Leading car manufacturer of the East Hindustan Motors Limited has launched an upgraded version of Mitsubishi Montero with a host of new features to make it a sturdy SUV. The value-added features include new muscular coloured key front bumper, new chrome radiator grille, new finish on power window panel and new stitch design on leather seats, HML Senior General Manager Rajiv Saxena informed here today.

According to him, these changes had added a new dimension to the design of the premium vehicle, while the newly introduced interior illumination colour had imparted a refreshed ambience to Montero. Montero's other acclaimed features like 3.2 liter DOHC diesel engine with intercooler and turbocharger, 202 PS@3800 rpm power and 441 Nm@2000 rpm torque continued to provide the vehicle a formidable power and thrust, Mr Saxena added. After the launch of Pajero Sport, Outlander 2012 and now the upgraded Montero, Hindustan Motors had also repositioned the price of Mitsubishi's sedan Cedia, a car with a strong rally pedigree, at Rs 7.99 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi), enhancing the value-for-money quotient for its customers.

Hindustan Motors, the flagship venture of the multi-billion dollar CK Birla Group, currently manufactures Ambassador (1500 and 2000 cc diesel, 1800 cc petrol, CNG and LPG variants) in the passenger car segment, light commercial vehicle 1-tonne payload mini-truck Winner 1.5 XD PLUS (diesel) and Winner 1.8 XD PLUS (CNG), small commercial vehicle VEER and auto components at its Uttarpara plant. The company also runs operations at Pithampur near Indore in Madhya Pradesh where it produces both variants of the Winner.