Volvo goes the German way: Plans XC30 baby SUV
The Swedish, it seems have decided to follow on the footsteps of fellow Germans. BMW recently launched the X1 a SUV smaller than the X3 in India as well as all over the world. Audi too plans a smaller SUV, Q3 and is expected to launch it in the country some time later and so is Mercedes Benz who are planning a junior SUV dubbed GLC. Volvo at present has the XC90 and the new Volvo XC60 SUV in its India portfolio and now we’ve heard that the company is planning a smaller, entry level SUV to rival the German cross-overs with the XC30. The XC30 won’t come to India until atleast 2013. But, we think it this segment of the market which up till now was ruled by the Toyota Fortuner will soon be hotting up.
It is an excellent news for those planning on investing around Rs. 25 lakh on a premium SUV. The only concern for us is that the premium European SUV invasion won’t include a 4×4 version, at least not for under Rs 30 lakh price tag. We will bring you more details on the Volvo XC30 as soon as get any official statement from Volvo. For now though, if you have a budget of around Rs 25 lakh and aren’t bothered about 4×4 much, go for the BMW X1.