Thursday, 25 January 2024

HYUNDAI CRETA

The Korean Automobile giant Hyundai has presented its updated Creta in India. Besides the exterior and interior changes, now this hot selling model is more tech loaded with advanced infotainment systems and ADAS level 2 features. The price of the base Petrol Manual-E variant starts at Rs.10.99 lakh and goes up to Rs.20.15 lakh for the top end Diesel variant.

Hyundai Creta

Creta was always a manly car with its wide boxy structure and stylish designs, that style and boldness has been elevated to the next level with this version. Now the car comes with an updated radiator grille and bonnet. LED light bar and DRLs are provided on the car looks very premium. LED headlamps are provided under the DRLs. With all these, the large air dam and a skid plate like element  making the Creta a bold and handsome SUV from the front.

Side view and alloy wheel of Creta

It is a stylish SUV from sides, the Creta is provided with 16 inch alloy wheels, thick black cladding starting from the front bumper passing all the way to the back and the power lines on the doors and body panels are giving it a muscular look, along with these, the high  ground clearance and roof rails are making it an SUV from sides. 

Rear View with LED light bar

Hyundai has designed well the rear portion of this car and so the Creta is one of the few vehicle, which looks very attractive and beautiful from the rear. High mounted LED stop lamps and rear wiper are provided. A long light bar connecting both LED tail lamps looks beautiful, infact it is the main attraction of this car from the rear. Shark fin antenna, spoiler and large skid plate are provided on the car are perfectly syncing with the overall design of the vehicle. 

Creta Interior

You will be delighted with Creta's newly designed interior. It looks more premium and upmarket with its 10.25 inch touch screen infotainment system and 10.25 inch Driver information display. Newly designed Dual Zone A/c  vents are stylish. The car is provided with Bose's 8 speaker music system, which is one of the best in the segment. The flat bottom steering wheel of the Creta has electrical adjustment for reach and tilt, and switches of  cruise control, media/audio control and ADAS features are provided. Paddle shifters are also provided with automatic variants.

Ventilated seats

The car is provided a pair of comfortable front seats, both these are ventilated seats. The diver seat of the Creta having 4-way electrical adjustments but don't have memory function, whereas the co-driver seat can be adjusted manually only.

Rear Seat of Creta

You wont be disappointed at the rear seat too. It is a nice luxury seat with ample legroom and headroom. The seat is having a slight slanting function. Three people can sit comfortably in this seat. A rear arm rest with two cup holders are available. All doors are provided with bottle holders. Manual sun blinds are provided for the rear passengers is a useful feature in hot sunny days. With all these features, the Creta comes with a voice enabled Panoramic Sunroof too.

Wireless charger

From the convenience front, the car is provided with wire less mobile charger at the front and 12V, USB and a Type C fast charging points are provided. A cool glove box and storage space under the driver arm rest are also available. Cup holders and places to keep the wallet are also provided at the center console.

Rear A/c vents and charging sockets

Rear A/c vents are provided. A mobile storage space and charging points are also available for rear passengers.

Engine

Creta comes with both petrol and diesel variants and also it is available in Automatic and Manual transmission options. 
Petrol engine with manual and automatic gears
Diesel engine with manual and automatic gears
Turbo Petrol engine of Creta
Both manual and automatic gear boxes are well mated with the engine variants. The car is also provided with drive modes like-Eco, Normal and Sports, apart from this it is having some traction modes like- Snow, Mud and Sand. 

DIMENSIONS
Overall Length(mm): 4330
Overall Width (mm): 1790
Overall Height(mm): 1635
Wheelbase(mm): 2610
Boot Space(ltr): 433
Fuel Tank Capacity(ltr): 50

SAFETY
While we consider the passenger safety, it is a well built car and comes with state of the art safety features. Now the car is having six air bags as standard and ADAS Level 2 feature is added on top SX Tech and SX (O) Variants. Some of the important features are given below.

  • Six Airbags
  • Surround View Monitor
  • Blind Spot Monitor
  • Front and Rear Parking Sensors
  • ABS with EBD
  • Parking Assist
  • Automatic Headlamps
  • Emergency Stop Signal
  • Electronic Stability Control
  • Vehicle Stability Management
  • Hill-Start Assist Control
  • ISOFIX
  • 3 Point Seatbelts
  • Tyre Pressure Monitoring System
  • Forward Collision Warning
  • Forward Collison Avaoidance Assist
  • Lane Keeping Assist
  • Lane Departure Warning
  • Driver Attention Warning
  • Smart Cruise Control with Stop & Go
  • Lane Following Assist
  • High Beam Assist
  • Leading Vehicle Departure Alert
  • Rear Cross Traffic-Collision Warning
  • Rear Cross-Traffic Collision Avoidance Assist
These are only the few important safety features mentioned here. You can check the Hyundai India website for more and detailed information.

In conclusion, the Creta is a well designed eye catching SUV, moreover it is a technologically advanced vehicle in its segment. It has beauty, power and having advanced safety features too. As it is from Hyundai, which ensures a good customer support and after sales service and thereby you can enjoy a hassle free ownership experience. If you are in search of an SUV or a sedan of its price range, dont forget to consider it.

As always, Drive safe & Happy Driving. 

Note: All images used in this blog has been taken from Manufacturer's website for presentation purpose

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