Despite the uncertainty around semiconductor availability deliveries of the Punch to customers wont be impacted at least for a month. The Punch went into production in September thereby helping Tata Motors to create a comfortable inventory of the SUV. We hope the momentum will be sustained and it should be one of the highest selling cars in our portfolio.вЂќ Booking for the new car are skewed towards the top-end variants,В Chandra confirmed.

Shailesh Chandra, President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors, 'As a policy we donвЂ™t disclose bookings, but we can say that the Punch has attracted the highest booking ever for us.

While Tata Motors maintained that the Punch has been received very well in the market the company refused to divulge booking numbers of the same. The Punch, designed on the platform used by the Altroz premium hatchback, scored a crash safety rating of 5 from Global NCAP. Tata Motors opened bookings for the Punch for Rs 21,000 on October 4. The Maruti Suzuki S-Presso and Mahindra KUV100 NXT are the two entry-level SUVs in India priced below the Punch. The Tata Punch is positioned below its Nexon and will compete against the Renault Kiger and the Nissan Magnite, priced at Rs 5.6 lakh. The Punch prices will be applicable for the first threeВ months of the launch, Tata Motors assured. Tata Motors on October 18 launched the five-seater mini SUV Punch at an introductory price of Rs 5.49 lakh, theВ first all-new product launch by the company in 2021. Tata Punch launched, prices start at Rs 5.49 lakh

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