ಹುಂಡೈ I20

Hyundai i20

Hi, I test drove i20, i10, and Jazz (and other major brands in last 4 weeks). Chevvy is giving real good deals in December. I drove on really bad roads (close to metro construction) and on fairly good road such as Nice corridor. Tested the acceleration, steering freeness, suspension on a good road (30 kms/hr) and on a bad road (slow speed - 5kms/hr) and at 70kms /hr on good road. Jazz transmitted all the shocks. we can feel the suspension shocks and the noise inside. The engine noise is quite high with all the windows completely closed. i10 and i20 seem to have pretty decent suspension. It smoothens out most of the shocks at the 3 speeds that I tried. Regarding the steering, gear hardness and clutch freeness Jazz, i10 and i20 seem to be doing pretty same. The electronic power steering works well in all. Breaks are good in Jazz, i10/i20 is acceptable. It is good enough. The features and goodies: i10/i20 scores many points over Jazz. Next point in India: Jazz has very low ground clearance. It is just about 7 inches. Hence it has all possibilities of scraping the ground, in road humps and pot holes. I will be deciding soon on one of them. Regarding power: 80/90 BHP is good enough for Indian conditions. I have been driving a car since 15 years and have tried many cars, and have driven to many out stations, hills and have driven in all conditions of weather. Hence unless you are looking for a reckless driving of zooming and breaking, you can ignore power factor.