The on-going Corona pandemic has forced a lot of carmakers to delay their new product launches. This includes Volkswagen as well and in this case, the Vento executive sedan. Days ago, they revealed the pricing and versions for the BS6 Polo, and now, variant wise prices for the 2020 Volkswagen Vento BS6 1.0 TSI have appeared on the website as well. Priced from Rs 8.86 lakh onwards, the updated model turns out to be more affordable than the 2020 Hyundai Verna but a touch more expensive than the Maruti Ciaz 1.5 petrol.
The 2020 Volkswagen Vento BS6 1.0 TSI will be offered in six different trim levels including four for the manual version and two for the automatic. The manual line up will have the Trendline, Comfortline Plus, Highline and Highline Plus. What is interesting to see is that while the metallic colour option for the Trendline demands a premium of Rs 10k, the same is not the case with the Comfortline Plus trim, thus ensuring that the ex-showroom price remains under Rs 10 lakh. This helps keep the on-road price in check for places like Delhi where the road tax slab jumps for cars with an ex-showroom price of over 10 lakh.
The automatic 2020 Volkswagen Vento BS6 1.0 TSI is offered in the higher trims of Highline and Highline Plus only. But as seen in the screenshot above, the Highline AT demands a premium of as much as Rs 2 lakh over the manual Highline trim. However, in the case of the MT and AT trims of Highline Plus, the difference is just Rs 1.3 lakh. We don't know if this is a typo or the feature line up will be different - the answer lies in the official brochure that is yet to be uploaded on the website.
The 2020 Volkswagen Vento BS6 1.0 TSI gets a new engine that is also seen on the BS6 Polo. It generates 108 PS of power and 175 Nm of torque. In addition to this new engine, VW will also launch the BS6 compliant 1.6 MPI petrol engine later this year. In terms of power and torque output, the Verna 1.0 GDI turbo petrol offers more power (120PS vs 110PS) but slightly less torque (170 Nm vs 175Nm). However, this engine is only offered in the higher trim with an ex-showroom price of Rs 13.99 lakh!
