All new Hyundai EON to cost below Rs 300,000

Hyundai Motors, India's number two carmaker will launch its small hatchback EON on October 13.

Price sensitive customers are already speculating on the price, which experts say will not go beyond the range of Rs 250,000 to Rs 275,000.

Apart from pricing it attractively, Hyundai has taken enough precaution to see that EON's quality, at no point, has been compromised.

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For many years Maruti, with offers like the M800, Alto, Zen had ruled the small car segment in India.

Now with the launch of EON competition will grow fiercer.

Maruti Suzuki India claims 80 per cent of market share in the hatchback segments.

But, Hyundai Eon is all set to dethrone Maruti Alto with its 814 cc petrol engine and its overwhelming mileage of 21.1 kmpl. Maruti Alto offers a mileage of 19.3 kmpl.

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As far as the exterior and the dimensions are concerned, the Hyundai EON is taller and wider than Maruti Alto.

With its latest technology and supreme styling EON is expected to grab the market share of Maruti Alto which clocks monthly average sales of 20,000-25,000.

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Bookings of EON commenced on October 1, 2011 and Hyundai has already dispatched 7,188 units of the hatchback to its dealerships across India.

Speculations are rife that Hyundai Eon will be delivered to customers by October 20.

The importance of EON launch can be gauged from the fact that Hyundai Motor's global chairman Mong-Koo Chung will fly down to Delhi for the event.

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Hyundai claims that EON will set a new benchmark in the Indian market with regard to styling, performance, safety and convenience.

The car has been conceived, designed and developed over four years, keeping the Indian consumer's preferences in mind.

Hyundai's research and development team in Hyderabad coordinated with the R&D engineers in Korea to develop the EON exclusively for the market in India.

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Eighth offer from the Hyundai stable, EON will certainly stir competition in the under Rs 300,000 segment.

EON is styled on Hyundai's Fluidic sculpture design with sharp eye headlights, sleek two part grille, triangular fog lamps, larger and smoother curve on the front windshield along with 814 cc engine.