First Drive
Siddharth Vinayak Patankar
Apr 19, 2018, 3:53 PM
Yes this is the much-awaited variant on a car that's only gaining in popularity. The Tata Nexon AMT version is here at last and we test both its diesel and petrol avatars. The launch is expected in a few days' time, and we expect aggressive pricing on what looks to be a well-executed economical automatic SUV.
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