Originally Posted by pgsagar (Post 1391993)

For once, let's leave everything else like looks, fuel economy, price, interior, slick shifts, stalks aside and judge if i20 CRDi can beat Getz CRDi on a highway, in top speed and acceleration. i am positive it cannot.

Originally Posted by pgsagar (Post 1391993)

For once, let's leave everything else like looks, fuel economy, price, interior, slick shifts, stalks aside and judge if i20 CRDi can beat Getz CRDi on a highway, in top speed and acceleration. i am positive it cannot.

Originally Posted by kpzen (Post 1392136)

No it can't but its faster than most hatchbacks in the market.

Its the only car which i could even think of buying after driving Getz for a year.

Originally Posted by gitartha (Post 1383836)

Been there, done that. @muneemmk 3 Lakh+ people dont seem to agree. Dark interiors are actually more practical than beige (which gets dirty easily,causes eye glare on sunny days), boring or not is a matter of perspective. The Swift ZXI comes with 185/70 R14 tubeless tyres on alloy wheels (skinny?).Rattles may be fixed for good by tightening a few nuts or adding a little padding but fixing an entire car (broader tyres,engine mods,new suspension,new monoque structure?) wont be such a cheap affair.The Getz was already present in the segment much before the Swift and yet very few people were laying there hands on it. As Aseem has so rightly stated, it just "GETZ" you from point A to point B (pun intended):D

i-20 is the nextgen Getz worldwide and retains some of the characteristics of its predecessor. But comparatively it is a much refined package.

Originally Posted by smilenow (Post 1385997)

A man after my own heart.
The engine is fan-tas-tic,read it again,fantastic,the 1.4 crdi in the i20.

Now here comes the dampener,i have done this both with the verna[unintentional] and the i20[intentional].
A sudden lane change[hurrah for cross-cutting bikers] at speeds of about 70,the verna's rear end just went right to left and back for over 7 seconds. It wasn't heart stopping for me,but the people sitting in the back seat went in coma with that experience. The 110 bhp engine is marvelous,but where is the chassis support?[subjective opinion]

Same with the i20 crdi,this time the sudden change was intentional,and vola,the car was unable to keep up.
Now don't take it as if i am bashing i20 or hyundai,its a fantastic car and the manufacturer is also pretty decent,but handling wise,right about now no car in this segment matches the punto.



This man speaks the truth.
And the i20 is a good city car,just don't go trailblazing with it,with all that power,take it from an amateur rally car driver,you'll be engaging the airbags quicker than you can say "oh @#@#$".

Personal verdict- buy the i20 crdi,if you have the money,the punto maybe all that and more,but give credit where its due,handling is on a different plane of existence altogether in the punto.

Originally Posted by pgsagar (Post 1391993)

For once, let's leave everything else like looks, fuel economy, price, interior, slick shifts, stalks aside and judge if i20 CRDi can beat Getz CRDi on a highway, in top speed and acceleration. i am positive it cannot.

Originally Posted by sdmn (Post 1392612)

Folks asking about what geometry turbo is used in the i20 CRDi - I happened to watch the Autocar show on UTV last night. They said that the i20 makes do with an FGT to keep costs low (unlike the Verna's VGT).

That may affect torque at lower RPM's (if and only if you are comparing it to the Verna's VGT, which starts picking up torque starting at lower rpm's). Other diesels without VGT (like the Swift and Fiesta) may be worse in this matter when compared to the i20 CRDi.

So in all probability, what many posted as WGT may be a variation of the FGT, like one member posted. This still needs to be confirmed though.

Originally Posted by rippergeo (Post 1392880)

The turbolag is not an issue in the I20, even if it is an FGT(is it?). Tded it last week . Has more low end torque than any other hatch in the market. I daresay, the low end was better than even the verna I'm used to.

Originally Posted by AbhiJ (Post 1392506)

That said, i ll prefer to drive at 120 kmph on the the highway in an i20 rather than a getz. Why?

1) Brakes (Abs + 4 Discs)
2) Airbags
3) NCAP rating.

Originally Posted by neotraveller (Post 1393930)

Anyone knows how many TBHPians booked i20 CRDI?

Originally Posted by rippergeo (Post 1392880)

The turbolag is not an issue in the I20, even if it is an FGT(is it?). Tded it last week . Has more low end torque than any other hatch in the market. I daresay, the low end was better than even the verna I'm used to.

Originally Posted by vijaythacker (Post 1393941)

not sure though two i guess.