New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Nissan has joined the unique club of CNG-AMT cars in India with its Magnite SUV. The Nissan Magnite, which is the key revenue churner for the Japanese automaker in India, has now received a factory-approved CNG retrofitment kit option. The CNG kit retrofitment option will be available for the Nissan Magnite AMT. This will allow the buyers of the Magnite SUV the convenience of an AMT gearbox as well as the fuel efficiency and value proposition of the petrol-CNG bifuel propulsion technology.

With this, Nissan has joined Tata Motors, which was he first auto OEM in the Indian passenger vehicle market to launch CNG-AMT technology. Tata Motors launched the Tiago CNG-AMT and Tigor CNG-AMT. The Nissan Magnite joins the same...