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

By: Premier Rio with beige interiors launched | Indian Autos blog

Premier Rio with beige interiors launched | Indian Autos blog — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:18:02 +0000

[...] On Wheels has carried photographs and details of the refreshed Premier Rio with beige interiors from a showroom. There’s no change to the mechanical setup, the [...]

By: Premier Rio likely to come with Fiat Multi-jet diesel engine | Indian Autos blog

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:23:58 +0000

[...] variant complying to BS4 emission norms for its Rio compact SUV. Launched back in late 2009, the Premier Rio wasn’t a runaway success for the company. Its slow start was blamed on the absence of a [...]

By: RAMESH

RAMESH — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:01:17 +0000

the suv will have to face tough competition from ford ecosport likely to be introduced in india which is made in brasil at present. the price is expected to be around 7 lakhs with petrol engine. also suzuki jimny will give tough competition to rio.

By: An electric Premier Rio with a Police Outfit! | Indian Autos blog

An electric Premier Rio with a Police Outfit! | Indian Autos blog — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:25:10 +0000

[...] presented in Police uniform. This car is essentially the Daihatsu Terios which is also sold as the Premier Rio here in [...]

By: Maruti 800: Down but not out | Indian Autos blog

Maruti 800: Down but not out | Indian Autos blog — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:42:54 +0000

[...] the rights and manufacturing equipment to Zotye (which, if you don’t know, manufactures the RiO SUV, sold by Premier in [...]

By: Scoop - Five-Seater Mahindra Xylo | Indian Autos blog

Scoop - Five-Seater Mahindra Xylo | Indian Autos blog — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:34:39 +0000

[...] only current rival for the Mahindra mini Xylo MPV would be the Premier Rio, the only SUV in the sub-4 metre category in the Indian market. – For more updates on this topic, [...]

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.