros, leading to a Group EBT margin of 11.4 %.

SLIDE 5: Automotive Retail Units, BEV Units, Auto Revenue and Auto EBIT

And now extra particulars on how the Automotive Segment carried out throughout key metrics.

In the primary three months, the BMW Group delivered 595,000 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce automobiles to clients.

The BMW model reported development of two.5 %.

Due to the upcoming mannequin changeovers MINI gross sales had been down 9.4 % from the earlier yr. The New MINI Family, comprising the Countryman*, the Cooper* and the Aceman*, will enhance MINI gross sales – notably within the second half of the yr.

This gross sales growth can also be mirrored in section revenues. Adjusted for forex translation results, revenues noticed a slight enhance of 1.5 %.

Both the upper gross sales quantity and optimistic product combine results from the higher worth section and BEV contributed to the rise in revenues in Q1 2024.

This is anticipated to offer a tailwind for revenues additionally within the the rest of 2024.

Furthermore, costs throughout the product portfolio are anticipated to be consistent with final yr’s stage.

The electrification of our product line-up continued to generate substantial gross sales momentum in the newest quarter.

Almost 83,000 fully-electric automobiles had been bought – or 13.9 % of our whole gross sales.

Taken collectively, BEV and plug-in hybrids accounted for about 21 % of whole gross sales within the first quarter.

EBIT for the interval from January to March was 2.7 billion euros, with an EBIT margin of 8.8 %.

This implies that the primary quarter of 2024 is consistent with the constant development in profitability for the reason that starting of 2022.

Q1 2023 was distinctive, as the results of inflation weren’t but absolutely mirrored within the working consequence.

I’ll present extra particulars on the Q1 year-on-year growth with the EBIT bridge.

SLIDE 6: Automotive Segment EBIT in Q1

Changes in commodity costs accounted for a optimistic influence of round 200 million euros. Currency results remained impartial.

For the complete yr 2024, we anticipate a optimistic internet steadiness from forex and commodity positions.

The internet steadiness of quantity, model-mix and pricing results is about 300 million euros decrease than for the primary quarter of 2023.

Increase in volumes made a slight optimistic contribution.

The double-digit development by fashions within the higher worth section virtually fully compensated the impact from the upper BEV share.

Starting with the second quarter of 2023, we started to see elevated competitors resulting from higher availability of automobiles available in the market. This led to a gradual softening of the worldwide worth setting for brand new and used vehicles, which has continued into the primary quarter of 2024.

For the complete yr 2024, we anticipate the online impact from quantity, combine and pricing to be barely optimistic, as deliberate.

We anticipate further momentum from fashions like the brand new BMW 5 Series, which is at present ramping up in markets throughout the globe. In China, it launched after the Lunar New Year vacation and has due to this fact solely been in showrooms for just a few weeks.

Full availability of the BMW 7 Series will even have a optimistic impact.

Moving on, we come to analysis and growth bills – which had been 200 million euros greater than within the prior-year first quarter.

Based on Group R&D expenditure, the R&D ratio in line with the German Commercial Code got here in at 5.4 %.

Our R&D actions stay targeted on the electrification and digitalisation of our complete car fleet. We are consistently growing enticing new fashions, just like the NEUE KLASSE or the subsequent era of the BMW X5.

Sales and administrative prices had been 100 million euros greater than the earlier yr. This is basically resulting from IT initiatives and the rise in personnel prices, which was carried out from the third quarter of 2023.

The headwind of 700 million euros from Other Cost Changes primarily outcomes from two areas.

The first is manufacturing prices.

Sales margins within the first quarter of 2023 nonetheless benefitted from a decrease stage of buying costs in 2022.

This led to a optimistic EBIT impact in Q1 2023 as inventories with decrease manufacturing prices had been bought.

Starting in Q2 2023, we noticed an elevation in prices that has carried by into Q1 2024.

Another purpose for the distinction in different price modifications is earnings from the resale of end-of-lease automobiles.

As anticipated, earnings was decrease than within the first quarter of 2023, but stays optimistic.

The normalisation we’ve been seeing within the used automobile market over the previous twelve to fifteen months has progressively continued.

SLIDE 7: Automotive Segment Free Cash Flow in Q1

Free cashflow within the Automotive Segment totalled about 1.3 billion euros within the first quarter of 2024.

The distinction to the primary quarter of 2023 primarily outcomes from the decrease EBT.

Inventory ranges rose through the first quarter, consistent with planning. This contributed to the change in working capital, which quantities to 1.2 billion euros.

The enhance in inventory will be certain that we are able to service the anticipated buyer demand.

The internet impact from capital expenditure and depreciation additionally decreased free money stream by 200 million euros.

Capital expenditure for January to March totalled round 1.3 billion euros. This was primarily allotted to new fashions and constructions, with a transparent give attention to electrification and digitalisation in addition to automated driving programs.

The capex ratio for the yr to the top of March was 3.6 %.

Changes in provisions and within the place different, resembling tax funds, had no internet influence on free money stream.

In the primary quarter of 2024, investments totalling 2.3 billion euros had been made into future fashions and improvements. Nevertheless, the Automotive section generated 1.3 billion euros in free cashflow.

For the complete yr, the BMW Group is focusing on a free cashflow above 6 billion euros within the Automotive section, regardless of the deliberate peak investments in R&D and capex in 2024.

The robust underlying free cashflow era helps our ongoing and constant shareholder return.

As a part of the share buyback program BMW AG has acquired shares equal to five.03 % of the share capital in place on March thirty first.

The second tranche of the second program with a quantity of 500 million euros is at present in progress and can be accomplished no later than June twenty eighth.

Currently we see no purpose to not proceed with tranche three instantly after conclusion of tranche two.

SLIDE 8: Financial Services Segment in Q1

In the Financial Services Segment, the optimistic development in new enterprise from the second half of 2023 continued by the primary three months of 2024.

The variety of new contracts concluded with retail clients elevated considerably by 21.5 % year-on-year to achieve 422,000 contracts. Financing for each new and used automobiles contributed to this development.

In line with this, the amount of recent enterprise grew by 22.1 % to only over 15.6 billion euros.

Segment earnings for the primary quarter amounted to 730 million euros – a lower of 215 million from the earlier yr.

This might be attributed each to greater credit score threat provisioning and the normalisation of earnings from the resale of lease returns.

The credit score loss ratio throughout the whole mortgage portfolio remained at a low charge of 0.21 %.

SLIDE 9: Motorcycles Segment in Q1

In the Motorcycles Segment, first-quarter deliveries decreased barely by 3.1 % year-on-year.

EBIT for the yr to the top of March totalled 106 million euros, with an EBIT margin of 12.2 %.

SLIDE 10: Outlook 2024

Ladies and Gentlemen,

After a profitable first quarter, we anticipate the stable enterprise efficiency to proceed all year long 2024.

Therefore, our steering for key efficiency indicators stays unchanged.

This is predicated on the belief that geopolitical and macroeconomic situations don’t deteriorate.

Group earnings earlier than tax are projected to lower barely.

In the Automotive Segment, we’re planning for slight year-on-year gross sales development – with the proportion of all-electric automobiles set to extend considerably.

We anticipate to see an EBIT margin of between 8 and 10 % and a Return on Capital Employed (RoCE) of between 15 and 20 %.

Sales ought to be barely greater within the Motorcycles Segment, too. The section’s EBIT margin ought to are available in at between 8 and 10 % and Return on Capital Employed (RoCE) ought to be between 21 and 26 %.

In the Financial Services Segment, we’re focusing on a Return on Equity (RoE) within the vary of 14 to 17 % for the complete yr.

SLIDE 11: BMW Group with Consistent Performance

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The BMW Group combines a strong monetary efficiency in its present enterprise with a long-term perspective for the longer term.

We have a spread of extremely enticing merchandise available in the market and we’re repeatedly growing new fashions that can set the usual for driving expertise, digitalisation and connectivity.

As deliberate for and beforehand introduced, our analysis and growth spending, and our capital expenditure, will respectively peak in 2024.

We anticipate our R&D ratio for the complete yr to be above 5 %, and the capex ratio above 6 %.

Our underlying profitability permits us to finance these investments sooner or later and on the identical time yield enticing returns to our shareholders.

We proceed to steer the corporate consistent with our strategic priorities. And we ship what we promise.

Our flexibility permits us to rapidly adapt to market fluctuations and to satisfy buyer demand throughout the globe.

This ensures that we capitalize on market developments and ship robust outcomes by constant execution.

Thank you.

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Highest Mileage Ram Truck In The World In 2024

Summary

  • RAM vans are gaining floor towards opponents like Toyota, showcasing exceptional feats of sturdiness and reliability in the long term.
  • Cummins engines play a key function in attaining high-mileage benchmarks, as showcased by RAM truck homeowners surpassing 1,000,000 miles.
  • Regular upkeep, devoted mechanics like Forest Cunningham, and the belief within the 5.9-liter Cummins engine contribute to the longevity of RAM vans.

The assured model and simple performance of pickup vans make them among the many best-selling cars. Within this broad phase, RAM vans stand out as one of the well-known pickup truck traces. In current years, they’ve gained important floor towards their opponents, rising as a risk to brands like Toyota, known for their reliability.

While RAM vans will not be famend for being extraordinarily dependable, as mirrored in Repair Pal’s reliability scores of three.5/5 for the 1500, 2.5/5 for the 2500, and a pair of/5 for the 3500, some fashions can nonetheless ship admirable efficiency, due to each the truck itself and the upkeep carried out by its proprietor through the years. As it’s possible you’ll agree, there is no higher approach to show this than by sharing real-life instances of people attaining unbelievable feats, similar to surpassing the million-mile mark.

What’s noteworthy about RAM vans is that there are many instances of individuals surpassing 1,000,000 miles with certainly one of their automobiles, and so they all have one factor in widespread: the extremely sturdy Cummins engine. Since not all homeowners share their achievements, it is tough to find out which particular truck at present holds the very best mileage document, however every case is particular and deserves recognition.

In order to provide the most recent and correct info potential, the info used to compile this text was sourced from RAM, Cummins, and Repair Pal.

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Owner Of A Dodge RAM 3500 Crossed The Two Million Miles Mark

A parked 2004 Ram 3500
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Crossing the one million-mile mark is already a tremendous achievement for a truck proprietor, however there are instances that actually appear unreal. That’s exactly what occurred with Howard Clayton and his Dodge RAM 3500.

His Job As A Contract Driver Justifies His Remarkably High Mileage

In 2011, Farm Show Magazine first connected with Howard Clayton, a resident of Waterloo, Iowa. At that point, he had already pushed his 2000 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup practically 1.7 million miles. Years later, they determined to examine if he was nonetheless driving it, and certainly he was. They found out that it had already reached 2.5 million miles, a fairly unique feat on the earth of vans.

The motive Clayton is ready to accumulate so many miles every year is his job. Although he lives in Iowa, technically he “lives in his truck”, delivering fifth-wheel camper trailers from Indiana producers to sellers throughout the nation. Due to his work as a contract driver, he racks up greater than 130,000 miles a yr, working 12 months a yr and sometimes being on the street for 5 to 6 weeks at a time.

I’ve been in each state of the decrease 48, and a number of other provinces in Canada”, Clayton says proudly. “I’ve been doing this so lengthy I do know the nice locations to remain and eat and have truck cease buddies all around the nation.

The Key Lies In Finding Yourself A Reliable Mechanic

When listening to about these instances, one naturally wonders what it’s that permits a truck to endure such high mileage. The greatest approach to discover out is to depend on the testimony of his mechanic, Forest Cunningham, from Missouri, recognized for his work on gasoline pumps and high-mileage engines.

Cunningham to Farm Show Magazine

Once a yr we clear out all of the fluids and refill with recent synthetics. He has a custom-built set of injectors, a inventory injection pump, and an aftermarket machine that alters injection timing. He will get greater than 300 horsepower with that engine, and I don’t know how a lot torque.

Clayton has needed to substitute the battery, alternator, and raise pumps. The closest he has come to engine issues was changing a head gasket, although he has had a few oil leaks through the years.

Moreover, whereas he depends on artificial Rotella 1540 for engine oil and Fleetguard oil filters, the transmission and rear-end fluids are additionally artificial. He offers them a minimum of a part of the credit score for by no means having touched the 6-speed transmission or the rear finish. Additionally, Clayton makes use of a gasoline therapy year-round to maintain his injectors clear, in addition to utilizing Lucas Oil Additive. He provides half a quart of the thickening agent with each oil change.

It thickens the oil simply sufficient for higher oil strain,” says Clayton. “You don’t need it too thick, particularly within the winter.

Clayton says there aren’t any secrets and techniques to what he and Cunningham do. “I try to keep an eye on maintenance, and if anything goes wrong, I take care of it immediately.”

Despite The Wear And Tear, The Engine Endured Without Replacement

The most shocking element about this case is the truth that Clayton by no means changed his 5.9-liter Cummins engine in any case these years and the in depth mileage placed on his truck.

Clayton Explained

I ordered the 3500 1-ton dually with a 5.9-liter engine in 2000 and I’ve been driving it ever since. It’s by no means precipitated me a lick of issues as a result of I take note of common upkeep and alter the oil and filter each 10,000 miles.

Between the primary and second visits by Farm Show Magazine, the engine underwent an overhaul as soon as, with new pistons, bearings, and a crank. Additionally, he is put in a brand new transmission and rear finish and gone by means of a number of units of tires. All of this upkeep was additionally carried out by Forest Cunningham, his trusted mechanic who retains the beast operating easily.

At the time of the second interview, Clayton was 74 years previous and nonetheless working full days, leaving early within the morning and parking at a spot of his option to eat and sleep comfortably earlier than persevering with his journey.

There’s increasingly more vans on the street yearly, and I’m simply one of many old-timers,” Clayton acknowledged. “I’ll preserve at this so long as I can and so long as my truck retains operating clean.

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Other RAM Truck Owners Who Also Reached The Million-Mile Milestone

As unbelievable as it could appear, the earlier case isn’t the one one through which a RAM truck surpassed the million-mile mark. While not as grandiose as Clayton’s achievement, Gary Johnson and Donald Jensen are two extra of the various instances the place people surpassed a thousand miles aboard their RAMs, and consider me once I say there are even more out there.

Gary Johnson Hit The 1.4 Million Mile Mark In His 1997 Dodge 3500

Gary Johnson, from Killeen, Texas, has been driving his 1997 Dodge 3500 since he purchased it model new and has greater than 1.4 million miles on his truck. Pickup Truck Talk was the first to learn about this story again in 2021, after which they instantly organized an interview with him to share his expertise. Unlike the earlier case, Gary confronted many challenges in sustaining his truck, primarily mirrored in quite a few powertrain points.

Gary defined that he was in a position to rack up these miles as an RV hauler and trailer hauler, which required him to drive throughout the nation and even into Canada. Additionally, he has taken his truck to Alaska a number of occasions whereas pulling his personal camper.

Over the years, Johnson has changed the transmission 12 occasions and has swapped out the Cummins engine 3 occasions, with a type of cases being a rebuild! The motive for this? Oil utilization. The engine he had on the time was in nice form, though it was consuming oil just like the earlier ones. Additionally, Gary talked about that the physique of the truck was in fairly good condition aside from some rust on the fenders in entrance of the doorways, although he clarified that this was his fault for drilling holes for mud flaps and never sealing the steel backup.

After all these issues and miles traveled, Gary declared that he nonetheless wasn’t keen to purchase a brand new truck, and he made it clear how he felt about new engines.

This is a mechanical engine, and I can work on it,” Johnson mentioned. “The newer engines you may’t work on. … I examine all the issues they’ve with them on boards.

Donald Jensen, Another RV Hauler, Reached The 1.75 Million Mile Mark

1.75 million mile RAM truck
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Another case demonstrating that surpassing the million-mile mark in a RAM is feasible is that of Donald Jensen together with his 2007 Dodge Ram 2500, which, on the time his expertise was found, had round 1.75 million miles beneath its belt.

Like the earlier instances, one thing that appears to be a standard denominator amongst homeowners of RAMs with excessive mileage, Donald transports RVs from Indiana. He has traveled to 48 states and 10 Canadian provinces. When requested in regards to the motive for his achievement, he credited the engine and referenced the upkeep carried out by the mechanics at Brickner Motors.

Cummins delivers the ability and effectivity to make my job fulfilling”, he acknowledged. “Every time this truck goes within the store it’s a brand new document as we’re in uncharted territory. Things that don’t usually put on out, have to be changed, similar to my driver’s seat.

However, Donald doesn’t have an official approach to show his unbelievable feat as he had his instrument cluster changed at 533,752 miles, then one other cluster was added at 626,369 miles for a complete of 1,150,121 plus regardless of the present odometer is studying. At the time of the interview with High Mile Club, the cluster confirmed 599,889 for a complete of 1,750,010 miles. Nevertheless, Cummins turned conscious of the state of affairs and took him at his phrase to permit him entry into the unique Cummins Million Mile Club.

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The Key Element Behind Success: The Cummins Engine

When we speak about RAM vans, they are not often related to very excessive reliability, as talked about earlier. However, we’re going through a number of instances the place the million-mile mark has been surpassed, an achievement that isn’t insignificant, particularly in a truck that wasn’t anticipated to carry out so properly. That’s why it is price on the lookout for the explanation behind this.

When we take a more in-depth take a look at the widespread denominator of those instances, we see that all of the engines have been designed and manufactured by Cummins, the American firm originating from the neighborhood of Columbus, Indiana.

The 5.9-Liter Engine From Cummins Stepped Up Big Time

Cummins Engine
Cummins

Not solely was the engine in every of the instances Cummins-made, nevertheless it was at all times the identical 5.9-liter engine. How about that?

The unique 5.9-liter Cummins B-series engine was a revolution in its day, and the introduction of the ISB 5.9 in 1998 gave RAM drivers even larger energy. With 4 valves per cylinder and digital engine administration, it became a favorite among truck drivers. Over its nine-year run in RAM pickups, energy numbers elevated considerably, ranging from 215 horsepower and 420 pound-feet of torque and finally reaching 325 horsepower and 610 pound-feet of torque.

5.9-Liter Cummins Engine Specs

5.9L 12V (6BT)

5.9L 24V (ISB)

Production years

1989 – 1998

1998 – 2007

Displacement

359 cubic inches

359 cubic inches

Horsepower

160 – 215 HP @ 2,500 RPM

215 – 325 HP @ 2,800 RPM

Torque

400 – 440 lb-ft @ 1,600 RPM

420 – 610 lb-ft @ 1,500 RPM

Configuration

Inline 6 cylinder

Inline 6 cylinder

Valvetrain

OHV, 2 valves per cylinder

OHV, 4 valves per cylinder

Engine block

Cast iron

Cast iron

(Data sourced from Cummins)

It Evolved Into the 6.7-Liter Turbo Diesel In 2007

Cummins turbo diesel engine evolution chart
Cummins

The Cummins 5.9-liter inline 6-cylinder was a fan favourite in RAM pickups for years, however the necessity to ship extra energy and meet stricter emissions necessities led to its evolution into the 6.7-liter Turbo Diesel in mid-2007. A wide range of enhancements – together with larger displacement – made it an actual crowd-pleaser as RAM homeowners gained much more energy, improved gasoline effectivity, and a quieter, cleaner-running engine.

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The Manufacturer Of The Engine Even Founded The “Cummins High Mileage Club” To Honor Its Devoted Customers

Cummins Engine
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Cummins is extraordinarily assured within the reliability and sturdiness of its engines. With Cummins possession comes high-mileage bragging rights, and a automobile with a excessive odometer studying is a testomony to its sturdiness and endurance. Vehicles that proceed to carry out properly after surpassing 200,000 miles are an indication of outstanding engineering, however there are lots of instances that go far past that, exceeding that mark six occasions over.

According to Cummins’ Website

Cummins pickup truck engines present legendary energy, reliability, and sturdiness. No surprise so many pickup truck homeowners insist on Cummins or nothing in any respect.

That’s a daring assertion to say, however you may’t argue with them after they have an extremely excessive quantity of proof to backfire.

The Cummins High Mileage Club Was Established For Those Who Surpass The 100,000-Mile Benchmark

As proof of Cummins’ dedication to engine engineering and endurance, they established the Cummins High Mileage Club for anybody who surpasses the 100,000-mile mark. And as if that weren’t sufficient, they later created the Cummins Million Mile Club to formally acknowledge all Cummins-powered automobile homeowners who’ve handed the a million mark.

If your Cummins-powered RAM, TITAN XD pickup, Cummins-Repowered crate engine automobile, RV, or different Cummins-powered automobile has surpassed the 100,000-mile mark, we might be honored to have you ever within the Cummins High Mileage Club.

Since its inception in 2010, the Cummins High Mileage Club has welcomed over 20,000 members. As a member, after each 100,000 miles, it is possible for you to to order a brand new die-cast Cummins grille badge to proudly show your mileage milestones.

While studying this may appear to be a pleasing chance, it is truly fairly spectacular, contemplating that some automobiles wrestle to achieve 150,000 miles earlier than encountering so many issues that they are not even price repairing. These instances show that, while you fall in love along with your truck, you will be keen to do all the things in your energy to maintain it in the absolute best situation so that you by no means should half methods with it. Fortunately for us, these achievements reward us with a fantastic story price sharing.

Car review

Mini Countryman Electric

The countryman has a genuinely well-resolved inside, which might show to be a stand-out function in opposition to the rising ranks of equally sized electrical SUVs. Our Exclusive-trim check automobile was shiny and spacious, with a minimalist design complemented by retro thrives. 

Mini’s designers have used the additional area the platform provides to good impact, so each entrance and rear occupants will discover respectable leg room and will not really feel hemmed in.

The feeling of area is accentuated by wonderful use of supplies, lots of that are partly recycled or recyclable. The material that covers the dashboard felt warming and alluring, and nicer than the ‘sporty’ touches of Sport trim, as we noticed on the John Cooper Works.

As with the John Cooper Works mannequin, the majority of the controls are operated by a spherical OLED touchscreen that dominates the dashboard.

Our check automobile additionally featured an non-obligatory head-up show, and that’s an choice field you’d do nicely to tick, on condition that all the data often seen behind the steering wheel has been shifted to the highest of the touchscreen.

The infotainment system provides eight ‘Experiences’, chosen through a pleasingly tactile toggle beneath the touchscreen (there are additionally retro-styled bodily controls for the gear selector, begin/cease button and quantity management), that every one have an introductory sound and modify the look and structure of the display screen.

There are different adjustments from the ICE model, too. Pick Timeless mode and never solely will your touchscreen turn into a recreation of an authentic 1959 Mini speedo but in addition the motor noise will tackle a refined new tone harking back to a four-cylinder petrol engine.

Again, it’s kind of of a gimmick and will not be to everyone’s tastes, nevertheless it’s understated sufficient to be simply the correct facet of tacky.

As within the JCW, we encountered the odd infotainment glitch, and the way a lot you take pleasure in any Countryman would possibly rely on how touchscreen-tolerant you’re.

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Tata Curvv vs Kia Seltos vs Honda Elevate: Specifications Comparison

The Tata Curvv is ready to go up towards a variety of rivals, however does it pack a punch towards the Kia Seltos and Honda Elevate on paper?

Tata Curvv vs Kia Seltos vs Honda Elevate: specifications comparison

The compact SUV phase in India is already a hotly contested house with as many as 9 fashions that features the Kia Seltos and Honda Elevate. Now, with the Tata Curvv (an SUV-coupe) set to enter this aggressive phase, we’ve got in contrast its particulars with a couple of of its key rivals talked about earlier, beginning with their dimensions.

Dimensions

Dimension

Tata Curvv

Kia Seltos

Honda Elevate

Length

4308 mm

4365 mm

4312 mm

Width

1810 mm

1800 mm

1790 mm

Height

1630 mm

1645 mm^

1650 mm

Wheelbase

2560 mm

2610 mm

2650 mm

^with 18-inch alloy wheels and roof rails

Tata Curvv

  • The Tata Curvv is the widest providing right here.

  • In phrases of the general size, it’s the Kia Seltos that’s the longest compact SUV of the trio.

  • When it involves the general peak and wheelbase, it’s the Honda Elevate right here that’s the tallest and has the longest wheelbase, beating the Curvv by 20 mm and 90 mm, respectively.

Also Read: Tata Curvv vs Hyundai Creta vs Maruti Grand Vitara: Specification Comparison

Petrol Powertrain

Specification

Tata Curvv

Kia Seltos

Honda Elevate

Engine

1.2-litre turbo-petrol

1.5-litre N/A* petrol/ 1.5-litre turbo-petrol

1.5-litre N/A* petrol

Power

125 PS

115 PS/ 160 PS

121 PS

Torque

225 Nm

144 Nm/ 253 Nm

145 Nm

Transmission

6-speed MT, 7-speed DCT (anticipated)

6-speed MT, CVT/ 6-speed iMT^, 7-speed DCT

6-speed MT, CVT

*N.A. – Naturally Aspirated

^iMT – handbook with out the clutch pedal

Kia Seltos turbo-petrol engine

  • The Seltos’ 1.5-litre turbo powertrain is probably the most highly effective and torqueist petrol engine on supply within the compact SUV house. Kia can also be the one carmaker right here to supply a selection of two petrol engines and a complete of 4 transmission choices.

  • Between the Seltos and Elevate’s naturally aspirated engines, it’s the Honda SUV that makes extra energy and 1 Nm of extra torque. It will get the identical transmission choices because the Seltos with the N.A. unit.

Diesel Powertrain

Specification

Tata Curvv

Kia Seltos

Engine

1.5-litre diesel

1.5-litre diesel

Power

115 PS

116 PS

Torque

260 Nm

250 Nm

Transmission

6-speed MT

6-speed MT, 6-speed AT

Tata Curvv

Feature Highlights

Tata Curvv (anticipated)

Kia Seltos

Honda Elevate

  • Auto-LED headlights

  • LED DRL gentle bar

  • linked LED taillights

  • 18-inch dual-tone alloy wheels

  • 10.25-inch digital driver’s show

  • 12.3-inch touchscreen with wi-fi Android Auto and Apple CarPlay

  • Connected automobile tech

  • Ventilated entrance seats

  • Panoramic sunroof

  • Auto AC

  • Ambient lighting

  • Wireless telephone charging

  • Paddle shifters (Auto solely)

  • Premium JBL sound system

  • Cruise management

  • 6 airbags

  • Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

  • 360-degree digicam

  • Tyre strain monitoring system (TPMS)

  • ADAS

  • Auto-LED headlights withLED DRLs

  • LED entrance fog lamps

  • LED linked taillights

  • 18-inch gloss-black alloy wheels

  • Leatherette upholstery

  • 8-way power-adjustable driver seat

  • Ambient lighting

  • 10.25-inch touchscreen

  • 10.25-inch digital driver’s show

  • Heads-up show

  • Panoramic sunroof

  • Dual-zone AC

  • Ventilated entrance seats

  • Wireless telephone charging

  • Paddle shifters

  • Air air purifier

  • Cruise management

  • 8-speaker Bose sound system

  • Connected automobile tech

  • ADAS

  • 6 airbags

  • 360-degree digicam

  • Electronic parking brake with auto-hold

  • TPMS

  • Front and rear parking sensors

  • ESC

  • Auto-LED headlights with LED DRLs

  • LED taillights

  • 17-inch dual-tone alloy wheels

  • Leatherette upholstery

  • Height-adjustable driver seat

  • 10.25-inch touchscreen

  • Semi-digital instrument cluster with 7-inch TFT

  • Connected automobile tech

  • Wireless telephone charging

  • Sunroof

  • Auto AC

  • Push-button begin/cease

  • Cruise management

  • 8-speaker sound system

  • ADAS

  • 6 airbags

  • LaneWatch digicam

  • Electronic stability management

  • Reversing digicam

  • For these of you trying to purchase probably the most feature-packed SUV right here, it’s the Kia Seltos that must be your decide. Kia has outfitted it with phase main options reminiscent of dual-integrated 10.25-inch shows, an 8-way power-adjustable driver seat, and dual-zone AC.

Tata Curvv touchscreen

  • While Tata is but to disclose the whole options record of the Curvv, it’s anticipated to be a feature-rich providing too. We imagine it can get premium comforts reminiscent of a panoramic sunroof, superior driver help techniques (ADAS) and a much bigger 12.3-inch touchscreen from the Harrier-Safari duo.

Honda Elevate touchscreen

  • Even although the Honda Elevate packs options like a ten.25-inch touchscreen and ADAS, it misses out on premium gear like a panoramic sunroof, 360-degree digicam and a totally digital driver’s show as provided on its rivals right here.

Also Check Out: The Tata Punch EV Is The Official Car Of Tata WPL 2024

Price

Tata Curvv (anticipated)

Kia Seltos

Honda Elevate

Price vary (ex-showroom)

Rs 10.50 lakh to Rs 17 lakh

Rs 10.90 lakh to Rs 20.30 lakh

Rs 11.58 lakh to Rs 16.20 lakh

While the Tata Curvv is but to be launched, we predict it to have an aggressive introductory worth vary to draw prospects within the crowded compact SUV phase. Its diesel variants are additionally anticipated to undercut the Seltos’ top-spec pricing by an enormous margin. While the Honda Elevate has the most costly entry level of the trio, it’s the Kia SUV whose top-spec variant crosses the Rs 20-lakh mark.

All costs ex-showroom pan-India

Read More on : Kia Seltos diesel

Motorsport

Ford Will ‘Think Carefully’ About Where It Builds Vehicles After UAW Strike

Last September, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union went on strike towards Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. The UAW hit the automakers of their pocketbooks, strategically concentrating on sure crops for probably the most affect. For Ford, that was its worthwhile Kentucky truck plant, which now has the automaker pondering “carefully” about the place it will produce its future autos.

Ford CEO Jim Farley commented about its relationship with the UAW in the course of the Wolfe Research Global Auto Conference, including that it has modified. According to the Associated Press, Farley mentioned Ford having the first truck plant shut down does have an effect on the enterprise.

2023 Ford Super Duty production

Days after employees stopped constructing the Super Duty in Kentucky, Ford Motor Company Executive Chair Bill Ford went to the Rouge Visitor Center in Michigan, the place it builds the F-150, to ask union members to “come together to bring an end to this acrimonious round of talks.” Bill mentioned the choice to close down the Louisville manufacturing unit harmed “tens of thousands of Americans.”

The strike at Ford’s Louisville manufacturing unit started on October 11, practically a month after the UAW kicked off its strike, placing 8,700 extra employees on the picket line. During the negotiations, the union would additionally target Ram 1500 and Chevrolet Suburban and Yukon production, however Ford has the best variety of union members of the three automakers.

2023 Ford Super Duty production
2023 Ford Super Duty production

The UAW suspended its strike on the finish of October, reaching agreements with Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors earlier than Halloween. The UAW membership voted to ratify the three contracts by Thanksgiving, ending the six-week standoff and profitable raises, higher advantages, an finish to the two-tiered employment system, and extra.

The elevated wages and advantages will improve the value of vehicles. Ford mentioned its autos will value $900 extra as a result of contract as soon as it is in impact. Like the remainder of the business, the automaker is navigating the transition to electrical autos. It has needed to rethink its technique, specializing in smaller, extra inexpensive EVs within the face of encroaching Chinese competitors.

Internet

Be Wary Of Celebrity Ads On YouTube: Here’s Why

While YouTube has begun to take motion towards pretend movie star advertisements — claiming to drag over a thousand of them since 404 Media’s investigation — it hasn’t precisely mounted the issue. Currently the one demonstrable cases the place motion was taken required a considerable amount of direct consumer (and affected movie star) complaints earlier than something was executed. And many equally pretend advertisements are nonetheless up and working, with 404 Media citing one specific endorsement video for Republican Primary candidate Teddy Daniels that makes use of faked audio of the forty fifth U.S. President, Donald Trump.

There are methods to identify these sorts of fakes, nevertheless it’s getting trickier. For video, preserve an eye fixed out for something that seems irregular, reminiscent of lighting that does not make sense, odd visible glitches, unnatural actions, physique shapes that do not make sense, and so forth. If you watched pretend audio, take heed to what’s being stated very fastidiously for something that sounds unusual — like a weird vocal cadence, pronunciations that do not match up with the best way the speaker normally talks, dialects or accents which might be inconsistent, and many others.

It’s additionally a good suggestion to perform a little digging for those who aren’t certain a few given YouTube advert. Check official social media accounts to see if the movie star being depicted or the corporate being named (ideally each) have made their very own related posts in regards to the subject. Check if anybody within the feedback has their doubts. And above all, if a YouTube advert would not “feel” proper, belief your intestine and depart it alone.

Cars

How To Correctly Shift Gears In A Semi-Automatic Transmission Car

semi automatic gear shift osonmez2/Shutterstock

There are completely different arguments that may be made each for and towards automatic and manual vehicle transmissions. Manual transmissions provide extra nuanced management and a possibility to raised optimize acceleration, whereas automatics do not require splitting your focus between driving and shifting with a decrease likelihood of stalling the engine.

But there’s additionally a much less talked about third possibility — type of — by the use of a “semi-automatic” strategy. Semi-automatic transmissions (SAT) are technically a part of the automated household, although they do make the most of a clutch like a guide transmission. However, regardless of having a clutch SATs do not truly include the clutch pedal.

This is actually what the Manual mode is in a extra typical computerized, with the automobile stepping in to vary gears by itself ought to the necessity come up. That mentioned, in the event you’ve by no means pushed a guide transmission earlier than you may count on to spend a bit time getting used to the “feel” of your SAT. Sure the onboard pc can step in and shift for you if the event requires it, however except your automobile is totally computerized with a chosen guide mode it is best to vary gears your self.

Driving with a semi-automatic transmission

semi automatic gear shift head MIA Studio/Shutterstock

The technique of shifting with a SAT is comparatively easy, with the problem coming largely from studying precisely when it’s essential do it.

  1. With the automobile engine turned on and your foot firmly on the brake, transfer the gear shift from Park (P) to Drive (D). Then gently elevate your foot off the brake to start transferring.
  2. If your automobile has a chosen Manual mode, shift from Drive over to Manual (M) — it needs to be immediately subsequent to Drive.
  3. Start accelerating, protecting your hand close to or on the gear shift. You will at all times begin out in first gear from Park.
  4. Continue accelerating till the automobile reaches roughly 15 mph (or the tachometer, in case your automobile has one, reaches 3,000 RPM). Then push the gear shift in the direction of the Plus (+) image.
  5. Keep shifting up as your automobile picks up pace, rising gears each 15 mph or 3,000 RPMs.
  6. When slowing down, first launch the accelerator after which press the gear shift in the direction of the Minus (-) image.
  7. Try to step by step decelerate and shift into decrease gears quite than braking too quick or immediately.
  8. Shift to a decrease gear each 15 mph (when slowing) or 1,000 RPMs.

Try to take heed to your automobile’s engine as you shift up and down and see in the event you can memorize the best way it sounds when it is time to shift. With sufficient apply you must have the ability to change gears simply by ear.

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Kia Sonet Facelift vs Rivals: Price Comparison

Find out how its variant-wise costs fare in opposition to the Hyundai Venue, Tata Nexon and Mahindra XUV300

A number of weeks after the revealing of the 2024 Kia Sonet, the Korean marque has lastly introduced the costs for its facelifted subcompact SUV. The replace introduces a recent look, up to date expertise, and enhanced security options to the Sonet. Notably, Kia has introduced again the choice of a correct handbook transmission with the Sonet’s diesel powertrain. In this story, we’ve in contrast the variant-wise costs of the Sonet facelift with these of its key rivals that additionally get a diesel possibility: Hyundai Venue, Tata Nexon, and Mahindra XUV300.

Petrol Manual

Kia Sonet

Hyundai Venue

Tata Nexon

Mahindra XUV300

HTE  – Rs 7.99 lakh

E – Rs 7.94 Lakh

Smart – Rs 8.10 Lakh

W2 – Rs 7.99 Lakh

HTK – Rs 8.79 lakh

    

W4 – Rs 8.67 Lakh
 

S – Rs 9.11 Lakh

Smart Plus- Rs 9.10 Lakh

W4 Turbo – Rs 9.30 Lakh

HTK+ – Rs 9.90 lakh

S(O)- Rs 9.89 Lakh

Pure- Rs 9.70 Lakh

  
 

S(O) Knight- Rs 10.13 Lakh

Smart Plus S- Rs 9.70 Lakh

W6- Rs 10 Lakh

HTK+ Turbo iMT – Rs 10.49 lakh

S (O) Turbo – Rs 10.40 lakh

Pure S- Rs 10.20 Lakh

W6 Turbo- Rs 10.51 Lakh
 

SX- Rs 11.05 Lakh

    
   

Creative- Rs 11 Lakh

  

HTX Turbo iMT – Rs 11.49 lakh

SX Knight- Rs 11.38 Lakh

Creative Plus- Rs 11.70 Lakh

W8- Rs 11.51 Lakh
 

SX (O) Turbo – Rs 12.44 lakh

Creative Plus S- Rs 12.20 Lakh

W8 Turbo- Rs 12.01 Lakh
 

SX (O) Knight Turbo – Rs 12.65 lakh

Fearless – 12.50 lakh

W8 Opt- Rs 12.61 Lakh
   

Fearless S – 13 lakh

W8 Opt Turbo- Rs 13.01 Lakh

HTX+ (Turbo iMT) – Rs 13.39 lakh

  

Fearless Plus S – Rs 13.50 lakh

  

  • Among all fashions on this comparability, the Hyundai Venue has the bottom beginning value. It begins Rs 5,000 lower than the Kia Sonet. On the opposite hand, the Tata Nexon boasts the very best beginning value on this comparability, however not by lots. Meanwhile, the 2024 Sonet and the Mahindra XUV300 have the identical base value.

  • The Kia Sonet’s 1.2-litre naturally aspirated petrol engine is simply obtainable with a 5-speed handbook transmission, whereas the 1-litre turbo petrol engine comes with a 6-speed iMT (handbook transmission with out clutch pedal).

  • The Hyundai Venue additionally makes use of the identical engine choices because the Sonet; nonetheless, with its 1-litre turbo-petrol engine, Hyundai gives a correct 6-speed handbook transmission as an alternative of an iMT.

Tata Nexon 2023

  • Talking concerning the Nexon, it comes with a 5-speed handbook transmission in its base-spec Smart variant, whereas all different increased variants are geared up with a 6-speed handbook transmission.

  • Among all fashions talked about within the record, the Mahindra XUV300’s 1.2-litre TGDi (turbo-petrol) engine makes it essentially the most highly effective subcompact SUV, with an output of as much as 130 PS and 250Nm. 

  • The Tata Nexon has the most costly petrol-manual possibility, Rs 11,000 greater than the top-spec Kia Sonet. In comparability, the Hyundai Venue has essentially the most reasonably priced top-end petrol-manual possibility by a margin of as much as Rs 85,000.

Also Check Out: 2024 MG Astor Launched: More Affordable And Tech-loaded Than Before

Petrol Automatic

Kia Sonet

Hyundai Venue

Tata Nexon

Mahindra XUV300
     

W6 AMT- Rs 10.71 Lakh 
 

S(O)- Rs 11.51 Lakh

Creative AMT- Rs 11.70 Lakh

  

HTX (Turbo DCT) – Rs 12.29 lakh

  

Creative DCT- Rs 12.20 Lakh

  
   

Creative Plus AMT – Rs 12.40 Lakh

  
 

SX(O)- Rs 13.23 Lakh

Creative Plus DCT – Rs 12.90 lakh

  
   

Creative Plus S AMT- Rs 12.90 Lakh

  
 

SX(O) Knight- Rs 13.33 Lakh

Creative Plus S DCT- Rs 13.40 lakh

W8 Opt AMT- Rs 13.31 Lakh
   

Fearless DCT – Rs 13.70 lakh

  

GTX+ (Turbo DCT) – 14.50 Lakh

  

Fearless S DCT – Rs 14.20 lakh

  

X-Line (Turbo DCT) – Rs 14.69 lakh

  

Fearless Plus S DCT – Rs 14.70 lakh

  

  • The XUV300 has essentially the most reasonably priced petrol-automatic possibility right here, by Rs 1 lakh whereas the Kia Sonet has the most costly entry value for the petrol-automatic variant.

  • Both the 2024 Sonet and Hyundai Venue are supplied with the identical 1-litre turbo-petrol engine mated to a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. However, it is the Sonet that boasts the next value of as much as Rs 1.36 lakh for its petrol automated fashions in comparison with that of the Venue.

  • The Tata Nexon’s 1.2-litre turbo-petrol engine (120 PS / 170 Nm) is on the market with both a 6-speed AMT or a 7-speed twin clutch transmission.

  • The Mahindra XUV300 in its petrol automated variant doesn’t get the choice of the TGDi turbo petrol. Also, its common 1.2-litre turbo-petrol engine (110 PS / 200 Nm) can solely be had with a 6-speed AMT.

  • While different subcompact SUVs solely supply most 2-3 variants in petrol automated, the Nexon petrol automated is available in complete of 9 variants.

Also Check Out: Hyundai Creta Facelift Reaches Dealerships Ahead Of Launch

Diesel Manual

Kia Sonet

Hyundai Venue

Tata Nexon

Mahindra XUV300

HTE – Rs 9.79 lakh

      

HTK – Rs 10.39 lakh

    

W4- Rs 10.22 Lakh
 

S+- Rs 10.71 Lakh

Pure- Rs 11 Lakh

W6- Rs 11.05 Lakh

HTK+ – Rs 11.39 lakh

  

Pure S- Rs 11.50 Lakh

  

HTX+ – Rs 11.99 lakh

      

HTX (iMT) – Rs 12.60 lakh

SX- Rs 12.37 Lakh

Creative- Rs 12.40 Lakh

  
 

SX(O) – Rs 13.29 lakh

Creative Plus- Rs 13.10 Lakh

W8- Rs 13.05 Lakh

HTX+ – Rs 13.69 lakh

  

Creative Plus S – Rs 13.60 lakh

  
   

Fearless – Rs 13.90 lakh

W8 Opt- 13.92 Lakh

HTX+ iMT – Rs 14.39 lakh

  

Fearless S – Rs 14.40 lakh

  
   

Fearless Plus S – Rs 14.90 lakh

  

  • Both the Kia Sonet and Hyundai Venue are powered by a 1.5-litre diesel engine (116 PS / 250 Nm) mated to a 6-speed handbook. Additionally, the Sonet gives the choice of a 6-speed iMT (handbook with out clutch pedal) with its diesel variant.

  • The Nexon’s 1.5-litre diesel and XUV300’s 1.5-litre diesel engines are solely obtainable with a 6-speed handbook transmission. 

  • Among the diesel-manual choices, the Tata Nexon’s top-spec Fearless Plus S variant boasts the very best value. 

Diesel Automatic

Kia Sonet

Tata Nexon

Mahindra XUV300
   

W6 AMT Diesel- Rs 12.31 Lakh

HTX – Rs 12.99 lakh

Creative- Rs 13 Lakh

  
 

Creative Plus- Rs 13.80 Lakh

  
 

Creative Plus S – Rs 14.30 lakh

  
 

Fearless – Rs 14.60 lakh

W8 Opt AMT Diesel- Rs 14.61 Lakh
 

Fearless S – Rs 15 lakh

  

GTX+ – Rs 15.50 lakh

Fearless Plus S – Rs 15.50 lakh

  

X Line – Rs 15.69 lakh

    

Kia Sonet facelift

  • The Sonet continues to be the one mannequin on this phase to supply its diesel engine with a 6-speed torque converter, which is a superior automated gearbox than that of the Tata Nexon and Mahindra XUV300.

  • The Hyundai Venue isn’t obtainable with a diesel-automatic possibility.

The Kia Sonet facelift, in its top-spec X Line variant, now stands as the most costly subcompact SUV on this comparability. Following the Hyundai Venue, it’s the solely subcompact SUV within the record geared up with degree 1 superior driver help techniques. 

On the opposite hand, the Tata Nexon can be a feature-loaded providing; nonetheless, it lacks a superior diesel automated transmission and ADAS. As for the Mahindra XUV300, it might not be as feature-loaded as the opposite three, however it does supply the choice of essentially the most highly effective T-GDi turbo petrol engine. Given these issues, which one would you decide amongst these, and why? Feel free to share your ideas within the feedback.

Read More on : Sonet on road price

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Kia’s Latest Theft Deterrent Is A Bank Vault For The Ignition Cylinder

Kia plans to supply a brand new “theft deterrent device” to house owners to assist guard in opposition to their cars being stolen. The machine is a steel casing that mounts to the automotive’s ignition cylinder and is already out there for set up freed from cost.

The new ignition cylinder protector, proven above, is designed to forestall would-be thieves from eradicating the cylinder physique from the automotive’s steering column, a theft methodology popularized by social media shops like TikTok. It’s meant to suit into Kias that aren’t eligible for the security-minded software program improve the corporate despatched out again in February 2023, such because the 2011-2021 Rio, the 2011-2016 Forte, and the 2011-2016 Sportage (a full listing of the vehicles eligible for the machine may be seen under). 

“Vehicle security is a top priority for Kia and we continue to take action to support our customers by helping to protect their vehicles from thefts, which have been encouraged by content spread across social media,” Kia America service operations VP Greg Silvestri stated in a statement. “Reinforcing the ignition cylinder body is the latest step to help guard against these methods of theft and we strongly encourage owners of vehicles that don’t have engine immobilizers and are not able to receive our security software upgrade to have this free security measure installed.”

In the 11 months because the safety replace was launched, Kia says it is put in the change on practically 960,000 autos. It’s additionally given out over 330,000 free steering wheel locks to additional deter thefts, a rudimentary answer the corporate carried out in July 2023. This ignition cylinder guard is one more enchancment Kia hopes house owners will make the most of.

Kia says it is already begun notifying eligible house owners concerning the new machine with directions to deliver their automobile to the closest dealership to have it put in freed from cost. If you suppose your automotive could also be eligible, head on over to Kia’s website and punch in your VIN.

Eligible Cars Model Year
Kia Sportage 2011-2016
Kia Forte 2011-2016
Kia Soul 2010-2022
Kia Rio 2011-2021
Kia Sedona 2014