The highly awaited 2018 Hyundai Santro has finally been launched in India with the prices starting at Rs. 3.89 lakh for the base D-Lite vari...
The highly awaited 2018 Hyundai Santro has finally been launched in India with the prices starting at Rs. 3.89 lakh for the base D-Lite variant and going up to Rs. 5.45 lakh for the fully loaded Asta variant, all prices ex-showroom, India. The announced prices for the Santro are the introductory prices for the first 50,000 customers. Hyundai had started accepting bookings for the new Santro at a token price of Rs 11,100, and it even received over 14,000 bookings in the first 9 days. One of the most highly anticipated aspect about the all-new Hyundai Santro has remained its design. The company claims that it is a tall-boy design as the Santro has always been, but the overall angular proportions will deceive that at the first glance. However, the sense of space and specially the headroom that you get inside do hold firm to the Korean carmaker's assertion.
New Hyundai Santro has been launched in presence of its brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan
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The overall design of this new hatchback is angular in the front while the rear looks comparatively edgy. Up front, it gets a smiling face with a wide cascade shaped chrome fringed grille with horizontal slats. Atop, it gets a sculpted bonnet with subtle muscular lines on either sides followed by a c-shaped profiling on the side adjoining the front door and the fender. There is also a floating beltline that tapers after the front door and runs through the c-pillar. The rear wheel-arch of the new Santro is also sculpted.
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Moreover, expect nothing more from the Santro than what you ideally get in an entry segment car in terms of exterior installation. Essentially, fancy fitments like LED DRLs and alloy wheels are not available on the Santro. It has halogen headlamps as standard and rides on 14-inch steel wheels. However, the new Hyundai Santro has grown in dimensions. It's 45 mm longer now and has a wheelbase of 3610 mm.
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The Hyundai Santro is longer than its predecessor
On the inside though, Hyundai has upped the ante by adding a rear air-con vent in the Santro which is exceptional for an entry level car and none of the competitors offer it. The cabin of the Santro too feels a tad plusher by segment standard and offers best-in-class legroom at the rear. The seats are comfortable enough and the front seats have good side supports along with fairly decent bolstering. However, the highlight here is the 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system which is equipped with smart phone connectivity and supports Apple Car Play and Android Auto. For comfort creatures, the top-variant get four-door power windows and central locking.
The new Hyundai Santro comes with a 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system
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The new Santro is Hyundai's work-in-progress to make its complete product line-up comply with the upcoming crash test norms. The 2018 Hyundai Santro is based on an advance version of Hyundai's more robust H.A. platform that underpinned the i10. On the safety front, the new Hyundai Santro only gets driver side airbags as standard while dual airbags are available on the higher variants. However, seat belt with pre-tensioners and ABS with EBD are standard across variants. In any case it will get dual-airbags as standard in a matter of time in order to meet the upcoming safety norms.
What's even impressive is that Hyundai hasn't downsized the engine of the new Santro. It's powered by a 1.1-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine that develops 68 bhp and 99 Nm of peak torque and is mated to a five-speed gearbox as standard. Moreover, the Santro is the first Hyundai to get the option of an AMT gearbox and it has been developed in-house. There is also a CNG option on offer where the engine will develop 59 bhp and deliver a fuel economy of 20.3 kmpl.
The 2018 Hyundai Santro has been launched in India in both petrol and CNG models
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It took Hyundai three years to develop the all-new Santro and the company has invested $100 million (over Rs. 700 crores) for the purpose. It will soon replace the Eon to become Hyundai's entry segment car which is built on the B.A. platform that couldn't be made ready to meet the stringent crash test requirements.
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In the marketplace, the new Hyundai Santro will take on the Tata Tiago, Renault Kwid 1.0, Datsun Redi-Go 1.0, Maruti Suzuki Celerio and considering Hyundai's tall-boy stand, even the Maruti Suzuki WagonR.
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