Hyundai i20 review: models - Era, Magna, Sportz, Asta

New Hyundai i20 - the best car in the market ?

Perhaps the two best appealing features of Hyundai i20 are its design and its mileage. Far more attractive than the predecessor Hyundai i10, i20 has a better design but is also significantly more expensive (see Hyundai i20 price below). Perhaps only Fiat Punto comes close to Hyundai i20 as far as attractive design is concerned. (scroll down to read i20 details)
Hyundai i20 Hyundai i20 interior designIf you are planning to buy a car, here are some things you should know about Hyundai i20. It is worth investing a few minutes in reading this entire post. Or you may want to

Hyundai i20 price and models (Era, Magna, Sportz, Asta)

Hyundai i20 comes in 4 models - i20 Era, i20 Magna, i20 Sportz and i20 Asta. These models and their slight variants are listed below along with their ex-showroom price. The actual price you pay for the car (called as on-road price) is slightly higher because of insurace, taxes and costs for possible additional accessories like door mats, etc. Add about 10% to 20% to the ex-showroom price below and you will get an approximate idea of the onroad Hyundai i20 price.
  1. Hyundai i20 Era - Price = Rs. 4.74 lakh
  2. Hyundai i20 Magna - Price = Rs. 5.14 lakh
  3. Hyundai i20 Sportz Option - Price = Rs. 5.42 lakh
  4. Hyundai i20 Sportz - Price = Rs. 5.57 lakh
  5. Hyundai i20 Asta - Price = Rs. 6.01 lakh
  6. Hyundai i20 1.2L Asta Option with Sunroof - Price = Rs. 6.48 lakh
  7. Hyundai i20 1.4L Asta (Automatic Transmission) - Price = Rs. 7.84 lakh
Prices are approximate and may vary from city to city by a small amount. To find out the exact price in your city go to Hyundai i20 Price (don't forget to select i20 before you enter your city).

The Era is the basic model, introduced recently. Asta is the top-end luxury model. Remember these are ex-showroom prices of the cars. So the actual on-road price will be higher (about 10 to 20% depending on various factors). So even the cheapest model is more expensive than usual entry-level hatch-back cars (like Maruti Suzuki Zen, Tata Indica or Hyundai's own Santro or i20).

Hyundai i20 Mileage fuel and engine options

All Hyundai i20 models come in Petrol and diesel variants with one of the following engines.

Engine type & capacity
Gears, Transmission
Mileage
(ARAI certified values)
 i20 models with this engine option
1.2L Kappa
(Petrol)
5 speed,
Manual Transmission
18 km/ltr
All models.
1.4L CrDi
(Diesel)
6 speed,
Manual Transmission
21.5 km/ltr
All models except i20 Asta Option with Sunroof.
1.4L Gamma (Petrol)
5 speed,
Automatic
Transmission
15.04 km/ltr
Only in i20 Asta model (without Sunroof model).

The values of i20 mileage mentioned above are under ideal conditions, and you can expect to get values close to those on highways. Thus 1.4 Crdi engine will probably give you a mileage of 20km per litre of diesel on highways. The mileage in city will be less depending on various factors. The 1.4Crdi engine has been newly introduced by Hyundai, and especially the basic model i20 Era with this engine option is a very good bargain for those who worry about mileage.

Comparison of Hyundai i20 models - Era, Magna, Sportz, Asta

I will only compare the most important features of the above models. For a detailed list download the following Hyundai i20 brochure.

Feature
i20 Era
i20 Magna
i20 Sportz
i20 Asta
Fog Lamps
yes
yes
yes
yes
Driver Airbag
no
no
yes
yes
Dual Driver/Passenger Airbags (with passenger airbag on/off feature)
no
no
no
yes
Side and Curtain Airbags
no
no
no
yes
ABS with EBD
no
no
no
yes
Power Windows
no
yes
yes
yes
Height Adjustable driver seat
no
no
no
yes
Electrically adjustable ORVM's *
no
no
yes
yes
Body coloured outside mirrors with door handles
no
yes
yes
yes
Alloy wheel with 185/65 R14 tyres
no
no
yes
yes
ORVM = Outside Rear view mirror

In addition to the above all Hyundai i20 models with several features like Air-conditioner, Tachometer, 4 speakers with 2 front tweeters, etc. As mentioned above download Hyundai i20 brochure for a list of all features.

Hyundai i20 Airbags (in i20 Magna and i20 Asta)

The i20 Asta Model comes with a dual passenger/driver airbag in addition to side and curtain airbags. i20 Magna, which comes with a driver airbag, is the only other model to come with the airbag feature. The point is having an airbag increases the cost of your car by about Rs. 50,000 or so (very approximate estimate). Airbags is an important safety feature of a car which try to protect the passengers of the car in case of an accident. The i20 Asta, with fully inflated airbags (in an accident) would look like the following
i20 airbagsThe airbags in the above picture are inflated within a fraction of second of an accident and may protect the passengers from fatal impact with the car body. Airbags are pretty useless if you are only going to drive the car in the city where car speeds are not very high due to high traffic. However on highways, and long-drives, having such a feature is really worth it in my opinion - if you can afford it of course.

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