EON a perfect car for India

Exterior I have purcahsed EON Era in December 2011, and was eagerly waiting for it. I am already having a DZIRE VDI, but i want a small Petrol car for city Driving. EON looks fabulous from outside, its a head turner in small car segment, its body coloured bumpers gives a superb feel.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) As soon as you enter in the car you will feel that you have entered its  two tone interiors gives you a feel of C-segment Luxary car. Initially the plastic looked good but now its some what fading, specially that portion of dashboard, which directly comes under the sun light, both front and rear seats are very comfortable, and 4 persons can sit very comfortably a third person in the second row will make it little bit uncomfortable, but it will be ok for a short ride upto 60 -70 kms.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is very responsive but it lacks some power when gear is shifted to third from second, as soon as you will reach at top gear then no looking behind. There is some problem with the gear box, Hundai Engineers should look into it as it is little harder then Santro and Alto. Fuel economy is excellent it gives a decent mileage of 16 kmpl in city like Lucknow and 20 kmpl on highways with ac on. Its gear Indicator helps in getting a good mileage. Its Power Steering is very responsive and a boon for a city ride. The radius of the Steering is little more than even my DZIRE so it gives a feeling of driving a big car.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality is good I have driven it for few thousand kilometres and i have also ran it upto 140 km/hr on Delhi -Kanpur Highway and you will not belive it was just gliding on the road without any trouble, it was so comfortablely running that i did not realized that i was driving it at such a high speed, suddenly when i saw the speedometre then i found that it was superbly running around 140. I have also taken it to interior areas and found that it becomes little uncomfotable there in village roads, but no issues as its a car made for city ride and not for villages.

Final Words Overall a very good car for a city ride, I recommend it for first time car buyers also. the after sales service of Hundai is as good as maruti, but the parts of Hundai cars are expensive then Maruti cars.

Areas of improvement Gear Box, Plastics.