A premium-looking interior and a powerful exterior. The car entered the market to generate good competition from other hatchbacks from Tata and Maruti. Let’s look at the specifications, features, and price of the car.
The first model of the car was launched in 2007. Several features were added in the latest generation, which was launched in January 2023. The vehicle saw great success in the Indian market.
It has sold more than 4,00,000 units in India. A significant milestone for any car. Mainly used for day-to-day work purposes.
Appearance and Style
Comes with a sporty and stylish exterior. And provides a premium interior.
Available in 7 monotone and 1 dual-tone colours.
From the front design, it comes with a Cascading grille design, Swept-back projector headlamps, and a Sporty dual-tone bumper.
The rear design of the car consists of wraparound LED tail-lamps, a large Hyundai logo with ‘NIOS’ lettering beneath, a Shark fin antenna and rear defogger, rear wiper, and spoiler with integrated LED stop light.
And Chrome-finished door handles, body colour ORVM with LED turn indicators,diamond-cut alloy wheels, and black roof rails are there on the side look.
For interior colour combinations, it offers dual-tone black and beige colours.
Performance
It is available in the petrol and CNG variants.
Comes with an engine of 1.2-litre Kappa Petrol, producing a capacity of 1197cc, with a power of 82bhp at 113nm torque. And it supplies a fuel efficiency of 18km/l.
And CNG provides a mileage of 27km/kg. It has a total fuel capacity of 37 litres.
Dimensions
It has a length, width, and height of 3815 mm, 1680 mm, and 1520 mm. The wheelbase of 2450mm. The total kerb weight of the car is 978kg. It provides a ground clearance of 165mm. A tyre size of 175/60 R15 is there. And it has a total boot space of 260 litres.
Features
It comes with a driver digital cluster display of 3.5 inches. An 8-inch infotainment touchscreen display is there with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. For steering, it has buttons for the phone (call/end), audio/music, and cruise control.
Wireless charging, 4-speaker audio, and automatic climate controls are also there.
It has a total seating capacity of 5 passengers, along with two cup holders in the front.
Safety
The car only managed to get a 2-star rating from the Global NCAP for both adult and child occupants. This raises a concern for its body and safety.
6 Airbags, ADAS level 2, ABS with EBD, ESC, TPMS, Reverse camera with sensor and guidelines, Front disc and rear drum brakes, and ISOFIX are the safety features of it.
Price and Rivals
For the base variant, it starts with a price of 5.98 lakh rupees. Which later extends to 9.69 lakh rupees for the top variant.
Tata Tiago, Maruti S Presso, and Citroen C3 are some other cars, considered their rivals in the market of the same price and segment.
Overall, it offers a good performance, looks, and features at a great price range. However, it doesn’t come with a sunroof feature, and drive modes are also not there. And the major concern for the car is its safety ratings.