Hyundai adds a 1.2L engine to the i10 line-up
Jun.17, 2008 in
i10
Hyundai is adding a 1.2-litre engine to its i10 city car line-up. This four-cylinder engine is quicker and more refined than the 1.1, which continues, but is just as economical: it returns 56.5mpg and emits just 119g/km of carbon dioxide, keeping it in tax band B (£35 a year).
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June 17th, 2008 at 11:49 am
56 mpg? I wonder whether Hyundai has considered the i10 for the U.S. market? Gas prices won’t be coming down anytime and soon and even if they do, gone will be the days of so-called cheap or inexpensive gas.
Having a car like this would be great for this market. The only thing they would need to do is to strengthen the cars interior cage so that it could score a five star rating. What a coup that would be!
June 17th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
should’n be hard in the US. NHTSA is passed with much better marks in comparison to EuroNCAP’s results. Take Chevy Aveo – 5 star NHTSA rating vs. 3 EuroNCAP stars
June 17th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
That’s right Acronis. Euro crash tests are much stricter than US. The i10 got four stars at recent crash test and in US it could easily get 5-stars.
But I see a problem here. Hyundai already has a small vehicle in US- Accent, and it doesn’t sell well!! The sales has increased this year, that’s true, but compared to Honda Or toyota Yaris, it sells baddly and those two were late comers.
Accent has been on the market for more than 10 years now.
So, Hyundai needs to improve the sales of Accent first and then bring the i10 to US.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:14 am
I understand that the Accent may not have set all time sales records in the U.S. Frankly, the Accent sedan is not all that versatile compared to the Fit but it also doesn’t benefit from the strong marketing position of Toyota’s Yaris.
From a business perspective, if Hyundai wants to re-position the Accent, it needs to do so with improved MPG and use the more stylish Accent’s 3 door hatch as the lead-in. But I have yet to see the commitment from Hyundai to take the lead in this segment.
This is the reason that they need a car like the i10..if at first you don’t succeed….
June 20th, 2008 at 9:40 am
At the moment Hyundai’s focused on the launch of their large and sporty vehicles, but they should definately not forget about their entery-level cars.
Those are the vehicles that made Hyundai grow the most in US market in the last decade.