You possibly can inform you’re previous the honeymoon interval and well-worn into your relationship together with your automobile when what as soon as amazed you about it’s now taken with no consideration. The novelty has worn off a bit and issues have now settled right into a little bit of a routine. It’s been 9 months and a couple of,700km since I first gleefully pocketed the important thing fob of Autocar India’s long-term Hyundai Aura Turbo, and although it spent a number of months doing… not a complete lot throughout lockdown at Sergius’ home (Autocar India, August 2020), it’s now again with me and serving to me get by a much more unlocked grind.
FUEL ECONOMY: Surprisingly good for a turbo-petrol automobile.
The factor is, if it’s a great relationship – sure, even together with your automobile – after the preliminary pleasure has died, you discover new methods to maintain issues attention-grabbing. For example, the highly effective 100hp, 1.0-litre turbo-petrol engine, which is the only greatest spotlight of our long-term Aura. Many a colleague has taken it out for a spirited spurt over a lunch break, returning a lot too late, claiming he’d ‘gotten misplaced’ on the best way again to the workplace. For the primary few months, I’ll admit it resurrected a little bit of the boy racer in me. No hole in visitors was too small or distant for this little rocket to plug all too simply. I’d work across the lightness and disconnection of the steering, in addition to the looseness of the suspension and lack of grip from the tyres, as a result of the transient however sturdy hit of energy from the little engine within the little automobile was simply too addictive.
RIDE QUALITY: A bit firm-edged on these shiny 15-inch wheels.
However, like I stated, novelty can put on off. As of late, as enterprise has returned to regular, driving round has as soon as once more was a drudge, and normally entails crawling from one visitors mild to the following. The main focus has shifted to driving easily, and getting probably the most out of each litre of petrol, what with it costing greater than Rs 90 in Mumbai. The primary half takes a little bit of follow, as energy supply generally is a little jerky at low revs, off enhance, and that is significantly noticeable with every upshift. As soon as you discover the candy spot within the rev band, nevertheless, the second half takes care of itself, even in bumper-to-bumper visitors, it’s attainable to maintain the Aura Turbo’s common gasoline economic system readout above the 10kpl mark, and a extra prudent driver may even see 12 with out a difficulty. It’s not fairly as thrilling as simply gunning it, however unlocking this clean, frugal, but responsive zone of a small-capacity turbo-petrol engine is a enjoyable recreation by itself.
PERFORMANCE: Turbo energy and lightweight weight are a heady combine.
The occasional commute apart, the Aura has been pressed into a few sudden airport runs, the place its 402-litre boot held up admirably, and over Christmas, I even dressed it up with a ‘crimson nosed’ bauble on its large grille. Sadly, this little festive accent was rapidly misplaced to a brisk blast down Mumbai’s Bandra-Worli Sea Hyperlink bridge. What can I say – it’s exhausting to maintain the boy racer utterly at bay; particularly with a peppy little automobile like this.
HANDLING: For all that energy, want it didn’t really feel so free.
Additionally see:
Hyundai Aura long run evaluation, second report
Hyundai Aura long run evaluation, first report
