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It took
awhile to catch up to the SUV craze. Now that it’s close to caught up, the
automaker might have its eye on leading the craze.
will bring an A-segment
to the
. smaller and less expensive than the
. The model’s
,
especially, for at least three years. Codenamed Qxi,
, it was previewed
by a concept called the Carlino
shown at the Delhi Auto Expo in 2017,
Expected to
go on sale in India this April
, the Styx uses the same platform as the Hyundai Grand i10 hatchback and Xcent sedan. Billed as a sub-four-meter model in India, the crossover will come in under 157.4 inches. To put that in U.S. perspective, the
is 164 inches long, the
is 161.3 inches long.
SangYup Lee, who runs Hyundai’s Global Design Center in South Korea, told
Motor Trend
, “We want to be ambitious with
,” and the dearth of A-segment competition could open “a niche market” for the carmaker. Needing to make the most use of smaller space, expect a “very very distinctive two box area,” Lee said. In contrast to the Kona’s “really fast profile, distinctive, iconic character… this one is almost very boxy, bold, bulldoggy character.”
Whatever final design we see in New York will be the tiny bracket for the eight-passenger Hyundai Palisade coming this summer. The Styx is expected on sale in the U.S. later this year.
are said to range from a 1.2-liter gas motor to a 1.5-liter
, with a traditional automatic transmission for the U.S. market. An all-electric version, and a
model on the same platform, could come afterward.
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