Hyundai India has opened bookings for its latest sub-4m compact sedan, the Aura in India. Bookings has been accepted with Hyundai dealerships as well as its official website for a payment of Rs 10,000. And, the deliveries will expect to begin soon. Hyundai Aura is the sedan version of the recently launched Hyundai Grand i10 NIOS.

Mostly, the exterior and interior design of the all new Hyundai Aura remains the same as its hatchback sibling, Hyundai Grand i10 NIOS. Hyundai Aura gets a similar grille design as seen on the Grand i10 Nios, with integrated boomerang shaped LED DRL. The rear half of the sedan is quite similar to the Elantra facelift. This model gets the lot of features like Grand i10 NIOS such as projector head lamps, LED day time running lights,Airbag, ABS and etc,. The interior design of the Aura has not been revealed as yet but it should get the same layout as the Nios.

The Hyundai Aura will get the same 1.2-litre petrol and diesel engines from Grand i10 NIOS along with new 1.0-litre turbo-petrol unit from Venue but with different state of power tune. The 1.2-litre petrol engine delivers 83PS of power and 114Nm of torque, 1.0-litre turbo petrol engine produces 100PS and 172Nm of torque and 1.2-litre diesel engine delivers 75PS of power and 190Nm of torque. The 1.2-litre units can be had with either a five-speed manual/five-speed automated manual. And, the 1.0 liter turbo petrol unit only gets a manual five-speed gearbox.

Hyundai Aura will rival against the likes of the Maruti Suzuki Dzire, Tata Tigor, Ford Aspire, Volkswagen Ameo and the Honda Amaze.

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