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As Motoroids.com rightly puts it, the Verna is on its way to topple the German and the Japanese as it has attracted 5,000 bookings within five days of its launch.

There is more than one reason behind this enthusiastic outburst by Indians. The teaser campaign aired during the cricket games highlighting the Fluidic Scuplture design philosophy helped up the ante. The gamut of features and powertrain choices (remember IAB brought it first to you) have to be given equal credit. The Verna brand is not as strong as a City or even the Vento, but with this car, that’s set to change.

In recent times, Hyundai’ perceived as a company with almost Honda’ brand power offering vehicles at the price of a Maruti Suzuki. If the Verna goes on to clinch the title of India’ best C-Segment car, this will be made clearer.

In India, a sedan buyer’s statement to the society is “I’ve arrived.” Pricing ten variants, in a span of five lakh rupees also has proved to be a great idea as there is something for everyone. A lot of people in India are looking for an upgrade to their hatchback too.

It is normal to see people go haywire post a launch. We have to see how long it is before the excitement dies down to understand the degree of success. But for now the Verna is a buzz word on Facebook communities, forums and blogs.

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Petrolheads Rejoice! Hyundai has finally taken the wraps of the new Verna. After being spied countless number of times on the Indian Roads, Hyundai has finally launched the new Verna with the starting price of Rs 6.99 Lakhs and goes all the way to 10.74 Lakhs for the top variant (ex-showroom Delhi). The Hyundai Verna is also symbolize the company’s new marketing tagline ‘New Thinking New Possibilities’ The other variants  [ Read More ]

Select dealerships in India have received the new Hyundai Verna which will be launched tomorrow morning in Delhi. The existing Verna, less than a year after receiving a cosmetic makeover, has been laid to rest.

Hyundai is adopting a phased launch strategy for the new Verna. After the Delhi premiere tomorrow, it will launch the car in Chennai day after tomorrow evening followed by trips to other cities.

It is almost certain that our speculation on the variants portray the actual picture. One of our Bangalore readers wrote in saying the top-end model (1.6 CRDI AT) will cost 11.74 lakh rupees (on-road). There is a lot of speculation on the prices, but in about 24 hours official prices will be revealed.

Hyundai will offer ten variants of the new Verna with four engine options (2 petrol, 2 diesel) along with the choice of an automatic transmission.

The Verna is the first of C-Segment sedans in 2011. It will be followed by the Ford Fiesta, Nissan Sunny and possibly the Skoda Rapid, currently undergoing tests.

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During the ongoing IPL cricket games, Hyundai is airing commercials teasing the new Verna. Hyundai’ new Verna will be launched on the 11th of next month. The vehicle will come in ten different variants, four engine options including manual and a four-speed automatic transmission.

Hyundai has discontinued the current Verna barely nine months after it underwent a minor cosmetic upgrade. Many customers who bought the new Verna feel cheated, as not often does a manufacturer pull out a product in less than a year after its launch.

In Part 1 we discussed or rather speculated on some of the technical specifications of the new Hyundai Verna. Today we speculate on the equipment list on the ten different variants. Remember that these are purely speculative and we have no idea of the final outcome.

Specifications : Diesel

(specification may change at the time of launch)

1.4-liter @ 90 PS (One Variant)

1. Basic Model: AC, Power steering, power windows on four doors & MP3 with USB for iPod, Turn Indicators on ORVM, Electrically Adjustable ORVM, Front Fog Lamps and Folding Key.

1.6 -liter @ 128.08 PS (Four Variants)

1. Basic Model: AC, Power steering, power windows on all 4 doors & MP3 with USB slot for iPod, Turn Indicators on ORVM, Electrically Adjustable ORVM, Folding Key, Front Fog Lamps.

2. SX Model: Basic Model Features + Height Adj. Driver seat, Rear Parking sensors, FATC, Audio remote control on STR, Bluetooth connectivity, Dual Airbag, ABS.

3. SX Option: Basic Model + SX Model features + 16” Alloy wheel, Supervision cluster, ECM, Glove box cooling, Leather Upholstery, 6 Airbags, smart key.

4. SX Option AT: SX Option features with Automatic Transmission.

Based purely on the information going around on the internet we’re going to speculate on the technical specifications of the new Hyundai Verna. Since this is a speculative article, we request readers to take it with a pinch of salt. The new Verna has been introduced on several global markets including Korea (Accent), China (Verna) and Russia (Solaris) and parts of the Middle East. Autocar India’s editor Hormazd Sorabjee tweeted  [ Read More ]

A IndianAutosBlog.com reader calling himself “Sid” has sent us an email listing out the variants of the new Verna expected to arrive on May 11.

This is what it said -

Dear Indian Autos Blog,

I’m confident that these are the variants of the new Hyundai Verna expected in India next month.

1.4 petrol base/ 1.4 diesel base
1.6 petrol base/ 1.6 diesel base
1.6 petrol SX/ 1.6 diesel SX (with standard ABS and dual airbags for both engine options)
1.6 petrol SX option/ 1.6 diesel SX option (with standard ABS, 6 airbags, reverse camera and keyless go)
1.6 petrol SX option AT/ 1.6 diesel SX option AT (with standard ABS, 6 airbags, reverse camera and keyless go)

In all, Hyundai will offer 5 petrol variants and 5 diesel variants.

Warm Regards,

Sid.

We ask the readers to take it in with a pinch of salt because we’re terming the contents of Sid’ email as a speculative piece of text. With 10 variants, Hyundai could offer something for absolutely everyone wanting a sedan.

Autocar India editor Hormazd Sorabjee, who almost always gets it right, has tweeted that Hyundai will launch the new Verna on the 11th of next month.

As we reported earlier, production of the new Verna should’ve commenced on the 15th on this month. Hyundai could offer as many as four engine options (2 diesel + 2 petrol) along with a 4-speed automatic transmission on select variants.

The new Verna has been spied almost everyday by IAB readers, we even carried a set earlier today.