India is a major market to eastern auto majors and these companies come up with products specially made for the country. The companies understand the needs and taste of Indian customer in a better way which has led to success of brands like Suzuki, Honda, Hyundai and Toyota in our country. But when it comes to competing each other, these brands have never stood back in doing everything to make their cars more reachable compared to others. When Hyundai went back to its stable to prepare a micro car that could beat the reign of Alto in India, they would have had few things in mind like fuel efficiency, style and comfort. The South Korean auto major was successful in coming up with a car which blends all these factors proportionately to become Hyundai Eon.
The car has everything to turn back and gaze at. For a micro car, Eon is dressed so well that the owner would never feel that he owns a budget car. Starting from the dynamic headlamp unit which extends back till the end of hood, to the flowing character lines over side body, Hyundai Eon has come out with an outfit which could be called revolutionary in micro car segment. The A line slopes back towards the rear with a spoiler mounted on the roof. The tail lamp resembles crescent moon and this along with U shaped trunk lid looks unique when car is looked at from rear.
The car does not disappoint the consumer in its interior. The cabin is as beautiful as the exterior of the car. The dashboard is given high priority and is beautified with instruments fitting neatly in place. The seats have optimum cushioning level and the cabin is good enough for four average sized people to be seated. Nothing much is provided when it comes to safety of the passengers, apart from airbags available only in high end models. The audio system has two speakers which can be increased to four by choice of customer. The black and beige colour combination in the interior gives classy sense and goes well along with equipment and instruments.
Hyundai had to work really hard to bring an engine that could challenge the popular Alto. The three cylinder petrol engine with a power capacity of 56 bhp which comes out at 5500 rpm was built with fuel efficiency of 18 km/lit to 20 km/lit. The engine uses a balance to reduce vibration level produced from the unit. The top speed of Hyundai Eon comes up to 140 km/hr but there is lack of stability at such speeds. Hyundai Eon also gets well tuned suspension system which isolates the cabin from small irregularities on road. The car feels smooth in mid rpm scale and steering wheel feels lighter and a person can easily push the car around in city traffic.
With introduction of Hyundai Eon, the company has set bench mark for style and comfort for upcoming cars in the micro car segment. The presence of such cars in India has charged up competition in the base segment of car market.
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