As Pollution In Delhi Rises, Take A Look At The Most Affordable Rides With Air Purifiers

With the rising air pollution in Delhi and Mumbai, carmakers are integrating air purifiers into cars to make them more safe for their customers. Check out some of the best SUVs in this category.

Want to have air purifiers in your car as well to protect yourself against rising air pollution? Check out some of the SUVs that stand in this category

These days more than fancy car features like a sunroof, an in-built air purifier is more important than just about any other feature. With the current smog engulfing Delhi, an air purifier must be at the top of the buyers' minds. Here are the top most affordable cars with an air purifier. Air purifiers have a HEPA filter that filters out dust particles and it is something that comes in handy for cities like Delhi.

Small SUVs

The micro SUVs offer an air purifier as a part of an extra package. The new Exter gets an air purifier as part of its accessories while the Kiger and Magnite offer one as a part of a pack. The Tata Punch also gets an air purifier as an accessory. Then we move on to bigger SUVs which get an in-built one including the Hyundai Venue which has one with an AQI display plus the Kia Sonet too while now even the new Tata Nexon has it with its fearless variant.

Sedans

The Verna gets an in-built air purifier while the Skoda Slavia gets an air purifier as an option. Then there is the new Honda City which gets an in-cabin anti-virus air filter too.

The situation of air pollution especially in cities like Delhi and Mumbai has been worsening for the past few days. 

Delhiites woke up to a smog-covered skyline on Friday. The air quality this morning was in the 'Very Poor' category. The air quality index (AQI) of Delhi stood at 346 this morning at around 7 am, according to SAFAR.

A number of areas in Delhi also recorded 'severe' category air quality, Ashok Vihar's AQI today stood at 430, while the  AQI at IGI Airport T3 terminal was 473, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Mumbai is comparatively in a better state but it is still ranged in the “Poor” category with an AQI of 150-200, as per a numerical model-based system developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune.