Hyundai i10 magna iRDE2

Exterior: Great looks although scratches very easily and with the slightest hit. Beautifully designed.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort): Quite spacious and comfortable for 4 people (not 5). Leg room and seating space is quite comfortable. Powerful A/C. The interiors feel very posh and way better than any Maruti car in that same price range (Celerio, wagon R, alto).

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox: The engine is powerful (probably not as good as the Kappa variant though) , but its decent for everyday driving within the city. 

Fuel Economy is not brilliant. It give about 17 kmpl in regular city driving with A/C off.

Gearbox is sometimes finicky and creates friction while changing gears, especially moving from 2nd to 3ed gear. Also, the reverse gear gets stuck often and requires that you first move to first gear and then reverse.

 

Ride Quality & Handling: The ride quality is smooth with 1-3 people seating but after that the car sort of drags and doesn't run as smooth and seems to work a lot harder. The manoueverability is brilliant in city traffic, the steering wheel, brakes and clutch respond quickly and smoothly. The only issues is with the accelerator which responds quite slowly (I suppose this is good and to be expected) but it can get mildly frustrating when trying to pick up speed quickly.

 

Final Words: I drive 45 kms everyday to and from work and have driven this car for 1 entire year with no problems except the issues mentioned above. For my small family of 3, this car is perfect.

 

Areas of improvement: The gear box needs to be checked and made more smoother.  

 

 

looks, boot space, ease of drivinglags when seating capacity is full, accelerator pedal response slow