2018 Hyundai Santro features new exteriors and feature loaded interiors. It is presented in 9 trims and seven exterior color shades. 2018 Hyundai Santro will continue with its tall boy stance as was seen on its earlier counterpart which dominated the Indian hatchback segment for more than a decade but was discontinued in 2015.
Its exterior will be seen with a new Signature Cascade Grille with chrome surrounds, black cladding on its front bumper and lower sides while exterior mirrors will also sport the black color scheme. It will also receive a new tailgate design and tail lamps with a new spoiler at the rear and new alloy wheels.
The 2018 Hyundai Santro is likely to come in 4 variants - Era, Magna, Asta and Sportz. We expect the Sportz and the Asta model to get a 7-inch touchscreen infotainment setup that will support Bluetooth, mirror link and inbuilt navigation. More importantly though, the infotainment setup will also - for the first time in class - support Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Power on the all-new Hyundai Santro will come from only the 1.1-litre, Epsilon family engine that is tuned to produce 68 bhp of power and 99 Nm of peak torque. The engine is a 4-cylinder motor that is already ready to meet the future BS6 regulations when they kick in in 2020. The new Santro will also get a factory fitted CNG option with an 8 kg capacity tank. The CNG version though, will have the motor de-tuned to 58 bhp, while the torque output will remain the same at 99 Nm.
The Santro will replace the Eon in the company's line-up in India and will be the company's entry level hatchback in the country. This will see it take on cars like the Maruti Suzuki Celerio, Renault Kwid, Tata Tiago among others and this means that the pricing will be around the ₹ 4 lakh bracket. However, it is very likely that the company will undercut its rivals and the base variant will be closer to the ₹ 3.85 lakh mark. The introductory prices are applicable on the first 50,000 units and Hyundai has made sure that there'll be no changes in the prices for the first 50,000 customers.
Tata Tiago XZ-
Tiago XZ Revotron variant is among the top trims in Tiago range and is priced at Rs 4.99 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). It comes with a new 1.2-liter turbocharged petrol engine which has been developed by the Tata Motors in-house and puts out impressive performance figures of 85 PS @ 6000 RPM and 114 NM @ 3500 RPM. Use of turbocharging and intercooling has done wonders for this gasoline motor and despite displacing small 1.2-liter, the car puts out such a great numbers on the specification sheet. The tranny channelizing the drive to the front wheels of the Tiago XZ Revotron is 5-speed manual trans mission which is slick unit and compared to the earlier Tata Models, this gearbox feels much more refined and precise. The car uses McPherson strut upfront and twist beam at back to suspend 14” alloys shod with 175 section wide tyres. The fuel tank capacity of 35-liter is decent too and equips the Tiago XZ Revotron with a handsome range of around 600-800 kilometres in a single full tank. On the exteriors, the XZ Revotron comes with some posh features like outside rear view mirrors with integrated LED blinkers, chrome front fog lamps, alloy wheels, body coloured bumpers, door handles and outside rear view mirrors, chrome front grille, sleek tail lamps, and 3-dimensional head lamps. The interior scheme on the XZ Revotron variant it comes with very luxurious knitted roof and Chrome accents on the body coloured air vents; something that we witness on the high-end models.
Besides, you also get dual tone interior shade, full fabric upholstery, rear parcel tray, interior lights with dimming effect, chrome inserted gear knob, front power socket, door bottle holders, and storage space in the centre console. The very desirable ConnectNext infotainment system developed by Harman in this XZ Revotron variant delivers the ethereal sound quality thanks to the use of 4-speakers and 4-tweeters. Along with playing different media format, this music system provides USB support, Bluetooth connectivity, integration with a smartphone, and phone-based navigation system for guiding the way in case you are lost. It can also play music through auxiliary input and you can also connect it to your iPod. What's more, this XZ variant comes with steering mounted audio and telephony controls which helps the driver to remain focused on the roads while attending the phone calls and streaming music. You need not worry about cooling your stuff inside the cabin as XZ Revotron comes with cooled glove box which helps to maintain the temperature of your cold drinks and other stuff.
