After a teaser announcement in early September, Hyundai decided to release a new set of images and further details on its new i20 supermini. At the Paris Show we’ll only see a five-door model but according to Hyundai, a sportier three-door i20 version will debut in January 2009. Based on an all-new platfortm with a 2,525mm wheelbase, the i20 is lower, longer and wider than the Getz it replaces. Designed and developed in 
Hyundai has yet to release pictures of the five-seater interior but the Korean automaker said that the i20 will offer numerous ‘smart’ storage spaces along with a 40:60 split flat-folding rear bench with a low lip for easy loading into the 295-litre luggage compartment.
The i20 will debut with a range of seven petrol and diesel engines. The petrol line-up comprises of the 78PS 1.2-liter, 100PS 1.4-liter and 126PS 1.6-liter units all available with five-speed manual transmissions, with the option of four-speed automatic gearboxes on the 1.4 and 1.6 models. As for the turbo diesel powerplants, the i20 will be offered with a 1.4-liter unit available in two specifications – 75PS and 90PS – while the flagship 1.6-liter motor is available in 115PS and 128PS trim. Both 1.4 models come with five-speed manual transmissions, while the flagship 1.6 is mated to a six-gear manual drivetrain.
When the i20 goes on sale in 
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Hyundai should send this car to the U.S.
Hyundai !! bring this in canada please!
Please bring the most fuel efficient version of this car to the USA. We'll buy every one you bring in.
This is Opel Corsa!
More like the Suzuki Swift.
The rear tail lights and bulging hood/bonnet are trademark of the swift. Even the C pillar is very swift-like. Not very impressed with Hyundai's effort. The Swift of course is a great car.
I thought Hyundai grew out of their copycat years! This car is just an Opel Corsa clone! Shame on them.
For god's sake the rear doors are identical to those of the corsa. Cars like this (and all chinese cars) just make me wanna throw up
Well, the car was designed in Germany. Maybe that's the reason for similarities with Corsa.
there's similarities with the corsa, and so? corsa, 207 peugeot and renault clio are not very differents, and nobody told shame on them, so why only on hyundai?
if hyundai and chinese cars are identical for you, wake up, hyundai is n°5 in the world!!!
Who cares abt copycat. Look at the beauty of this car. I'm sure it is goin to be a success. Hyundai rocks!!!!
HEY MISHO... HYUNDAI IS KOREAN.
You Anti-Hyundai Racists need to stop, and grow up. Visit a Hyundai dealership, check out their cars, get a test drve just for kicks. On some models like the Accent and the Elantra, the Toyota and Nissan competition (at least in the US) seems more crude and less refined under the hood.
Please Lord, I hope you allow Hyundai to bring this to America as an Accent with a Hybrid option. Its not like you dont sell Accent Hybrids overseas allready. Then again, Hyundai sells new models overseas first before sending them to the US to ensure only the highest quality for American consumers. So, I expect this car to be here 2010-2011.
hyundai is producing some pretty descent cars now compared to a few years ago...not that long ago...i remember the days when one had to drive a hyundai with tinted windows and a paper bag on their head out of shame..and if asked, it wasnt ever theirs, it was their mothers, or a rental or some other lame excuse.
anyway i must agree that hyundai has taken two steps forward and one step back by having copied the opel corsa. As much as i would have wanted one of these, and seeing how they cost several thousand euros less than an opel corsa, i just couldnt bring myself to buy one over a corsa since it would have just been WRONG...NO COPIES PLEASE... thats also why in my opinion, NOBODY should buy chinese car brands which copy other models..like the DR5, ect
Just to words,It's Beautiful
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