Piaggio Ape City

Ape City Highlights

October 12, 2020: Piaggio is a leading player in India’s three-wheeler/auto-rickshaw market. Ape range of auto-rickshaws are highly popular among the last-mile buyers with enormous trust and confidence in the brand. Ape autos have proven reliability, performance and productivity across Indian cities, towns and villages. What's more? The Ape range of 3W in passenger and cargo carrier segments is synonymous with India's last-mile distribution ecosystems both passenger and cargo 3W. The ubiquitous 3Ws are a source of livelihood for many Indians in cities and towns. They are critical links to supply goods to the consumers' doorsteps. 

Piaggio now brings its auto-rickshaw range with an all-new BS6 engine combined with the same performance and reliability DNA. The Ape City is the passenger variant of the popular Ape range; this 3W is available in petrol, LPG, and CNG variants. 

Engine: The Ape City's CNG and LPG variants get the 230CC, 3V smart tech, and forced air-cooled engine. The CNG engine offers a maximum power of 6.6 kW and 14.8Nm of torque. The LPG engine comes with 7.1 kW of power at 17.65 Nm of torque. The transmission duties are taken care of by a constant-mesh gearbox with four forward and one reverse gear and a multi-disc wet type clutch.

Effortless to Drive:  Ape City can carry three-passengers quite comfortably with enough seating space along with adequate leg, head and shoulder oom. The CNG variant GVW is 722 kg, and LPG is 691 kg; both variants get a maximum speed of 60km/h. The CNG fuel tank comes with 30 liter CNG and 2.8-liter petrol and 20.6L of LPG and 2.8 L of petrol capacities.

Dimensions: The wheelbase of both the variants is 1920 mm, and the ground clearance of 170 mm.

Key Rivals: Before you go ahead and buy your brand new auto, check out the competitors for Ape City. They are Mahindra Alfa and TVS King 4S, Bajaj Compact RE, Bajaj Maxima Z Bajaj Maxima X Wide, Atul Gem Paxx.