Hyundai Eon Review

South Korean Car manufacturer Hyundai has rolled out its much awaited stylish car known as Eon which would be the tough competitor to its similar other cars such as Maruti Alto 800, Alto k10, Nano, Figo and many more cars. The new car comes in both Petrol and LPG options with attractive price tag and rich features.

Hyundai Eon Models and Price

The car is available in two models in which the petrol models of the Eon includes

1) Hyundai Eon D Lite – Rs.2,85,284
2) Hyundai Eon D Lite Plus – Rs.3,14,115
3) Hyundai Eon Era Plus – Rs.3,28,382
4) Hyundai Eon Magna Plus – Rs.3,58,929
5) Hyundai Eon Sportz – Rs.3,87,455

Likewise, the LPG models of the Hyundai Eon with price details are as described below.

1) Hyundai Eon LPG D Lite Plus – Rs.3,40,785
2) Hyundai Eon LPG Era Plus – Rs.3,55,064
3) Hyundai Eon LPG Magna Plus – Rs.3,85,597

The price details of the car may vary according to the places.

Hyundai Eon Colours

The Hyundai Eon is available in various vibrant colours such as Dark Gray Metallic, Coral White, Dark Grey Metallic, Pristine Blue, Sleek Silver, Maharajah Red, Mushroom etc.

Engine, Mileage and Fuel Economy

The Hyundai Eon is designed with a special three pot engine which offers the decent drivability, better power and performance. The car boasts a 814cc three cylinder petrol SOHC 9 Valve engine which is believed to deliver peak power of 55.2 BHP @ 5550 RPM and 74.5 NM @ 4000 RPM of torque. The engine of the car is mated with the five speed manual gearbox. The LPG variants engine is also similar to the petrol engine with the little variation in fuel efficiency. Apart from that, the power and torques are also same as petrol version. The fuel tank capacity of the car in both the options is around 32 litres. The company claims that the Hyundai Eon can cross 100 km in just 21.1 seconds. Both petrol and LPG variants delivers a healthy mileage of about 17 kmpl in city roads and 21.1 kmpl on highways. The LPG variants has a brilliant toroidal tank with larger boot space instead of the archetypal. The car is able to reach the maximum speed of about 135 kmph with excellent pick up.

Design and Engineering

Hyundai Eon Exterior Accessories

Actually, Hyundai cars are well known for their stylish appearance and the new Eon is entirely based on new platform in order to satisfy the customers need. The usage of steel and thickness makes the Eon to be reasonably stiff and more light. The exterior appearance of the car looks very similar to the other cars such as Alto and Spark. But the Eon has a reinforced body structure which looks so pretty with the square shaped radiator panel as well as reinforcement on the floor panel. The front appearance of the hatch offers a sporty appearance and it comes with the hexagonal chrome tip radiator grille. This radiator grille is now considered as the new global face of all cars of Hyundai. The features which adds more luxury to the car involves a large headlights with chrome detailing and clamp type bonnet. With that, the car has a front windscreen and the rear gets a tight-fit roof with a micro antenna. The top end variants of the Eon comes with the triangular shape fog lamps which is very helpful. The side profile of the car is very gorgeous with a sweeping shoulder line with body coloured door handles and side mirrors. The rear end of the Hyundai Eon looks very curvy which is incorporated with a spoiler enriching the aerodynamics of the car. Since the rear is wider, it is possible of 4-5 members can take their seat comfortably. The car features an elongated and squeezed tail lights which looks like half-moon. The rear bumpers of the Eon is bent towards the ground. There is no exterior changes on the LPG variants of the Hyundai Eon with the add on facility of body coloured bumpers and shift indicators which adds more style to the car. While taking about the wheel, Eon comes with the tire size of 145/80 R12 on D Lite, D Lite Plus and Era. Apart from the other, Magna, Magna Plus and Sportz comes with the tire size of 155/70 R13. The Wheels are designed in full cover with hub cap and it is an important feature which gives a grand look also.

Interiors

The Hyundai has designed the Eon car with awesome and rich interiors for its reasonable cost. The cabin is very spacious and roomy even the tallest person can take their seat with sufficient headroom and knee-room. Actually it is considered to be the cheapest car but the features are very luxurious. The interiors comes in dual tone beige and brown colour combination with lot of storage spaces. The car has a large and well supportive seats with semi-cloth premium seat upholstery for wrapping them. The Hyundai Eon features power and tilt steering, armrest, air conditioner, front power windows along with three spoke metallic finish steering wheel. The dashboard is very neat with pedestal space, cup holders, three assist grips on D Lite model. It has an adjustable and manual driver seat, remote levers for fuel lid and tail gate which is common in all variants. The car is well equipped with a CD Player with Radio and MP3, USB support with AUX-in port and remote locking which is not available in all variants. It is possible to keep the bottle in bottle holder at the front as well as map pockets, rear parcel tray, central console and molded door trims are also available in some variants of the car. Some features may vary according to the variant type. Some other interior features such as driver seat airbag, engine immobilizer, incise rear view mirror and front fog lamps. In addition, the dual tripmeter is one of the convenient feature of Eon.

Braking, Handling and Safety Features

The ride quality of Eon is very good with excellent braking and handling features. The Hyundai Eon sports a front disc brake and rear drum brake which is quite good. The powerful brakes of the car makes them to halt at any emergency situation or in case of any collision. The suspension is awesome even driven on rough roads in which the front suspension of the car comes with McPherson Strut with Coil Spring & Anti-Roll Bar bar where as the Beam Axle with Coil Spring is attached to the rear wheels. The tyres are of tubeless type which helps in better road grip, avoiding unwanted skidding and chances of sudden air leakage etc. The gas filled shock absorber offers more stability and comfort to the car. Safety is not a problem in Hyundai Eon with impressive features. The Eon is very easy to handle on Indian roads with lot of advanced safety features such airbags (Driver), square shaped radiator support panel, reinforcement on floor panel and door side impact beams. In order to prevent car thefts, the car comes with the remote locking sytem with child lock. Additional safety features includes front fog lamps, keyless entry and engine immobilizer. Totally, Hyundai Eon is a small, comfortable and safety wonder car.