Hyundai Verna to get some nip-tuck
After the Ford Fiesta and the Maruti-Suzuki SX4, now it is the Hyundai Verna’s turn to go under the surgeon’s knife. Just like the ‘A-Star’ is actually the current Alto and the Laura, is actually the current Octavia, the Verna is actually the current Hyundai Accent for the rest of the world. But, it has been renamed as ‘Verna’ so that Hyundai can keep selling the old Accent in India as well. Thanks to some new competition in the form of the Linea and the recent botox shot filled rivals, Verna’s market share has diminished. To regain the lost numbers, it will soon get a mostly external makeover. The major changes will be the grille, the headlights and the front bumper as well as some tit-bits like the turn indicators housed on the RVMs. The mechanicals will be carried over unchanged.
*** Image courtesy, Hyundai Korea ***
We have never really been big fans of the Verna’s looks any ways and in our honest opinion, the face-lift just makes it look ‘different’ but not really any better.
Mihir Gadre
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|2009-11-18 04:04:22 Nrupatunga Ramesh - Horrible !!!after releases like i10, i20, one would think the company is moving in the right direction as regards to styling and options like automatic transmission. but one look at the new verna shows that the styling of these two cars (i10,i20) might have been a fluke and every hyundai has one majar problem , Its radiator grill ! the in every hyundai car the grill and the design don't match each other at all ever! bottom line HORRIBLE STYLING !!!
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|2009-11-18 06:04:40 Petrolhead - No way!You know this one takes its styling cues from a Lexus LF...just in a very bad way :P
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|2009-11-18 17:05:48 neeraj kalra - an awful angel
poor guys ugly lexus......never the less, i hope the performance remains the same..
Why fix something which ain't broken???