Comments on: Exclusive 53 up-close images of Premier Rio

By: Now an Electric Premier Rio named 2008 in China | Indian Autos blog

Now an Electric Premier Rio named 2008 in China | Indian Autos blog — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:28:23 +0000

[...] The Zotye SUV is a essentially a reworked 1st generation Daihatsu Terios. It was offered in China only with a petrol engine. Premier sources the vehicle’s CKDs from China, assembles it at the Pune facility with a 1.5-liter diesel engine and markets it as the Premier Rio. [...]

By: suv fan

suv fan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:24:03 +0000

if nano is safe then why not this brother?this is a bold move which will open new segment,toyota is already planning for avanza.i read somwhere rio is selling 1 lac unit per year.

By: janardhan

janardhan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:51:55 +0000

great job done. good write up. when will they put it on dealerships? i would like to test drive one.

By: dk

dk — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:35:47 +0000

to the blogger,

Please let your readers know that Daihatsu may have nothing to do with this car. They either sold the tooling to ZOyte or in keeping with Chinese new age trad (Indian for that matter)…they copied body panels and stuck them on a birdcage frame which will use the occupants as crumple zones. If Daihatsu sold this then they would have been an expectation of a modicum of safety…not with the players here…they would have engineered out the safety.

some of it is my opinion but then presenting the facts is your job.

By: Amit

Amit — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:44:34 +0000

I Think This is Going to be a revolution as Diahatsu technology is very good in diesel as they have charade also that i am waiting for good news for economy lovers

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:34:35 +0000

It looks, uhm… Cute?

By: Rahul

Rahul — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:23:58 +0000

Think this mini SUV is worth the money. The size of the RiO is also very interesting. Rahul Indian Car Advisor (Carazoo.com)

By: fas

fas — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:40:40 +0000

The revolution ends. Quality on this thing is very downgrade. The fuel lever and the power window switches seem from the time of the Ford Model T.