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Premier Ltd [4] (formerly known as The Premier Automobiles Limited) [5] was an Indian automotive manufacturer company, based in Mumbai. [6] The company was owned by the Walchand Group and was established by Walchand Hirachand as Premier Automobiles Ltd (PAL) in 1944 with the encouragement and support of Sir. M. Visvesvaraya .
In India, this vehicle known as the Premier RiO was sold from 2009, and assembled by Premier Automobiles Limited. [8] It was powered by a Peugeot diesel and petrol engine and since 2012 had a Fiat 1.3 Multijet diesel option.
Premier Automobiles uses this engine for their compact SUV Premier Rio and the Suzuki cars that used Fiat 1.3 Multijet engines in Indian market include – Ritz, Swift, Swift DZire, SX4 & Ciaz, S-Cross, Vitara Brezza, Baleno. Prior to this, Fiat used to sell the 1100, 124 and Uno in India, manufactured under licence by Premier Automobiles Limited.
Zoyte also supplies CKD kits of Nomad to Premier Limited in India to sell a version of this car as Premier Rio, powered by a Peugeot TUD5 diesel engine. Nomads are also sold in South Africa and Latin America. Following a new restyling, it is now marketed as the Zotye T200. [16] Zotye has an ambitious plan for developing electric cars. [17]
Premier Rio (India) Production: April 1997 – November 2005; October 1998 – May 2012 (Terios Kid/Lucia) ... The car is available in mid- or high-grade model ...
In 1996, Premier tried to revive the car's sagging fortunes with an updated model. Named the Padmini S1, this had a more modern radiator grille, bucket seats, a Nissan floor-shift synchronised gearbox and a more powerful engine thanks to a Solex carburetor and use of a thermostat-controlled electric fan with an output of 48 bhp (36 kW).
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In the reorganization that followed, Weidely and Smith purchased the Premier engine factory and established Weidely Motors Company for the manufacturing of automobile engines. An Illinois banker named F. W. Woodruff, headed a syndicate that arranged to pay the Premier company's debts and set-up the Premier Motor Car Company. [2]