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Hyundai i20 Facelift unveiled


1. Hyundai i20 Facelift for international market.
2. Fresh exterior with new exterior shade.
3. Enhanced safety equipments and many more.

Hyundai motors has unveiled the facelift of new i20 that will go on sale in international market initially. Throwback a couple of years when i20 was launched, then also we saw the Hatchback gone on sale in overseas market initially.

This time also Hyundai has repeated the same, the facelifted i20 will go on sale in overseas market and then after a few months we will get Indian spec. The facelifted i20 gets a lot of changes in exterior and interior along with minor technical upgrade.

The changes mainly comprises cosmetic changes. First of all the i20 gets a fresh exterior. It has revised front and rear bumper which makes the Hatchback more sportier. The front bumper gets change in grille and airdams. 
The rear bumper gets a bigger skid plate with black inserts. The rear continues with the Z shaped non-connecting LED tail lamps. There are newly designed dual tone alloy wheels are on offer with 16 and 17 inch options.

The overseas spec gets three new color options those are Lucid Lime Metallic, Lumen Grey Pearl and Meta Blue Pearl. There is option for interior with Lucid Lime highlight. The interior is reaming mostly untouched.

The international Hyundai i20 gets feature like adas including features like lane follow assist and forward collision avoidance assist, 10 inch drivers display like Alcazar and multi color ambient lights that Indian spec doesn't gets. We expect it will be resolved in this update.
The powertrain remain same, as the current i20 comes with a 1.0L turbocharged petrol engine tuned to 110PS and 172NM mated with 6 speed iMT and 7 speed DCT and a 1.2 liter NA petrol engine making 83PS and 114NM with 5MT and a CVT gearbox.


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