Citroen Basalt vs Rivals: Price Comparison

The Basalt is the most affordable offering in the crowded compact SUV in India, beating even some of its rivals like the Honda Elevate and Skoda Kushaq

The Citroen Basalt is the fifth offering from the French automaker in India which was recently launched in the compact SUV space. The Basalt is an SUV-coupe based on the C3 Aircross, and it takes on the SUVs like Honda Elevate, Volkswagen Taigun and Skoda Kushaq as well. Here’s how the Basalt fares against some of its rivals in terms of prices.

Petrol Manual

NA - Naturally Aspirated Engine

1.0 - 1-litre Turbo-petrol Engine 

Takeaways

• The base-spec Citroen Basalt undercuts the entry-level variants of all compact SUVs by up to Rs 4 lakh. It even undercuts the base-spec variant of the Citroen C3 Aircross by Rs 2 lakh. The MG Astor’s base-spec Sprint variant also starts Rs 2 lakh higher than that of the Basalt.

• The mid-spec Plus variant of the Citroen Basalt is almost equally priced as those of the entry-level variants of the MG Astor and Citroen C3 Aircross. Here, the Basalt offers a large 10.2-inch touchscreen with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, steering-mounted audio controls, and one-touch auto-down for all four power windows. 

• The Astor also gets a 10.1-inch screen as standard, but it doesn’t support wireless connectivity for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Both Astor’s base-spec Sprint and Basalt’s Plus variant also get a 4-speaker sound system. The C3 Aircross, on the other hand, doesn’t even get an infotainment screen. 

• By paying Rs 90,000 extra over the Basalt Plus, you can opt for the entry-level Classic variant of the Skoda Kushaq. The base-spec Kushaq gets a smaller 7-inch touchscreen with wired support for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, but it gets 2 extra speakers over the Basalt Plus. 

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• Then comes Honda Elevate and Volkswagen Taigun, and their entry-level variants are positioned between Plus and Max turbo-petrol variants of the Basalt.

• The entry-level SV variant of the Honda Elevate is highly equipped compared to those of other compact SUVs. It gets LED projector headlights with LED DRLs, LED tail lights, push-button start/stop, automatic AC, and telescopic and tilt adjustable steering wheel. However, it still doesn’t get an infotainment screen which is a big miss here considering some of its rivals already get that on a lower price point, including Basalt.

• On other hand, the entry-level variant of the Volkswagen Taigun gets almost the same features as the Kushaq’s Classic variant, including a 7-inch touchscreen and a 6-speaker sound system.

• Now coming to the top-spec Max turbo variant of the Basalt, it is almost similarly priced as the Citroen’s top-spec 5-seater max variant. The feature list on both SUVs include a 10.2-inch screen, a 7-inch digital driver’s display, and a 6-speaker sound system. The Basalt however additionally gets wireless phone charger and auto AC. These additional features will also be available with the C3 Aircross soon.

• If you are looking for more space, you can choose the Plus 7-seater and Max 7-seater variants of the C3 Aircross, by paying a premium of up to Rs 47,000 over the corresponding Plus and Max variants of the Basalt.

• By paying Rs 43,000 and Rs 61,000 extra over the top-spec Basalt, you can opt for the one-above-base variants of the Honda Elevate and Skoda Kushaq, respectively.

• Comparing the V variant of the Elevate with the Max variant of the Basalt, the latter comes out to be a better equipped SUV, as it gets a larger touchscreen, 6-speaker sound system, and it also gets a rear parking camera.

• The Onyx variant of the Kushaq also falls behind the Kushaq with a smaller 7-inch screen, an analog cluster, and wired Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity.

• When it comes to engine, the Basalt comes with the choice of two petrol engines: a 1.2-litre naturally aspirated petrol (82 PS/115 Nm) and a 1.2-litre turbo-petrol [110 PS/190 Nm (MT)]. The former comes mated to a 5-speed manual transmission, meanwhile the latter is mated to a 6-speed manual transmission.

• The Kushaq and Taigun here use the same 115 PS 1-litre turbo-petrol engine which comes paired to a 6-speed manual transmission.

• The Astor here comes with a 1.5-litre naturally aspirated engine which makes 110 PS and 144 Nm, mated to a 5-speed manual transmission. The Elevate on the other hand gets a 121 PS 1.5-litre NA petrol engine, mated to a 6-speed manual transmission.

• Citroen only offers the C3 Aircross with turbo-petrol engine option which is also there in the Basalt.

Petrol Automatic

• The Plus Turbo variant of the Basalt undercuts all other entry-level variants of the automatic compact SUVs, including the C3 Aircross.

• However, the top-spec Max turbo automatic variant of the Basalt is priced closely to the Elevate’s V CVT, Kushaq’s Onyx AT, and C3 Aircross’ Max AT variants.

• Over the Basalt Max turbo, you can also opt for the 7-seater variant of the C3 Aircross by paying almost Rs 30,000 extra.

• Save for the Honda Elevate and MG Astor, all other SUVs here get 6-speed torque converter automatic transmission. The Elevate and Astor, on other hand, come with CVT automatic gearbox.

• Among all other SUVs mentioned here, the automatic variants of the Basalt and C3 Aircross have the highest torque output of 205 Nm. The Kushaq and Taigun’s turbo-petrol automatic variants make 178 Nm.

• The Astor CVT produces 144 Nm, whereas the Elevate CVT makes 145 Nm.

All prices are ex-showroom

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