By CJ Hubbard
First Official Pictures
02 October 2014
If the new Hyundai i20 can do for the supermini
what the Hyundai i10 has done for the city car it could be one of the
quiet stars of the 2014 Paris motor show. The proof will be in the driving, but
the new i20 certainly looks good in pictures. Although we do wonder if
Peugeot’s designers will be having a word about the front end.
Designed, developed and engineered in Europe, the
i20 will also be the first model to get Hyundai’s new 1.0-litre T-GDI turbo
petrol engine, representing the first of a new generation of small turbocharged
petrols from the Korean brand.
2014 Hyundai
i20: more space
As per current trends, the new i20 is longer, lower
and wider than the car it replaces; more significantly, there’s an extra 45mm
in the wheelbase so it should be roomier for passengers, too. The 326-litre
boot is bigger than that of the Ford Focus, and the tailgate opening is 1027mm
across.
If that doesn’t get your blood pulsing perhaps
you’re more interested in the segment-first opening panoramic roof, the
availability of a reversing camera and Hyundai’s first integrated satnav in a
supermini. If not, we don’t suppose you’ll be interested in the high-grade
‘Thermal Plastic Olefin’ interior surfaces either…
Hyundai
T-GDI: turbo power!
Still, the 1.0-litre turbo sounds promising: 118bhp
and 127lb ft of torque should get the little i20 moving along quite nicely.
Sadly, this isn’t due until 2015, so when the rest of the range goes on sale in
November 2014 you’ll have to make do with the conventional 1.25-litre (74bhp or
83bhp) and 1.4-litre (99bhp) petrols or a 1.4-litre (74bhp or 89bhp)
turbodiesel.
Hyundai is also showing a new 1.4-litre T-GDI turbo
petrol at Paris. However, since this is ensconced in an i30 powered by
compressed natural gas at the show, it only produces 115bhp. The same car’s
showing off a seven-speed dual clutch gearbox, too.
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