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Hyundai Motor India has launched the CNG version of the base variant of Micro SUV Exterited EX with dual-cylinder technology today (7 April). The company claims that the car runs 27.1 km in one kilo CNG. It directly competes with Tata Panch.
Exterities have now become Hyundai’s cheapest CNG SUV. The ex-showroom price of Ex-variant with dual CNG cylinder has been kept at Rs 7.50 lakh, which is 1,05 lakhs less than the S executive variant coming with a single CNG cylinder.
Now it has a total of 5 dual-cylinder SNG variants- Ex, S, S+, SX and SX Night. The ex-showroom price of its top variant is Rs 9.48 lakh. At the same time, the price of micro SUV in petrol is between Rs 6 lakh to Rs 10.50 lakh.
Dual-cylinder technology advantage
In the dual CNG-cylinder setup, two CNG cylinders of 30-30 liters are given in the car boot. This setup was first introduced by Tata in its premium hatchback ultraz. Now this setup is available in all the CNG cars of the company. The biggest advantage of this is that it gives more boot space in the car, while boot space is available in single cylinder.
The updated External CNG also has an integrated electronic control unit (ECU). With this, the car can be easily switched to CNG mode from petrol. This function is also found in all the CNG cars of Tata.
The company is offering a 3-year and unlimited kilometer warranty with Exterited Dual CNG-cylinder technology. In India, this car will compete with Tata Panch besides Citroen C3, Reno Caiger, Nissan Magnite, Maruti Suzuki Fronx and Ignis.
CNG setup with E20 fuel ready petrol engine
Two engine options are available to power Hyundai Exter. It provides the first 1.2 -liter 3 cylinder natural aspirated kappa petrol engine, which generates 83hp power and 113.8Nm peak torque.
This engine comes in Hyundai’s Grand i10 Neos, i20 and Aura. This engine is tuned with a 5-speed manual transmission (5MT) and smart AMT (automated manual transmission) gearbox.
The second 1.2-liter Buel-Fuel Cuppa Petrol is a CNG engine, which is tuned with a 5-speed manual transmission. This engine generates 69hp power and 95.2 Nm of torque in CNG mode. Both engines can also run on E20 fuel.
Hyundai Exter CNG: Performance
Specification | Exter CNG |
engine | 1.2 liter 4 liter by-fuel kappa petrol CNG engine |
Power | 69hp |
Torque | 95nm |
Gearbox | 5-speed mt |
40+ advanced safety features
Hyundai has given more than 26 advanced safety features in Exterits to set a benchmark in safety. More than 40 features are available in its top variant. This includes several segment first safety features such as TPMS (Highline) and Bergler alarm. Apart from this, the car gets headlamps escort function, auto headlamps, child isofix seat, rear defogger and rear parking cameras.
External Design Elements
Talking about the design elements of the car, its front is given H-shaped LED daytime running lights (DRLs), which are connected to a thin black strip. The company has given a new grill with unique designs in the car. LED projector headlamps are available on it. These projector headlamps are covered in two square shaped cases.
The front face is completed with skid plates and ‘exter’ badges. Diamond-Kat alloy wheels installed in the black-out wheel arch give a sporty look to the car. If you look at the side profile, the car has floating roof design, bridge-type roof rails and side body cladding. It also has features like H-shaped LED tail lamps and funky alloy wheels. Exteritors will get 6 single and three dual tone colors.
Hyundai Exter: Interior Design and Comfort feature
Exteritors’ dashboard Grand i10 resembles the dashboard found in Neos and Aura. It provides an 8.0 -inch touchscreen infotainment system with 60+ features with Android Auto, Apple CarPlay and Hyundai connected car techniques. This unit comes with in-belt navigation. It can be customized in 10 local and two global language.
The screen will share details such as Digital Cluster Drive Statics, Parking Distance, Open Door, Sunroof Open as well as seatbelt reminder display for all seats. The interior of the car is stylish and quite special. The seats are covered with semi-solid-upholstery with ‘External’ branding to give sporty feel to the interior.
This is the base model, so the cabin of EX is simple, which features features like 4.2-inch semi-digital driver display, manual AC, driver seat height adjustment, CNG switch, front power window, LED tail lamps and chelass entry.
