Today, Hyundai and its sister concern company Kia have one of the largest R&D centres in Asia. The Korean autogiant has been working hard to improve their current fleet and develop new products for their automotive markets worldwide. This effect can be seen in India as well. Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) has been giving facelifts to its current range of cars. So are the changes on the Hyundai i10 worth it? Dig deeper to get your answers.The Hyundai i10 had won the CarWale Viewer’s Choice Award 2010 under the category of Small Family Car. Just a minor facelift might have not helped Hyundai, so the company has done some major changes on the i10. Apart from the cosmetic changes, the Korean automaker with its manufacturing base in Chennai has gone about tweaking both the i10 engines. The first look itself can make you figure out the substantial changes on the outside of the i10. The hatchback gets a striking new front grille which gives it a more aggressive and masculine look. The lower front end gets a trapezoidal-shaped mesh grille. This combination is Hyundai’s new family face look which will be seen on all their new upcoming models. This is accompanied with a sharper headlamp design, which gives it a more grown-up look. The fog lamp design has been changed and the top-of-the-line Asta version gets chrome surrounds around the fogs. The other changes include the new side-indicator mirrors with a defogger which prevents the mirrors from fogging. The other makeover on the exterior is the new rear bumper design with reflectors. The side profile of the i10 remains unchanged and to our dismay the alloys go missing even as standard on the top-of-the-line Asta variant. The alloys are available as an optional extra which can be fitted at the dealership.
We were astonished to see the number of changes the i10 has undergone, not just on the outside but even inside as well (even on the inside or inside as well). The old beige and black dash has now been changed to little brown and metal finish centre console. This new colour doesn’t reflect back into the windshield during the daytime unlike the beige, which was a problem that most consumers faced. The new dash colour reduces glare on the windscreen and helps to reduce the stress on the driver’s eyes especially in bright sunlight. The green interior lighting has been replaced with blue (like all the new Hyundais). There is a new instrument cluster and the in-dash system gets an auxiliary-input and USB connection along with bluetooth connectivity for your cellular phone. If that’s not enough, the steering wheel of the i10 now gets audio & telephony controls, and Hyundai has changed the colour of the seat fabric and the door pads as well.
source:http://www.carwale.com/research/hyundai-cars/i10/
