Hyundai i20 Review

Hyundai launches i20. You read it right! while Hyundai will actual launch the i20 tommorrow (29th December) the details of the indian version of i20 is out.

Uber cool Hyundai i20

Hyundai i20 is powered by an 1.2L kapp engine developing 80PS of max power at 5200rpm and 114Nm of peak torque at 4000rpm. Hyundai offers the premium hatchback in three variants - i20 Magna,i20 Asta and i20 Asta (O).

i20 is 3940mm in length,1710mm wide and 1505mm height and a wheelbase of 2525mm. i20 also offers a quiet decent luggage space of 295 litres. Turning radius of i20 is just 5.2m.

Unlike the i10 there is not automatic option for i20. A 5-speed manual transmission is uniform across all variants.Mcpherson strut with coil sprin and torison beam axle with coil spring forms the suspension setup of i20.

i20 - got it all

Hyundai also offers plenty of features for the i20. i20’s long list of features includes - front and rear fog lamps, day and night inside rear view mirror,body coloured bumper,body coloured ORVM,rear parcel tray,adjustable front and rear head rest,integrated music player 2DIN with USB,4 speakers with two front tweeter,steering mounted audio controls,glove box cooling,electrically adjustable rear view mirrors, electrically foldable rear view mirrors,60:40 foldable seats,power windows,power steering,rear washer and wiper,rear defogger, tilt and telescopic steering. In addition to the above features, Asta and Asta(O) variants gets height adjustable driver seat,leather wrapped steering wheel,leather wrapped and chrome finish TGS knob and alloy wheels. But the newly found favourite item - sunroof is absent even in top end variants.

While the i20 Magna runs on 175/70R14 tubeless tyre and gets only steel wheel, the top end Asta and Asta(O) runs on larger profile 185/65 R14 tubeless tyre and alloy wheel.  The i20 comes in seven colours - crystal white,black diamond,sleek silver,silky beige,sparkle blue,berry red and dark gray metallic.

i20’s class leading safety features

Whether the price conscious customer enjoys or not. Every human will praise Hyundai..the i20 comes with loads of safety features. The safety features of i20 includes - ABS and EBD and six airbags - dual front,side and curtain airbags.

Straightfrmtheheart:  Hyundai plays a gamble with the i20 exactly opposite to what it did with Getz. While keeping the same i10 spec engine and thereby checking the price under control, it offers i20 is stylish, spacious and featuristically rich.

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