My first car

Exterior Of latey Hyundai has gone for Fluidic design for all of their cars. This holds good even for i10, from exterior you will surely not miss an i10 on road it surely will catch an eye and looks a class apart. Most beautiful are the headligts which curve outside and gives the car better look than before. also the ORVMs with the turn inicators look classy. The rear design of i10 is nothing will stand out but isn't bad either. Tail lamp cluster, the stop light at the rear spoiler and the Hatch door handle are nicely thought and crafted. The car surely is an eye candy.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Step inside the car and you will feel why i10 is talked so much for the interiors. Everything is smoothly crafted and put in place. The finishing is excellent. The cetral console holds the intergrated Music system with cool display and clock, the Air con controls carried from Santro but, doesn't look odd. The gear shift indicator really comes handy along with the numerous warning lights clustered in the driving console. Odometer has gone digital which looks good. There is a huge speedometer with a rev meter to enhance driving. Power window but are neatly put on the driver's door along with the ORVM knob, believe me this really is a handy package which has saved me from getting drenched for adjusting the ORVMs when it's rainly heavily. There are many cute small places to hold your water bottles, mobiles, book, newspaper. The glove box is reasonably big not great. Dashborad is really curvy which restarins you from keeping anything over there. Indica like dashboard would really have been handy.

Back seat is spacious enough to hold three adults, so the car is spacious enough. Even while I ma driving (I am 6 foot) none of the rear passengers have complained about the leg room.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is definitely better than its predecessor. It is smooth and gives a decent amount of power output. At lower gears it lacks power but, nothing to be worried about. in traffic you need frequent shifting of gears, But with the i10 gear transmission you will never feel the problem. The best part of driving is the i10's Gear shift, it's smooth and accurate.Once in the 3rd gear you will be floating and you won't feel any engine vibration or noice even in the 5th gear till 80 Km\hr because that's is the max I have been pushed my car to :). Engine is so quite people walking on the road won't makeout unless you honk the horn.

. After a prolonged period of 10 months from the date of purchase I was able to calculate the Milage, I get 17.3 Kms/Ltr. For now I am satisfied with the fuel economy, as I drive in low gears. Engine doesn't guzzle away lot of fuel. I drive normally in the conjested roads and roads filled of pot-holes where shifting to 4th gear or above is a dream.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride quality is good in case of small pot holes and speed breakers. But in the case of huge pot holes car does feels bouncy and unsettle. Culprit are the small narrow tyres.

Final Words I had finalised on this car after some 6-8 months of planning and check out all the other cars in this segment. I left behind Santro, Eon, Wagon R, Alto, Ritz, Swift, Indica, Indica Vista, Beat, Spark, Brio and went for this and I have never Regretted my decision. Hyundai service is really nice with big bunch of friendly, helping people. As you look for a complete package this car still is the best in it's class.

Areas of improvement While driving in the tight spots you really cannot guess the front bumper, this is case in the most of the Small cars. But, I didnt get any other place there might be a requirement needed. And the dashboard where you can't keep anything.

Good interiors, Good styling, Power, Gear shiftRide quality, Driving position