Hyundai unveils the 2020 Creta with a radical new design. It will share its underpinnings and powertrains with the Kia Seltos and is expected to launch around April this year.
After numerous spy shots, speculations and anticipation, Hyundai has finally unveiled the second generation 2020 Creta SUV at the 2020 Auto Expo. It has been redesigned completely from grounds up and comes with brand new styling, new interiors and new powertrains as well. Let’s look 2020 Hyundai Creta in a little more detail.
First off, let’s address the styling. The new Creta is a complete departure from what we have known it to be in terms of styling. Yes, it retains its overall proportions and profile but that’s where the similarities end. The face is completely new with a split headlamp design that’s becoming very popular on cars these days. The new Creta follows Hyundai’s latest design language and looks much like a scaled-up Hyundai Venue. The hood is flat but the overall design is very rounded off, unlike the present Creta’s sharp and upright styling.
The face is dominated by a rather large ‘cascading grille’ which has been finished in black with chrome surrounds. The front bumper also gets a wide faux skid plate with a brushed aluminum look and a pair of fog lights and turn indicators on either sides. In profile, the car remains largely similar but gets squarish wheel-arches and new alloy wheel designs which look like a larger version of the ones seen on the Venue.
The rear too has been completely changed. It gets a split tail lamp design which looks quite unique. The top portion is a light bar running the width of the car and the lower portion houses the brake lights and turn indicators, thus resembling the main headlamp cluster on the front.
However, Hyundai will still not preview the interiors of the India-spec 2020 Creta right away as the show car gets blacked-out windows, much like we saw with the Aura compact sedan. There has however been quite some speculation with the interior layout of the India-spec Creta. We will see the interiors only much closer to the market launch of this SUV sometime in mid-March and honestly, we really can’t wait to check that out.
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What we do know is that the new Creta will get a large panoramic sunroof and a new touchscreen infotainment system with BlueLink Connected Technology. It is even expected to feature a digital instrument cluster and it will be much more premium and technologically loaded than the model it replaces. In fact, we expect the interiors to be as radical as the SUV appears on the outside.
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The next-gen 2020 Hyundai Creta will be powered by a BS6-compliant, 1.5-litre petrol and diesel engines. Its the same engine that debuted in the Kia Seltos a couple of months ago and the Seltos and Creta being sister cars, they will be sharing the engines as well. These engines replace the 1.6-Liter petrol and diesel engines that were available with the current-gen Creta. Hyundai could also be introducing the 1.4-Liter turbo-petrol engine in the next-gen Creta for a sportier variant to take against the Kia Seltos GT Line. However, it remains to be seen if Hyundai offers as many engine/gearbox configuration as is offered by Kia in the Seltos.
The new 2020 Hyundai Creta is expected to have an attractive pricing of around Rs 12-16 lakhs and it is as refreshed as it needs to be to take on the competition with a fresh vigor. It will rival the Kia Seltos, the Tata Harrier, the upcoming Skoda and Volkswagen SUVs and is expected to be launched around April in 2020.
