Tata Nexon iCNG: Variants Explained

Tata Motors has launched the Nexon iCNG in India. The price starts at 8.99 lakh and there are four trims available- Smart, Pure, Creative and Fearless. A total of eight variants are on sale: Smart (O), Smart +, Smart +S, Pure, Pure S, Creative, Creative +, and Fearless + PS. Should you be interested in knowing, here are the details of all the features and tech being offered with each variant…

 

All variants get six airbags, ESP, ABS and hill-hold control as part of the safety suite. Plus, the steering wheels of all come with illuminated Tata logos.

Smart-Base Variant- 8.99 lakh

As per Tata’s current nomenclature, the base variant has the name ‘Smart’. It has an ex-showroom price of 8.99 lakh and comes decently kitted in terms of safety tech. It also comes with LED headlamps with DRLs, LED tail lamps, and front power windows.

Smart+ – 9.69 lakh

It has an ex-showroom price of 9.69 lakh and comes with all the features of ‘Smart’ variant. Additional equipment includes a 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system with wireless Carplay and Android Auto, steering-mounted controls, and electrically adjustable ORVMs. This variant also gets power windows for all doors and a shark fin antenna.

Smart+S – 9.99 lakh

The most important highlight of this variant is the addition of a single-pane sunroof. All features found on the ‘Smart+’ make their ways into this variant as well. Other additions are automatic headlamps and rain sensing wipers. This variant has an ex-showroom price of 9.99 lakh.

Pure – 10.69 Lakh

In the Pure variant, all features of the Smart+ are retained. In addition to those, it gets bi-function LED headlamps, rear AC vents, touch-based HVAC controls, 4-inch digital driver’s display and voice commands for phone and media. The Nexon iCNG Pure also comes with roof rails and has an ex-showroom price of 10.69 lakh.

Pure S- 10.99 lakh

This variant gets all the features of ‘Pure’ along with an electric sunroof, automatic headlamps and rain-sensing wipers. In short, it comes with automatic bi-function LED headlamps! The ex-showroom price of this variant is 10.99 lakh.

Creative- 11.69 lakh

Priced at 11.69 lakh, ex-showroom, the Creative variant of Nexon iCNG gets all features of the ‘Pure’. In addition to those, it comes with sequential LED DRLs, 16-inch alloy wheels, audio system with 4 speakers and 2 tweeters, 7-inch digital driver’s display, auto climate control, push button start/stop, height adjustable driver’s seat, rear wiper with washer, rearview camera and Tyre Pressure Monitoring Syetem (TPMS).

This is the first variant to get a rearview camera. No 360 display is offered on the ‘Creative’.

Creative+ – 12.19 lakh

Unlike the Creative which gets just a rearview camera, the Creative+ variant includes a 360 camera. It also comes with front parking sensors, wireless Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, auto dimming IRVM, auto headlamps and rain-sensing wipers. It has an ex-showroom price of 12.19 lakh.

Fearless + PS – 14.59 lakh

A first-in-segment feature of the Nexon iCNG is that the top-spec now comes with a panoramic sunroof. It is available only on the range-topping Fearless+PS variant. All other trims get just regular single-pane units. The Fearless+PS comes with all the features found on the Creative+.

In addition to those, it gets dual 10.25-inch screens (a touchscreen infotainment unit and an all-digital driver’s display), a wireless charger, an audio system with 4 speakers and 4 tweeters, an air purifier, ventilated leatherette seats, height adjustable co-driver’s seat, and a welcome/goodbye function for the DRLs. The variant also comes with front fog lamps. The ex-showroom price of this variant is 14.59 lakh.

Tata Nexon iCNG Specifications

The CNG Nexon gets a 1.2 turbocharged engine, sourced from the ICE version. It is the first time that a manufacturer is offering a turbo engine on a CNG vehicle. The powertrain is good enough to produce 100 PS and 170 Nm (20 PS less than the petrol Nexon). Just a manual transmission is being offered at launch. An AMT is known to join soon.

Like many other CNG models from the manufacturer, the Nexon iCNG utilizes Tata’s twin-cylinder technology, which significantly increases the available boot space compared to traditional CNG cars. The CNG here is packaged into two separate tanks with a combined capacity of 60 litres, interconnected and concealed properly. This setup ensures a usable boot space of 321 litres.