New heavily facelifted Hyundai Verna transform unveiled

vinaydas · 8th June 2009, 23:35

Congrats Hyundai now it looks like a pukka Korean car.
people this is how a car from Hyundai will look if it doesn't try hard lifting design ques from other successful company's.
Looks like a cheapo Chinese car to me.

Silver Knight · 8th June 2009, 23:46

YUK the only word that popped out from my mind when I saw the pics

vigsom · 8th June 2009, 23:54

Slightly off topic,but read on

Barring the i10 ,i20(sealed lips) and Accent(normal grille) all Hyundais have had horrible looking grilles - rodent type(old Santro,Sonata, new Verna) or smooch type(Santro Xing,Elantra)

The Esteem 1997-2000 new shape had a toothless grille

Mpower · 9th June 2009, 07:10

Message to Hyundai: Please stick to copying. We like it better.

Digital Vampire · 9th June 2009, 08:31

what the hell!!! Horrible front-end! They made an already bad looking car Ugly & Hideous!!!

Looks like Hyundai has outsourced its design work to DC.

Note from the Team-BHP Support Team : Please take the time to use proper punctuation as per Team-BHP rules. Avoid...typing...like...this. Thanks.

Ricky_63 · 9th June 2009, 09:42

One word - HIDEOUS. That is my impression of the front.

I think this is a direct factory entry into the wierd & wacky thread !!

Cheers

Gagan.js · 9th June 2009, 10:25

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Originally Posted by Mpower

Message to Hyundai: Please stick to copying. We like it better.

But they did copy!

The bottom portion of the front end is totally a ford fiesta!!!!

The top portion is partly an altis.

thiyags22 · 9th June 2009, 11:54

What I fail to understand is - Some 99% of the respondendts here said grill looks horrible. Why couldn't the Hyundai guys take this feedback internally and work on it

benbsb29 · 9th June 2009, 13:19

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Originally Posted by thiyags22

What I fail to understand is - Some 99% of the respondendts here said grill looks horrible. Why couldn't the Hyundai guys take this feedback internally and work on it

I suppose we could assign the same logic to the boffins at M&M who gave the go-ahead for the Xylo's front end design. If only they had taken some internal opinion, or is it that no one has the guts to blow the whistle?

k_shanz · 11th June 2009, 00:45

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Originally Posted by sidindica

Initially available in Korea followed by other markets soon.

I think the bumpers are slightly overdone!

The Wolf · 11th June 2009, 02:31

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Originally Posted by Parm

looks like Hyundai is still getting inspirations for its cars.

here are some inspirations for the face lift verna...Seat Leon!

And there go the Hitler and charlie chaplin!!!

Coming back to new verna, well, Hyundai designers Im guessing were on pot when they finalized this face lift. This one needs to go into youtube with the name- 'surgeries gone bad'!!!

sirajbose · 5th July 2009, 21:03

Absolutely horrible - and the plain jane rear lights remain - what were they thinking?

gpa · 5th July 2009, 22:12

I truly wonder what the Hyundai designers were thinking when they embarked on the mission to redesign the car!

clevermax · 5th July 2009, 22:21

Aarrghh!!!

Makes me remember the old Hyundai Santro design.
So ugly!!!! The existing Verna looks even better.
Seems Hyundai just cannot design any good looking grills!!

Looks are subjective but I am sure many will have this opinion.

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Quote:

Seems Hyundai just cannot design any good looking grills!!

After reading through the thread, I realized that many have this same opinion.

Dippy · 6th July 2009, 00:34

Doesnt look like too transformed to me. If it has transformed, it is for the worse. Just looks like the current Verna with a hideous bodykit. But with that diesel engine it runs, who cares about looks?

8th June 2009, 23:35	#61
vinaydas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 1,399 Thanked: 148 Times	Congrats Hyundai now it looks like a pukka Korean car. people this is how a car from Hyundai will look if it doesn't try hard lifting design ques from other successful company's. Looks like a cheapo Chinese car to me.
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Silver Knight BHPian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Trichur Posts: 220 Thanked: 467 Times	YUK the only word that popped out from my mind when I saw the pics
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vigsom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NSEW Posts: 3,768 Thanked: 25,490 Times	Grilles Making Faces Slightly off topic,but read on Barring the i10 ,i20(sealed lips) and Accent(normal grille) all Hyundais have had horrible looking grilles - rodent type(old Santro,Sonata, new Verna) or smooch type(Santro Xing,Elantra) The Esteem 1997-2000 new shape had a toothless grille
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Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,730 Times View My Garage	Message to Hyundai: Please stick to copying. We like it better.
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Digital Vampire BHPian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Utopia! Posts: 595 Thanked: 105 Times	what the hell!!! Horrible front-end! They made an already bad looking car Ugly & Hideous!!! Looks like Hyundai has outsourced its design work to DC. Note from the Team-BHP Support Team : Please take the time to use proper punctuation as per Team-BHP rules. Avoid...typing...like...this. Thanks. Last edited by Rudra Sen : 9th June 2009 at 10:43.
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Ricky_63 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 3,885 Thanked: 518 Times View My Garage	Hideous One word - HIDEOUS. That is my impression of the front. I think this is a direct factory entry into the wierd & wacky thread !! Cheers
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thiyags22 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Madras / Bangalore Posts: 148 Thanked: 19 Times	What I fail to understand is - Some 99% of the respondendts here said grill looks horrible. Why couldn't the Hyundai guys take this feedback internally and work on it
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sirajbose BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 114 Thanked: Once	Absolutely horrible - and the plain jane rear lights remain - what were they thinking?
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gpa Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,789 Thanked: 340 Times	I truly wonder what the Hyundai designers were thinking when they embarked on the mission to redesign the car!
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Dippy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,561 Thanked: 2,469 Times	Doesnt look like too transformed to me. If it has transformed, it is for the worse. Just looks like the current Verna with a hideous bodykit. But with that diesel engine it runs, who cares about looks?
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