Hyundai India showcases global SUV Creta

Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the country's second-largest car maker and the largest passenger car exporter, today unveiled its new product – the compact SUV Creta.

The Creta marks Hyundai's entry into the growing SUV segment with strong product offering boosting Hyundai's product line up to a robust 10-product portfolio.

The Creta boasts of Hyundai's globally acclaimed `Fluidic Sculpture 2.0' design, superior driving dynamics, high end safety features along with robust body structure, multiple powertrain options and engineering excellence.

''The global SUV Creta will herald a new chapter in Hyundai Motor India's success story and will set a new benchmark in the SUV segment of India with unmatched capabilities. With Hyundai's strong vision for India, we will strengthen our commitment to the Indian market with the launch of Creta,''. B S Seo, managing director and CEO, HMIL, said.

According to Hyundai, the body shell of Creta has been designed and developed with advanced engineering techniques and usage of high quality material like ultra-high tensile steel so as to ensure best in class body rigidity, structural strength and crash performance.

The 'Hive Structure' of Creta offers a robust yet lightweight body structure with strong dynamics and enhanced safety. The body shell of Creta scores high on overall strength and rigidity and is set to be a new benchmark for this segment, says Hyundai.

The Creta features a revolutionary ultra-high tensile steel body structure that enables the SUV to significantly enhance both performance and efficiency. The robust SUV benefits protection in all directions from the `Ring-Shaped Frames'. Each pillar, including the centre pillar, body side frames and bottom are positioned in a ring-like layout, all connected to form a protective shell.

The ring-structure frame design realizes a significant increase in body stiffness, which contributes to more precise handling while maintaining excellent ride quality. This enhances safety and protection by adding strength, rigidity and durability.

The Creta uses enhanced sound absorption materials and improved engineering design of engine, transmission and body structural parts.

Creta is equipped with the most powerful yet efficient powertrain and is available with a choice of petrol 1.6 dual VTVT and U2 1.4 CRDi and U2 1.6 CRDi VGT diesel engines. The engines have been tuned for best performance and high fuel efficiency.

The 6-speed manual and automatic transmission (in 1.6 CRDi VGT) offer the customers blend of high performance and enhanced driving pleasure.