The Hyundai Aura is a 4-door sedan from Hyundai, built from 2020, in the decade the industry is turning electric. Under the bonnet: Petrol engine. Ju Hyun Ha drew it.
Where it came from
The Hyundai Aura is a city car produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai. It is a sedan based on the third generation Hyundai i10 (Hyundai Grand i10 Nios in India), and was designed primarily for the Indian market. It is the successor to the Hyundai Xcent, a different nameplate is used as the Xcent remained in production mainly for fleet and commercial customers. The Aura was launched on 21 January 2020 in India. The Aura features an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment with Android Auto system and Apple CarPlay compatibility, a Arkamys music system and a half-digital instrument cluster. Additionally, it is also well equipped with comfort features such as wireless charging, rear AC vent, rear centre armrest.
The Aura is available with three engine options. The only diesel option is the U-Line 1.2 L turbodiesel producing 75 PS (55 kW; 74 hp). The petrol engine is a 1.2 L naturally aspirated petrol engine shared with the Grand i10 Nios, and a 1.0 L turbocharged GDI petrol unit which can generate 100 PS (74 kW; 99 hp) of peak power. The Hyundai Aura CNG has a 1.2-liter petrol engine that can run on both petrol and CNG. The engine is BS6 compliant and produces a maximum power of 68 horsepower at 6,000rpm and a maximum torque of 95Nm at 4,000rpm. The facelift Aura was launched on 23 January 2023 in India, featuring a redesigned front fascia.
Under the skin
Power comes from Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts through a 5-speed Manual transmission / manual / 5-speed Automated manual transmission / automated manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2450 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Hyundai Xcent; assembly was at Chennai. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Tesla Model Y, the Kia EV6, the Porsche Taycan — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Hyundai catalogue sit the Hyundai Accent WRC and the Hyundai Accent.