CARMA | CARS UNLIMITED
May 2012 Volume 1 Issue 6
A preview of the Hyundai i20 Fluidic How would you know if a car is cool? By reading mags ? Expert columns? By performing tests? Well, nothing would tell you for sure. Except kids. If your 8 year old nephew thinks a car is cool- you can take it for granted that it is really cool. One such car that your nephew would definitely term ‘coooolll’ is the Hyundai I20. Recently launched was the I gen i20 a.k.a i20 fluidic. Well, what exactly is the difference between the two? Firstly, the exteriors are better than that of the previous one. It is obvious that the design is borrowed from the i3. The new head and tail lamps, the spoiler and the shining front grill are worth mentioning. Interiors are illuminated with gleaming blue LEDs - ones that would catch your eye when caught in a traffic signal and you keep checking out the interiors of the cars around you. Leather
& chrome finish gear knob, Clutch footrest, Coat hook, Luggage hook, etc. are guaranteed to keep you hooked. The intelligence features such as the headlight that adjusts itself proportionately to the outside conditions and the clutch lock feature that prevents accidental start of the car deserve heaps of praise. Under the hood is the 1.2-litre VTVT Kappa engine that shells out 84 PS of maximum power at 5200 rpm and 11.4 kgm of peak torque at 4000 rpm. The engine is married to a 5-speed manual transmission. An automatic variant with four speed auto transmission is also available which has the same engine used earlier that churns max power of 100 Ps at 5500 rpm and 13.9 kgm of peak torque at 4200 rpm.
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