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Friday 14 October 2011

Hyundai Eneters into small car segment Maruti Will Face The heat

Maruti Will feel the heat as Hyundai launched its entry level compact car Eon that has been developed specifically for the Indian market.


The car has been priced aggressively between Rs 2.69 lakh and Rs 3.71 lakh .
The company, which operates through wholly owned subsidiary Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL), said the car has been designed and developed keeping Indian consumers in mind.
The Eon, which will compete with Maruti Suzuki India's best selling model Alto, is powered by a 814 Cc petrol engine. Alto is priced between Rs 2.32 lakh and Rs 3.17 lakh  and is the best selling car, averaging about 20,000 units a month. Price is only 40,000 Less then Eon but looking at the features of Eon then surely Eon looks best.
HMIL has invested Rs 900 crore on the development and production facilities for the Eon.
Hyundai Eon features for all variants are body color bumpers, body color door handles and body colored OSVRMs (outside rear view mirrors), multi trip meter, remote fuel gaze opener, remote boot lease opener, adjustable steering column, seat belts for all seats and so forth. But, Power steering, all four power windows, central locking, front fog lamps, designer wheel covers, rear spoiler, even a music system etc. will be offered only in the top-end variant as standard. All these innovative features of the car are much more to prove it good comfortable entry level small car.

Hyundai Eon dimensions are also superb and the new beast has good space. In it four to five passengers can sit easily. Its length is 3495mm, width is 1550 mm, Height is 1500 mm and wheelbase of the small car is 1380 mm. Hyundai Eon boot space is 215 litres while kerb weight of the new small car is between 715 to 795 kgs.

Currently, Hyundai Motors India Limited is offering this new small car only in petrol engine model while an LPG variant is also expected by the end of this year. Hyundai Eon comes equipped by a 814cc, three cylinder petrol engine that makes out maximum power of 56ps at 5500 rpm and belts out peak torque of 7.65 Kgm at 4000 rpm. The engine of new Hyundai small car is mated with a 5 speed manual gearbox while an automatic version is also expected by end of this year which will be a surprise for the Hyundai Eon lovers. Hyundai Eon mileage is 21 kmpl which is impressive.

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