New Hyundai Small Car With AMT Coming In 2018

The automated manual transmission (AMT) will be developed in-house and will make its debut with a new ‘family-oriented’ hatchback

Here’s some good news for all Hyundai loyalists. The South Korean carmaker has confirmed that it is currently developing an automated manual transmission (AMT) entirely on its own. The AMT unit will feature in a new product that will sit between the Eon and the Grand i10 and, will be launched in the second half of 2018. If you think the Santro marque is making a comeback, it isn’t.

While Y K Koo, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) said that the new vehicle will belong to the compact segment, he further added that it will be bigger and wider than previous compact cars the company has had in the same segment (read Hyundai Santro). As far as firepower is concerned, the new car is likely to get that from a 3-cylinder 1.0-litre engine. If we had to take a guess, it could be the same engine that does duty on the company’s entry-level car, the Eon, albeit in a different state of tune.

Specifications	Hyundai Eon 1.0	Hyundai Grand i10	Maruti Suzuki Celerio	Hyundai Santro
L x B x H (mm)	3515 x 1500 x 1510	3765 x 1660 x 1520	3600 x 1600 x 1560	3565 x 1525 x 1590
Engine Capacity (petrol)	1.0-litre	1.2-litre	1.0-litre	1.0-litre
Max. Power	69PS	83PS	68PS	63PS
Max Torque	94Nm	114Nm	90Nm	96Nm

There is no doubt that AMTs are becoming popular in India. Not only do they deliver the convenience of a two-pedal setup, but also return the same sort of mileage figures as an old-school manual transmission.

With that information from HMIL’s top management, we can safely deduce that the new product is targeted to take on the likes of the Tata Tiago, Renault Kwid and two products from Maruti Suzuki’s stable - the Celerio and the Wagon R -, all of which already have variants with AMT units. To put things in perspective (price wise), the current retail price of the Celerio ranges between Rs 4.03-5.24 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). Mind you, the Celerio is due for a mid-life update and is likely to launch by the end of this year.

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