Hyundai Xcent receives excellent response

Hyundai Motor India has received over 11,000 bookings for the Grand i10 based sedan - the Xcent within 30 days of its launch in March 2014. The company also claims to have received over 1,00,000 enquiries at dealerships across all regions and several test drive requests. The company has received great response from metros as well as Tier II cities. (Read: Hyundai Xcent review)

Mr. Rakesh Srivastava, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing- HMIL expressed, "We appreciate and thank our customers for showing strong confidence in brand Hyundai and making Xcent a huge success in India. Xcent has created a benchmark in quality, features and technology offering higher value proposition in such a short span of time. We are committed and continuously working on the operational efficiencies to cater to the demand to reduce the waiting period." (Also read: Xcent vs Dzire vs Amaze)

Based on the Grand i10 hatchback, the sub-compact sedan shares engine and components with the former. The car has the same 1.1-litre U2 CRDi diesel and 1.2-litre Kappa2 petrol engines, powering the Grand i10. With an extra-ordinary 24.4kmpl (ARAI certified) mileage, the Xcent diesel is the most fuel efficient car of its league. A 5-speed manual transmission comes standard on the diesel and the petrol version of the Xcent, while a 4-speed automatic gearbox is offered in the top-end trim of the petrol variant.

What gives the Xcent a competitive advantage over its rivals like Swift Dzire and Honda Amaze are a number of first-in-class features such as rear AC vents, smart key with push button start, rear parking camera with sensors, 15 inches diamond cut alloy wheels, 2 DIN audio with USB, CD player with 1 GB internal memory, auto folding mirrors, electro-chromic mirror ad one-touch electric trunk opening. The Hyundai Xcent will also offer best-in-class boot space to its buyers.