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Hyundai A-segment crossover smaller than the Kona coming to New York

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It took

Hyundai

awhile to catch up to the SUV craze. Now that it’s close to caught up, the

South Korean

automaker might have its eye on leading the craze.

Hyundai

will bring an A-segment

crossover

to the

New York Auto Show

. smaller and less expensive than the

Kona

. The model’s

been in the works overseas

,

India

especially, for at least three years. Codenamed Qxi,

with the global name Styx

, 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

Kona

is 164 inches long, the

Ford EcoSport

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

CUVs

,” 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.

Engines

are said to range from a 1.2-liter gas motor to a 1.5-liter

diesel

, with a traditional automatic transmission for the U.S. market. An all-electric version, and a

Kia

model on the same platform, could come afterward.

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