Hyundai i10 - Apple of the 'i'

Shahrukh Khan sells. Always. And the fact that it was him who was at the axis of all the hype and hoopla surrounding Hyundai’s i10, will only help matters. So continuing on the ‘filmy’ theme, sounding clichéd in the process, I shall try to share my experience of the car with you! So here goes…

It all began with a teaser sort of an experience of a star-studded 70mm product for us when we went for the fun and frolic filled media drive, with a good friend, fellow journos, a good-lookling lady and a former racing driver to make for an electrifying company, and returned back only to get drunk, exchange pleasantries and sign off. It all went well. But I was feeling restless.

Almost all of us have experienced this once atleast, maybe even more. What I am talking about is the feeling of eagerness that you experience after watching the trailer of a really talked-about motion-picture. You always look forward to the release of the movie to actually see what the buzz is all about. It has been a similar state of affairs for the latest compact car to crowd the small-car segment even more. Hell, I suck at talking ‘Bollywood ishtyle’, don’t I?

I was getting impatient to drive the damn thing again. Yes, I know, getting impatient to drive a small-car sounds rather absurd, it ain’t no Ferrari afterall! But somehow, (and I know quite a many people, motoring journos included, will disagree with me) it was a sense of occasion when I saw a Hyundai i10 clothed in a sparkling ‘champagne’ colour come to a parking halt in front of my doorstep. Why such a feeling? It’s hard to explain. You see, I was about to drive, for quite a few kays and test it in the bargain, a car that might just go on to write many pages in the book of Indian automotive history. So then you tell me, why should I not have felt the way I did?

Advantages

• Brilliant air-con
• Responsive & light steering
• Looks
• Good-looking interiors
• Comes with an option of a lot of features

Disadvantages

• Rear a little cramped
• Deep boot-sill
• No dead-pedal