New Delhi: Hyundai Motor Group has announced that its soon-to-be-released small car, the 'Eon', will be available for booking from today, i.e. October 1.
The bookings can be done at Hyundai dealerships or by logging on to the website www. eonindiaon.com.
According to reports emerging on websites, the Eon will deliver an ARAI certified mileage of 21.1 kmpl. It is also being speculated that the car will have a 3 cylinder, 814cc petrol engine producing a peak power of 56 PS at 5,500 rpm and a peak torque of 76.5 Nm at 4,000 rpm.
Hyundai's smallest car in India yet, the Eon will most likely hit the roads in the second week of October and will come at a starting price of Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 2.6 lakh.
Known as ‘Ha’ in other markets, the Eon is set to challenge the dominance of Maruti Suzuki in the small compact car market where Alto has been the highest-selling four wheeler for a long, long time.
It is being speculated that the car will be launched ahead of Maruti’s new small car model in a bid by Hyudai to grab a larger chunk of the small car segment.
Hyundai is currently the second largest automobile manufacturer in India behind Maruti Suzuki, and has been clocking high sales, thanks to the immense popularity enjoyed by its Santro Xing, i10 and i20 models.
“We are launching Ha next month, which is Hyundai’s first car exclusively for the Indian market,” William Y W Lee, executive vice-president, overseas sales division of Hyundai Motor Company had earlier told DNA.
The car has entered the final test phase at the Namyang Research and Development Centre at Gyeonggi province, and also at Hyundai’s Indian development facility at Hyderabad.
Designers associated with Eon described it as a “breakthrough product meeting unmet need of style, comfort, utility, space and economy” for a small compact car.
A spokesperson earlier mentioned that the company had been working on a model whose consumption of petrol will be far less than that of existing cars.
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