A lot of petrol heads or driving enthusiasts already know what we are about to explain. For everyone else, let us take you through this aspect of Hyundai, which you probably are not aware of. In India, Hyundai is the second-largest car manufacturer and has products in almost every segment. But there is one segment that is not very popular in India, although we have had a few products in that segment over the years; The hot-hatch or the performance hatchback segment. This essentially means that a regular hatchback is transformed into a driving intensive machine with the help of small-capacity petrol engines with turbochargers and other mechanical tweaks.
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We have had products like the Abarth Punto, Polo GTI and Baleno RS but these were not well received by the customers. But Hyundai is trying to bring the trend back with small turbocharged petrol products like the Grand i10 Nios Turbo….