According to PW blog, there will be two locally assembled petrol variants.
“The base variant will be called VTi, while the top variant’s name is VTi S. VTi would be 63-65 lacs, VTi S 67 lacs. New HR-V will have same engine as Honda BR-V and Honda City with CVT. Base variant would produce 145hp, top variant 189hp.
Car will only come in two colours, red and metallic silver with two tone pillars and roof. Front grille of VTi variant will be black-coloured while in VTi S, it would be body coloured."
The power figures make this information suspicious (and so does the minor price difference in return for a huge increase in power). The BRV/City engine is good for around 120 hp. It does not make 145 hp in any market around the world, let alone 189hp that the top variant is supposed to have. Even the 1.5 turbo in HRV RS offered in some markets makes only 175-180hp.