Hyundai India mulls diesel variant of i10

Hyundai i10  is counted amongst the top selling hatchback cars in India today. According to the reports, Hyundai Motors is soon going to launch Hyundai i10 diesel variant in the country very soon. The whopping petrol prices are making the car buyers drift towards the diesel variants of the car and that’s the reason Hyundai Motors Indian decided to launch the diesel version of Hyundai i10. It is a well known fact the diesel version of cars are much more fuel efficient and give a better performance than petrol variants of the car.    

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This major shift from petrol to diesel cars was very quick. Even car manufacturer like Honda was left perplexed and finally announced that it will also launch a diesel variant of Honda City soon. Hyundai Motors had earlier told that it is very difficult to launch Hyundai i10 diesel but now time changed Hyundai has changed its mind contemplating the changing trend in the domestic market.    

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These days, almost every car manufacturer is launching diesel cars in the Indian Auto Market. General Motors India is also soon going to launch Chevrolet Beat Diesel and this might have made Hyundai India to think again upon the development of Hyundai i10 diesel. it is expected that the Hyundai i10 diesel variant will come with 1.1 litre of CRDi motor, which will keep the capacity to churn out power of 75 PS at the rate of 4000rpm along with 153Nm of torque. As we all know that Hyundai i10 is pretty light in weight, so therefore the diesel version of the car will provide a decent mileage of around 20 to 25 km per litre. And all these features will surely boost up the Hyundai i10 sales to a great level, which might in turn give General Motors and Maruti India a run for their money.  

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According to the grapevine, Hyundai India will also launch a brand new sub 1 litre car, known as Hyundai HA. This car will give a tough competition to Maruti Alto and to some other small cars. It is being said that Hyundai HA will be placed below Hyundai’s Santro car and will come with a 800cc engine. Even the price of Hyundai HA is expected to be much less than Hyundai Santro. Some of the other most popular models of Hyundai include Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai i20, Hyundai Verna and Hyundai Tucson.

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