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20,000 km Hyundai i10....

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19 months ago , I bought a brand new 2009 Hyundai i10 for use as a daily driver to replace the aging 1994 Nissan Sentra I've been driving for several years now. Well, after 20,000 km, I'm pleased to report the car has exceeded all my expectations of Hyundai in general, and of a small city car in particular. To be perfectly honest though, the Hyundai i10 was not really my first choice for a new car. I've always driven subcompacts before, and I've never driven a car as small as the i10. Like most people, I assumed a city car would be tight on the inside, slow on acceleration, low on power on inclines, and basically full of compromises all throughout. I would have preferred to buy another subcompact, but alas, like most other people, I gravitated to what I could afford and not necessarily what I wanted. Fortunately, it all worked out in the end. The i10 is roomier than looking at it from the outside would suggest. It's at least as roomy than the old Nissan Sentra I u...

Hyundai i10

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Took delivery of a new small city car less than two weeks ago. It's a silver Hyundai i10 5-door hatchback with a 1.2 DOHC 16 valve engine and a 5-speed manual transmission. It's not going to win any drag races, and the looks may take a little getting used to, but it's cheap, easy to drive and park, reasonably comfortable, and most importantly, frugal on gas, a big deal nowadays given the rising cost of oil and concerns regarding global warming. Specifications: Variant: 2009 1.2 GLS M/T Type: Front engine, front wheel drive, 5-door hatchback Engine: Hyundai Kappa , Inline-4, gasoline powered Displacement: 1197 cc Valvetrain: DOHC, 16-Valve Fuel induction: Multipoint fuel injection Bore x Stroke: 71×75.6mm Compression ratio: 10.5:1 Power: 74.9 ps@6000 rpm (local spec) Torque: 11.8 kg-m@4000 rpm (local spec) Power-to-weight ratio: 84.6 ps/ton/11.8 kg/hp/25.9 lbs/hp Rated Fuel Economy: 5.0l/100km/47 mpg Transmission: 5-speed manual Dimensions: 3565mm x 1595mm x 1540mm Wheelbas...