Hyundai i20 facelift caught testing, could be launched in January

Hyundai i20 with a slight makeover on the exteriors was caught during its test run. Does this imply that the Korean auto major might introduce the new Hyundai i20 at the upcoming Auto Expo? Because, why else will Hyundai perform the tests on the facelift version in such a hurry. May be the atuo major thought its high time to introduce a Hyundai i20 facelift which has not been up for one since its launch three years ago.

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The makeover as usual depicts the change in the fascia of the car proffering a new look to the grille, headlamps and the fog lamps. However, it’s the ‘fluidic’ design that has become quite popular of late, first with Verna followed by Eon to carry the lineage forward.  It is just a vague sweeping  look on the spotted car, which doesn’t leave us which ample information to cover on the interior aspects of the car. Moreover, the hint on the makeover comes out of the blue without any contribution from Hyundai India, which has no hand in the speculations whatsoever.  Hyundai i20 is the first car from the Hyundai India line-up to come with a diesel engine under the hood.

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So, this has been working quite in favour of the car manufacturer that doesn’t actually need an engine overhaul for the moment. However, auto major hasn’t quite discussed the options with anybody as of now. Speculating is all we can do at the moment. The 1.2 L Kappa petrol engine is mated with a 5-speed manual gear box and the 1.4 L Gamma petrol motors is equipped with a 4-speed automatic gearbox to produce 100 PS peak power and finally a 1.4 L CRDi engine is quite promising on the fuel efficiency front delivering 23 kmpl on highways.

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