Eon - The Smartest Hatchback!!!!!!!!!!

Exterior The new concept of fluidic design in a small car gives a look of a premium car. I felt this to be the best design in <5L segment cars. The front triangular fog lamp and front and rear light were marvelous in design. This car is an actual competitor for B1 segment cars (A-star, Estilo, Santro etc) and its best compared to all B1 segment cars. Alto is nowhere comparable with Eon in terms of look. The small rear spoiler and micro roof antenna adds extra look. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) The two tone beige interior, metalic finish and instrument panel makes car look better compared to the plasticy grey interiors of Maruti. The gear shift indicator helps to improve the fuel efficiency. The air-conditioner left me pleasantly surprised and Blower speed 2 is enough even in hot city like Chennai. The fronts seats comfort is good. The rear seats are bit narrower so accomodating 3 adults would be bit uncomfortable but far better than alto or Estilo. The rear leg room would be less if any person >5'10 height takes up front seat. The Boot space is good but it should be reduced so that the rear legroom can be increased. The 2 DIN music system gives a rich look and the speakers sound is also good.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is bit unpowered with aircon on. It has less intial pickup with AC on and 4 people onboard and sounds coarse when revved hard. So need to change gears often in city drive but in highway its not a problem. Fuel effeiciency is excellent. I get 17 to 18 Kmpl with AC on, mixed city and highway ride and maximum speed of 100Kmph. In highways it gives 20+ garaunteed but the accelaration must be smooth and speed <=100Kmph. The worst mileage that i got was 13kmpl when i drove the car with hard accelaration and speed > 120Kmph. During hard accelaration the pick up would be superb as one would drive at higher RPM. The car does well till 140 Kmph. The only reason which made me think whether to buy Eon or not was the gear lever vibration but its not a problem and i have driven 7000kms and dint face any problem. The braking is excellent and do not wobble or skid at sudden braking.

Ride Quality & Handling The ride quatilty is better compared to all A and B1 segment cars. The EPS is very sensitive and makes city drive easier but at speed > 120Kmph its over sensitive. The suspension is good. The stability is good till 120kmph but less when compared to my old Matiz and better than Maruti's.

Final Words Its really a most smart and beautiful hatchback, trouble free because of Hyundai's service station and value for money. My other cars in comparison when buying EON were Alto K10, Estilo, WagonR, A-star, Spark, Santro and they were no where near EON in overall performance.

Areas of improvement Gear lever vibration can be reduced and should be released in B1 segment as its feature and pricing are competitive to B1 segmant cars and not A segment(Alto, 800, Nano).

Exterior and interior design, fuel efficiencyLess pickup at lower RPM with AC on