2017 New Hyundai Verna – Expected Prices

By : Agencies | Updated at : 21 Aug 2017 10:30 AM (IST)

Expected price range for 2017 Hyundai Verna - Rs 7.99 lakh to Rs 12.49 lakh

Hyundai is set to launch the new Verna in India on August 22, 2017. The Verna was once the bestseller in the C-segment, but its reign at the top was short-lived. The current-gen Honda City, launched back in 2014, rose to fame to gain the top spot and remained untouched till Maruti Suzuki played the SHVS card with the Ciaz. The rollout of GST (Goods and Service Tax) has taken away the hybrid advantage from the Ciaz, which now has to rely on its fuel efficiency and a roomy interior to attract buyers. But the Ciaz is still the most affordable sedan of the lot. The City received a makeover recently and gained more features, but its sticker price, too, has gone up.

There are two other players in this segment, the German siblings - the Volkswagen Vento and the Skoda Rapid. Both these cars get a dual-clutch automatic transmission paired to a 1.5-litre diesel engine. On the other hand, the City and the Ciaz don’t get a diesel-automatic option, forget dual-clutch technology. We already know that the Verna will get an automatic gearbox with both engine options, so it’ll have the Germans cornered. But to put up a fight against the Japanese (which includes the Indo-Japanese manufacturer), pricing will be key. Let’s try to get into Hyundai’s shoes to make sense of the challenge it is up against.

The entry-level price

For the base variant of the 2017 Verna, let’s see where the new sedan stands against the base variants of its competition, and also against the model it replaces.

New Verna vs Old Verna

The new-gen Verna is based on a new platform, and it is wider and longer than the outgoing Verna. The height remains the same, but the wheelbase has been increased. Additionally, it (the new Verna) doesn’t get the 1.4-litre petrol and diesel engines which were available in the older version. The 1.6-litre engines have been carried over with the same maximum power figures, albeit different torque output.

	Old Verna (1.4-litre engines)	Old Verna	New Verna
Petrol / Diesel engine displacement	1396cc / 1396cc	1591cc / 1582cc	1591cc / 1582cc
Max power	107PS@6300rpm / 90PS@4000rpm	123PS@6300rpm / 128PS@4000rpm	123PS@6400rpm / 128PS@4000rpm
Max torque	135Nm@5000rpm / 220Nm@1750-2750rpm	155Nm@4200rpm / 260Nm@1900-2750rpm	151Nm@4850rpm / 260Nm@1500-3000rpm

The old Verna’s base variant (known as Base) was available with the 1.4-litre engines only. It was priced at Rs 7.84 lakh for the petrol version and Rs 9.07 lakh for the diesel (both prices ex-showroom). The variant above the Base, the S, was equipped with the 1.6-litre petrol and diesel engines, and prices for this variant with the petrol and diesel engine were Rs 8.81 lakh and Rs 9.98 lakh (both ex-showroom), respectively.

2017 New Hyundai Verna – Expected Prices

New Verna features vs Old Verna and competition

Features	New Verna E	Old Verna S	Ciaz Sigma	City S	Vento Trendline	Rapid Active
D/N IRVM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Seatbelt Pretensioner	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
ISOFIX	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Steering Controls	For Tripmeter	Yes	No	No	No	No
Rear Armrest	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Cooled Glovebox	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Tilt Steering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	With Telescopic	With Telescopic
Elec. Adj. ORVMs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Projector Headlamps	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Rear AC Vents	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Audio System	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
DRL	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Parking Sensors	No	With Camera	No	No	Yes	No
Height Adjustable Driver’s Seat	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Alloy Wheels	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Climate Control	No	Yes	No	No	No	No

Compared with the old Verna (1.6 S variant), the 2017 Verna’s base E variant doesn’t get projector headlamps, audio system, rear parking sensors with camera, alloy wheels and climate control. If we were to put a price on the new Verna based on its previous model, a sticker price of around Rs 8.10 to Rs 8.25 lakh for the base petrol variant would be competitive.

2017 New Hyundai Verna – Expected Prices

The Maruti Suzuki Ciaz is the most affordable car among the sedans listed here, but that doesn’t mean that it is not feature-loaded. In fact, compare it with the new Verna, and the Ciaz’s base variant only falls short on tripmeter controls on the steering wheel and cooled glovebox. The Ciaz Sigma, on the other hand, gets features like projector headlamps, rear AC vents and an audio system that the 2017 Verna’s base variant doesn’t.

2017 New Hyundai Verna – Expected Prices

If there’s any car in this comparo to beat in terms of price, it’s the Ciaz. But the Verna has a bigger petrol and diesel engine, and the power ratings are in a different league altogether when compared to the Ciaz’s modest 1.3-litre diesel and 1.4-litre petrol engines that fall this side of the 100PS mark. Hence, Hyundai can afford to charge a premium over the Ciaz and still justify it. For the petrol version, if Hyundai goes really aggressive, the new Verna’s entry-level price might settle around Rs 8 lakh, which will be a whole Rs 82,000 less than the outgoing Verna’s (1.6 petrol) S variant. Compared to the Ciaz Sigma petrol variant, it will cost Rs 34,000 more, but that differential won’t hurt anyone considering you have a more powerful engine under your bonnet.

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On the other hand, if Hyundai just wants to be competitive in the segment, they can price the Verna at around Rs 8.25 lakh as well, which will still make it Rs 21,000 cheaper than City’s base variant.

2017 New Hyundai Verna – Expected Prices

In the diesel space, Hyundai has more breathing space thanks to GST rollout, which has placed the Ciaz hybrid in the same tax slab as its competitors. Additionally, Honda doesn’t offer the diesel City in the S variant at all, so that makes things easier for the Hyundai. But both the Vento and Rapid’s diesel variants are quite competitively priced, and both come with 110PS diesel engines. So, if Hyundai plans to go aggressive with Verna’s prices, and cuts out around Rs 81,000 from the previous Verna’s price (as is the case with petrol Verna), the Verna will become the most affordable diesel sedan in the C-segment by a margin of Rs 24,000 (compared to Ciaz Sigma diesel). If, however, Hyundai plans to play safe, they can price the diesel base variant at Rs 9.49 lakh, which will put the 2017 Verna in the same range as the Ciaz, Vento and Rapid with a margin of a few thousand rupees.

Let’s see how the 2017 Verna and its competition is placed on the price chart.

	New Verna (expected)	Old Verna (1.6)	Ciaz	City	Vento	Rapid
Base petrol	Rs 7.99 lakh - Rs 8.25 lakh	Rs 8.81 lakh	Rs 7.65 lakh	Rs 8.46 lakh (S)	Rs 8.05 lakh	Rs 8.20 lakh
Base diesel	Rs 9.19 lakh - Rs 9.49 lakh	Rs 9.98 lakh	Rs 9.43 lakh	Rs 10.68 lakh (SV)	Rs 9.52 lakh	Rs 9.58 lakh

Middle & upper variants

Features

Verna EX (over E)	Verna SX (over EX)	Verna SX(O) over SX
Reverse Parking Sensors With Camera	Electro Chromic Mirror	Side & Curtain Airbags
Projector Fog Lamps	Height Adjustable Front Seatbelts	Smart Key
Automatic Headlamps	Projector Headlamps	Chrome Door Handles
Speed-Sensing Auto Door Lock	Cornering Lamps	All Features Available With SX Automatic As Standard
Keyless Entry	LED DRLs	Full Leather Upholstery
Rear Defogger	LED Tail Lamps	Auto Link (connected car tech)
Alloy Wheels (automatic)	Alloy Wheels	Smart Trunk (gesture opening)
Shark Fin Antenna	Leather Steering & Gear Knob (automatic)	Push Button Start/Stop
Height Adjustable Driver’s Seat	7.0-inch Touchscreen With Apple CarPlay, Android Auto & MirrorLink	Luggage Hook & Net
Front Armrest	Sunroof (automatic)	Ventilated seats
5.0-inch Touchscreen Audio System 38	Electrically Folding ORVMs
Climate Control 48	Rear Curtain (automatic)
Rear AC vents 53
Cruise control 68
Front & Rear USB Charger 70

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The expected prices of the remaining variants of the 2017 Verna purely on the basis of the additional features they offer over the lesser equipped variants are:

Expected Prices of 2017 Hyundai Verna
Petrol
E Manual	Rs 7.99 lakh - Rs 8.25 lakh
EX Manual	Rs 8.99 lakh - Rs 9.25 lakh
EX Automatic	Rs 9.79 lakh - Rs 10.09 lakh
SX Manual	Rs 9.59 lakh - Rs 9.85 lakh
SX (O) Manual	Rs 10.65 lakh - Rs 10.99 lakh
SX(O) Automatic	Rs 11.29 lakh - Rs 11.65 lakh

Expected Prices of 2017 Hyundai Verna
Diesel
E Manual	Rs 9.19 lakh - Rs 9.49 lakh
EX Manual	Rs 10.19 lakh - Rs 10.49 lakh
EX Automatic	Rs 11.09 lakh - Rs 11.35 lakh
SX Manual	Rs 10.79 lakh - Rs 11.19 lakh
SX Automatic	Rs 11.95 lakh - Rs 12.35 lakh
SX(O) Manual	Rs 11.99 lakh - Rs 12.49 lakh