Crossover Hyundai-Greta: specifications, description, prices

The new Hyundai-Greta, whose technical characteristics allow us to talk about a new interesting car in the segment of compact crossovers, has every chance to become the best among representatives of this class from many world manufacturers.

New Korean car

"Hyundai-Greta" is a new creation of the Korean company. In the Chinese market, it is known since mid-2014 under the name Hyundai Ix25. In India, it is already being manufactured, and in Russia the Hyundai Creta is being prepared for release under the name associated with the island of Crete. The technical characteristics of the new car will allow it to move easily as in large cities overloaded with transport, and off-road. Assembled on the front-drive platform hatchback i20, this car combines modern forms, bright design, compactness, easy handling and off-road qualities.

The crossover Hyundai Creta will be produced in Russia, at one of Hyundai's major automobile plants in St. Petersburg.

Tested on Russian roads from Vladivostok to the city on the Neva, the novelty of the Korean automotive industry proved itself worthy. Now its serial production is being prepared: the plant buys and installs equipment, trains personnel, conducts test assembly.

Exterior of the car

Crossover Hyundai-Greta, whose technical characteristics have not yet been confirmed by long-term operation on Russian roads, demonstrates a fairly dynamic and to some extent sporty appearance.

Falshradiatornyaya grate large with an abundance of chromium, which some reviews of potential owners consider a drawback, a huge bumper with an air intake, stylish optics, alas, without xenon, a peculiar form of fog lamps decorate the front of the car.

The new architecture called HIVE, the design in the style of "flowing lines" (Fluidic sculpture 2.0), which is a brand concept for Hyundai, can be clearly seen when looking at the car from the side.

The doors are large and comfortable for planting, a high line of window sills, which, however, worsens the view from the rear seats, a large radius of wheel arches, plastic covers protecting the body from mechanical damage by stones, branches and other off-road attractions.

In the rear, the practicality and style are successfully combined. This is a large spoiler on the rear door, and LED optics, and a powerful, plastic-protected bumper, and an impressive trunk.

Trunk

"Hyundai-Greta", the technical characteristics of which allow you to carry a fairly heavy load, has a large trunk with a volume of 420 liters. If you fold the backs of the rear seats, the free space increases to 1100 liters.

There were situations in the automotive industry, when the luggage compartment is large, and access to it is limited. In the new crossover, the shape of the rear door allows easy access to the trunk. The doorway is wide and tall, and the floor of the trunk is low.

A bit about the size

The Korean crossover in size refers to the class "B". Its dimensions: length × width × out is 4.27 × 1.78 × 1.63 m, wheelbase is 2.59 m, ground clearance is 0.185 m.

Dimensions of the Hyundai-Greta car , technical specifications, ground clearance, solid enough for the SUV, seventeen-inch alloy wheels put the novelty in a row with these SUVs, especially in the all-wheel drive version.

Car Interior

The interior of the budget crossover is not distinguished by special refinements, but it is conscientious. The front seats are equipped with lateral support and adjustments with the help of an electric drive, in the rear seats can accommodate three passengers with not particularly long legs.

The front panel is not cluttered with parts, the instruments are easily readable, the steering wheel, which is adjustable both on the fly and in height, convenient and multifunctional, a strict and compact center console. In general, nothing superfluous, everything in its place and convenient for use.

The material of the panel imitates shagreen skin, probably, in the most expensive equipment, the skin will be natural.

The infotainment complex is a five-inch solid touch screen that is easy to control, including perceives voice commands, and a hard disk with a memory capacity of one gigabyte.

Automatic air conditioning will be superfluous for residents of megacities spending a lot of time in traffic jams, which is especially difficult under the scorching summer sun.

Equipped with both front and side airbags, Hyundai-Greta, the technical characteristics of which allow it to accelerate to sufficiently high speeds on the track, successfully passed crash tests. This allows us to hope for a modern level of protection for the crossover.

Equipment

Today, with respect to the Hyundai-Greta car kit (technical characteristics, however, are also voiced in the most general terms), there is still no exact information. Korean manufacturers promise a rich set of functions and devices, but which of them will be included in the basic equipment, and for which it will be necessary to pay extra and what amounts will become known later.

While the basic is called a complete set with a climatic and multimedia infotainment system with built-in navigator, Supervision instrument panel, multi-wheel, Start / Stop engine start, keyless access (SmartKey system), electric front seats, electric windows and heated mirrors, electric booster Steering wheel and six airbags. The finishing touch is the leather upholstery of Hyundai Creta seats.

Specifications

While it is not supposed to produce options on the Russian market with diesel engines, as well as there are still doubts about the all-wheel drive version of the crossover. Therefore, the technical characteristics of the Hyundai Creta Ix25 will be slightly different from the parameters of their Chinese and Indian counterparts. As Petrograders have already noticed test samples of new cars assembled in their city on the city streets, the exact figures will soon be known.

Koreans promise to install and in the front-wheel drive model active control systems ESP and VSM, easy start system in the HAS mountain, braking system control on steep descents.

For the new Hyundai Creta 2016 there are four types of powerplants. Two are four-cylinder diesel engines in volume 1,4 and 1,6 l capacity 90 and 128 l. from. respectively. And two more, which will be in the cars of the Russian assembly, are also four-cylinder petrol engines of 1.6 and 2.0 liters capacity of 124 and 160 liters. With., Information about the dynamics of movement and fuel consumption of which, too, to learn a little later.

Gear boxes, both mechanical and automatic, are six-speed.

Price of the car

Overview Hyundai Creta, prices and specifications are still from the field of guesswork. The new car will be presented to the public in the summer of 2016. But car lovers from the Korean manufacturer are building forecasts and hope that the company will fulfill the promise that the crossover will be budgetary, that is relatively inexpensive. As Hyundai ix25 2015-2016 is sold in China, its prices in RMB are known. In terms of the Russian ruble at the current exchange rate, the price for Greta should be between 850,000 and one million rubles.

In addition, the sale of a more expensive Hyundai Tucson has already started, the price of which starts from 1.2 million rubles, and Creta will be cheaper.

The car has not been produced yet, but there are already clubs of its fans, numerous forums and discussions. We can say that they are waiting for him on the Russian roads with impatience.

Advantages and disadvantages

The new Hyundai-Greta crossover has not yet been tested, its technical characteristics are not yet known, there are no exact data on prices, but connoisseurs already notice the advantages and disadvantages of the novelty.

The advantages are the domestic assembly, solid basic equipment at affordable prices, the reliability of the power unit, high ground clearance, stylish design and an extensive interior.

Disadvantages - the absence of a rain sensor, brightness adjustment of the instrument lighting, an extended armrest, xenon and an abundance of chrome on the grille, poor visibility from the rear seats, dissonant with the general appearance of the roof rails.

The new crossover confirms that the company "Hyundai" does not depart from its traditions in quality, design and equipment even in the basic configuration. I would like to hope that a solid, sporty appearance, comfortable, well-equipped car will win its niche in the Russian market.