Magna 1.2 @ 6000km & after second service

 

Exterior I own the revised verson of i10 with the kappa 1.2 engine. The changes to the front grill, headlamps and all give the car a fresh look. It is as good as owning a newly launcehd car. Flip side was tiny tyres and lack of alloy wheels which I solved by upsizing the tyre size 175/70 R13 Michelin along with alloy wheels which makes the car a lot more agressive.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Features are value for money as you cannot get such reliability and quality for the similar price band. The cabin ambience is of a class higher with necessary features and electrically adjustable rear view mirror makes your life a lot better. The floor mats and steering provided by the dealer was not even average, gear know was having an irritating grip. Replacing the said accessories plus a good air refreshner has made the interior even better. Really miss the foot rest.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The reason for choosing this car is for the kappa engine. It is appropriate for a tine family with frequent short travels and few highway trips. The engine gives you good confidence to overtake and gear box equally compliments the engine performance. I think my average mileage of 14.5 km/l is acceptable given the size of the engine. Over revving the engine can cause the mileage to drop considerably.

 

Ride Quality & Handling My previous vehicle was a maruti and when compared to that i10 is clearly superior in areas of ride quality and quality as a whole. Braking is one area where I feel a bit embrassed at times, when it comes to sudden brakes I get scared at times. Hyundai should consider ABS option for all its models.

 

Final Words Overall a good car. I congragulate Hyundai for coming up with such a winner and I also suggest that the company be a lot more strict with their dealers. I'm totally happy with the car but on the flip side totally embarressed with the dealer. Hyundai fails to match the Japanese in this purticular area which is why they are still winners in the premium segment. At the time of delivering the car I paid for Sony Audio system but the four speakers were of local brand, they didn't even took the pain to keep one duplicate (made in avinashi, Coimbatore). A slight show off at the show room scared the employees and got the original speakers fitted. They have the objective of cheating customers.

The poor chap at service thinks that the customer is there to serve him. He told me that the car will be ready by 3.30 and when i didn't showup by the time he called me up and said that I committed him on that time and why am I not there. As I don't have enough time to teach mannerism to the public, I requested him to hand over the keys to the security (it was a saturday) and the person obeyed it. Wow, never in my life I had such an experience. If you want to be pampered by service personnel, go buy a Honda or Toyota. They always mess up the alignment, never allow them to do that instead do it outside. Once the free service always stick to a reliable small scale workshop where the people will have some accountability.

 

Areas of improvement  

•  Quality of sales and service.
• Brakes (provide ABS).
• Rear knob grip.
• Tyre size.
• Dealers of Hyuandi dosent command trus.
• Excessive fogging of windshield during rain.

Engine, Gear Box, space, Build Quality & FeaturesBrakes, thin tyres, gear knob & poor service personnel/Dealer