a welcome change
As planned Hyundai will roll out i10 with the superior Kappa engine soon. The 1.2L all aluminium gasoline engine (Kappa) will replace the existing 1.1L iRDE. i10’s 1.1L iRDE develops 66.7PS at 5500 rpm of power and a torque of 10.1 kgm at 2800 rpm. The current 1.1l engine has proved to be one of the very successful engine for Hyundai and it will continue to power the santro. It is important to recall, Maruti is also planning strap advanced K-series engines under the hood of Wagon-R,Zen estilo,Swift and soon to be launched A-star. The K-series will comply to Euro V emission standard. As more and more cars are exported from India to developed markets like Europe. Manufacturers are opting for advanced engines equipped with superior technologies to comply tougher emission standards.
The new 1.2L kappa engine will produce more power (around 82bhp) which will make the i10 more powerful. This 1.2L kappa engine will also power soon to be launched i20 hatchback. i10 has been runaway success for i10, Hyundai sells more than 8000 i10’s every month without any significant drop in sales of santro The new engine is being develpoed and tested at Hyundai’s Chennai facility. Hence we can hope the new 1.2L engine won’t push the price of i10 beyond Rs5.2lakhs Current i10 comes in the range of Rs 3.31 lakh to Rs 4.83 lakh. Hyundai plans to produce three lakh engines per annum in this facility. The new 1.2L powered i10 will hit the showrooms in July.