Which Mid-Size SUVs Offer a CNG Option in India? (2026)

Three mid-size SUVs in India sell with a factory-fitted CNG option today: the Maruti Grand Vitara, the Maruti Victoris and the Toyota Hyryder. All three run the same 1.5-litre K15C engine to the same 87.8 PS on gas, and two of them are the same car under different badges. A fourth, the Tata Curvv, has been spotted testing but is not on sale, and anything larger means an aftermarket kit.

CNG is the default question for anyone shopping a hatchback or compact SUV in India, but the choice thins out fast at mid-size. Most manufacturers still treat gas as an entry-segment feature, so a proper mid-size SUV with a factory tank has genuinely been rare, and the ones that offer it are not always clear about which trim carries it or what that trim gives up.

This is the complete answer, not sliced by a price ceiling: every mid-size SUV in India with a real path to CNG, whether that is a factory tank on sale now, a factory tank rumoured but unlaunched, or an aftermarket conversion for a body style with no factory option.

Key takeaways

• Only three factory options exist, and two of them, the Grand Vitara and the Hyryder, are the same vehicle built on the same line.
• Maruti Victoris: the best mileage of the three at 27.02 km/kg and the only one with an underbody tank rather than a cylinder in the cargo area.
• Toyota Hyryder G CNG: the only one of the three offering a panoramic sunroof and wireless charging on a CNG trim.
• Maruti Grand Vitara: the most feature-rich Maruti CNG trim, though its range stops at Zeta and it offers no ADAS at any trim.
• Tata Curvv: not on sale. A CNG version has been spotted testing, with no confirmed launch date or specification.
• Mahindra Scorpio N: the only route to CNG in a genuinely large body-on-frame SUV, and only through an aftermarket kit Mahindra has no part in.

Mid-size SUVs with a CNG option

Model	Fitting	Mileage	Price (CNG trim)
Maruti Grand Vitara	Factory	26.6 km/kg	about ₹14.60 lakh (Zeta MT CNG)
Maruti Victoris	Factory, underbody tank	27.02 km/kg	₹14.82 lakh (ZXi CNG)
Toyota Hyryder	Factory, boot-mounted cylinder	26.6 km/kg	about ₹15.72 lakh (G CNG)
Tata Curvv	Factory, unconfirmed and unlaunched	Not announced	Not on sale
Mahindra Scorpio N	Aftermarket retrofit only	Not certified	about ₹22.19 to ₹22.49 lakh including kit
Where these numbers come from. The Maruti and Toyota power, torque and mileage figures come from those manufacturers' own current brochures, and the Victoris price from Maruti's Arena price page. Toyota publishes no ex-showroom prices in India, so the Hyryder price is dealer-listed. Neither the Victoris, Grand Vitara nor Hyryder brochure prints a boot volume for any variant, so the boot figures discussed below are reported rather than official. The Curvv and Scorpio N entries rest entirely on pre-launch reporting and workshop figures respectively, and are flagged as such throughout.

1. Maruti Victoris

Price: ₹14,82,300 ex-showroom for the ZXi CNG, the top of three CNG trims. LXi CNG is ₹11,54,900 and VXi CNG ₹12,89,900.

Fitting: factory-fitted S-CNG with the cylinder mounted under the body rather than inside the cargo area.

The Victoris takes a genuinely different approach to tank placement, and it is the reason it posts the best mileage of the three factory options. Worth being clear about what the CNG trims do not get: Level 2 ADAS, the panoramic sunroof and the powered tailgate are all reserved for the petrol and hybrid range and do not extend to gas at any level.

Features: 17.78 cm SmartPlay Pro touchscreen with wireless smartphone mirroring, automatic climate control, cruise control, rear parking camera with guidelines, 6 airbags standard, ABS with EBD, stability control.

Engine on CNG: 87.8 PS at 5,500 rpm and 121.5 Nm at 4,200 rpm.

Mileage: 27.02 km/kg, the best of any factory option here.

Boot space: Maruti publishes no boot volume for the Victoris in any fuel. The 439-litre figure commonly quoted for the petrol and hybrid cars is a reported one, and while the underbody tank is designed to protect most of that on CNG, Maruti does not state how much survives.

Gearbox: 5-speed manual only.

Safety: 5-star Bharat NCAP, scoring 31.66 of 32 for adult occupant protection and 43 of 49 for child occupant protection, plus a separate 5-star Global NCAP result for both adult and child occupants.

2. Maruti Grand Vitara

Price: about ₹14.60 lakh ex-showroom for the Zeta MT CNG, the higher of two CNG trims. The entry Delta MT CNG is about ₹13.48 lakh.

Fitting: factory-fitted S-CNG.

The Zeta CNG is where the Grand Vitara's gas range tops out, and it carries more of the petrol car's equipment than most manufacturers bother with on a CNG trim. Maruti's main Grand Vitara brochure does not break the CNG variants out separately, so the equipment below reflects the Zeta specification generally rather than a CNG-specific listing.

Features: 22.86 cm touchscreen with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, height-adjustable driver's seat, automatic climate control, cruise control, keyless entry with push-button start, rear parking camera with guidelines, 6 airbags standard, ABS with EBD, stability control, traction control, ISOFIX mounts.

Engine on CNG: 87.8 PS at 5,500 rpm and 121.5 Nm at 4,200 rpm.

Mileage: 26.6 km/kg.

Boot space: Maruti publishes no boot volume for the Grand Vitara. The 373-litre figure usually quoted is a reported one for the petrol car, and the CNG cylinder reduces it by an amount Maruti does not state.

Gearbox: 5-speed manual only.

The Grand Vitara offers no ADAS on any variant, in any fuel. Its brochure lists none.

3. Toyota Hyryder

Price: about ₹15.72 lakh ex-showroom for the G CNG, the higher of Toyota's two CNG grades. The base S CNG is about ₹13.71 lakh. Toyota publishes no ex-showroom prices in India, so both are dealer-listed figures.

Fitting: factory-fitted CNG with a boot-mounted cylinder.

Toyota builds the Hyryder alongside the Grand Vitara on the same line, and the CNG version reflects that: same engine, same output, same manual-only gearbox, same certified mileage. At the G grade it pulls ahead of both Marutis on equipment, adding a panoramic sunroof and wireless charging that neither offers on any CNG trim.

Features: 22.86 cm touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, panoramic sunroof, wireless charging, ventilated front seats, height-adjustable driver's seat, automatic climate control, cruise control, rear parking camera, 6 airbags with ABS, EBD and stability control.

Engine on CNG: 87.8 PS at 5,500 rpm and 121.5 Nm at 4,200 rpm, the same tune as the Grand Vitara's.

Mileage: 26.6 km/kg.

Boot space: Toyota's Hyryder brochure prints no boot volume either. The cylinder sits in the boot rather than under the body, so the CNG car gives up cargo space against the petrol version, though Toyota does not quantify it.

Gearbox: 5-speed manual only.

Toyota's brochure lists no ADAS on any Hyryder variant.

4. Tata Curvv, not on sale

Price: not announced. Pre-launch reporting suggests somewhere around ₹11 to ₹13 lakh, which is an estimate rather than a figure from Tata.

Fitting: a factory CNG version is expected. Test cars have been spotted, but nothing has launched.

Tata markets the Curvv as a coupe-SUV rather than a conventional boxy one, but it competes on size and price with the Grand Vitara and Hyryder. A CNG version is reported to be headed for launch, built on the same turbocharged engine and twin-cylinder tank approach as the Nexon iCNG. Nothing here is final until Tata launches it, so every figure in this section is pre-launch reporting, not specification.

Expected engine: around 100 PS and 170 Nm, drawing on the Nexon iCNG's tune, which is certified at 24 km/kg.

Expected mileage: not announced. Reports place it somewhere in the low-to-mid 20s per kilogram, in line with the Nexon.

Expected boot space: not announced. The petrol Curvv is reported at 500 litres, and the Nexon iCNG's tank costs that car roughly 60 litres, so a similar loss is plausible. That is arithmetic on reported figures, not a Tata number.

Expected gearbox: 6-speed manual.

5. Mahindra Scorpio N, retrofit only

Price: about ₹21.14 lakh for the Z8L six-seater petrol manual, plus roughly ₹1.05 to ₹1.35 lakh for an aftermarket CNG kit, landing around ₹22.19 to ₹22.49 lakh all in.

Fitting: aftermarket retrofit only, and not a manufacturer or dealer offering. Mahindra's own site makes no mention of CNG for the Scorpio N anywhere. Every CNG Scorpio N on the road has been converted after purchase by an independent workshop.

The Scorpio N is a full-size body-on-frame SUV, a class above everything else here, and it appears on this list only because it is the one way to get CNG into a vehicle that size. Getting there is not straightforward: the turbo-petrol engine uses direct injection, which needs a more specialised and more expensive kit than the port-injected engines most retrofit shops handle, with custom fabrication for the cylinder mounts.

Engine: 202.77 PS at 5,000 rpm and 370 Nm from 1,750 to 3,000 rpm on petrol. No installer publishes CNG-mode output, because this is not a manufacturer-certified configuration.

Mileage: workshop estimates put it around 13 to 15 km/kg in the city. There is no certified figure, and there cannot be one for an aftermarket conversion.

Boot space: not disclosed. The cylinder goes in the boot, so the loss varies by installer and cylinder size.

Gearbox: 6-speed manual, unaffected by the kit.

Warranty: the vehicle keeps Mahindra's warranty on parts the kit does not touch, but the kit itself is warrantied by the installer, and fitting one may affect coverage on components it does touch.

Conclusion

Three mid-size SUVs sell with a genuine factory CNG tank in India, and two of them are the same car. That makes the real choice narrower than the table suggests: the Victoris, or the Grand Vitara and Hyryder pair, with the decision between those two coming down to badge, dealer network and whether the Toyota's sunroof and wireless charging justify its premium.

The Victoris wins on mileage and on tank engineering, and it is the only one of the three with a current 5-star result from both Indian and international crash tests. The Hyryder G CNG offers the richest cabin. The Grand Vitara sits between them on equipment and at the bottom on mileage, tied with its Toyota twin.

A fourth factory option may arrive, but nothing about it is confirmed. For anyone who needs a genuinely larger body than these, an aftermarket kit remains the only path, with uncertified mileage and a warranty that rests with the installer rather than the manufacturer.

FAQs

Which mid-size SUVs sell with factory-fitted CNG in India?

Three: the Maruti Grand Vitara, the Maruti Victoris and the Toyota Hyryder. The Hyryder is mechanically the same car as the Grand Vitara, so it is three badges on two underlying vehicles.

Which has the best mileage?

The Maruti Victoris at 27.02 km/kg, ahead of the Grand Vitara and Hyryder, which both return 26.6 km/kg.

Is the Tata Curvv CNG on sale?

No. A CNG version has been spotted testing and is reported to be coming, but Tata has not launched it and no price or specification is official.

Can I buy a Mahindra Scorpio N with CNG?

Not from Mahindra, and not through any Mahindra dealer as an official option. Independent workshops offer a direct-injection-compatible retrofit, but its mileage and running-cost figures are workshop estimates rather than certified numbers.

Do any of these offer ADAS on the CNG variant?

No. The Grand Vitara and Hyryder brochures list no ADAS on any trim at all, and the Victoris reserves its Level 2 system for the Smart Hybrid petrol automatic.