Comfortable City Car

Exterior Post facelift, I10 got better muscular face, multispokes wheel caps are latest addtion, balanced looks being Tall boy. Its Popular and we see it daily, Hence you being observer are better to exclaim "Love it" or "Hate it". I loved it.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Interior Quality, Fit and Finish are Pasia Vasool. Plastics feel soft to touch. Colours and Textures are well chosen. Circular Chrome Finish on Side Vents. Blue light Illumination has now become Hyundai's trademark, uber cool.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Report Upto 2200kms, The Engine being DOHC is minimal in NVH. Cabin is Silent and just little vibrations drop in, nothing serious though. Engine has decent pep inside city, Post 2K mark and everything is fast. The First gear is good for nothing, Second feels lively to pick up from snail's speed, third can be used as automatic, from here you can observe tall gearing, Drop to fourth from fifth for quich overtaking , fifth is for cruising and works best when abovr 70Km/h for peppiness. 80kmph@2K RPM unlike other petrols where 70kmph@2K RPM. Gear shift Position is good, Short throws and slick action, rarely missed any gate.

Fuel Economy is Tall claim from Hyundai at 20KMPL. Realistically, Its 12-13kmpl inside city with 70% AC when distance covered is 17kms in 40minutes(avg speed~25km/h), our family member i20 returns 11kmpl with 100%AC , distance of 6kms in 20 minutes(avg speed ~20km/h). 

17kmpl on Highway, Speeds at 80kmph with 90% AC,(avg speed 50km/h)

But then 4 Cylinder 1.2L DOHC one cannot expect really 20kmpl.

Just for compariosn, 20KMPL is easily managed in Altok10 on Highways and 14kmpl inside city all with same AC usage said above.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride seems just okay, Unblanced at times, Front is firm and Rear is soft, Problem is solved when you have two rear passengers. Skinny Tyres are icing on cake to it. LOL. While low speed(upto60kmph) is good, post 60kmph things arent the way you like, Rear moves up and down giving feeling of disconnection with front. Yet Body roll is well controlled and it can take a curve at 80kmph which is breeze in Ford Ikon, Nightmare in Indica and Turtle in Tata 207. 

Final Words With Grand i10 , This i10 may take a slowdown in sales chart. However, The compact Dimesnions yet Roomy Interiors and great visibility coupled with Kappa2 Engine Performance and great NVH makes it Perfect Comfortable City Ride. Opt for i10 if usage is inside city(read 90% city).

Areas of improvement Working with listed cons. The Grand i10 covers almost all the areas for improvements.

Balanced looks, High seating, Light controls(steering, clutch,gear), Effective ACPoor Headlights, Not so(as claimed) fuel effecient, Instrument cluster hump reflection