Facelifted Hyundai Aura Reintroduces 6 Airbags To Sub-4-Metre Sedan Segment

 

• Aura sedan gets a ‘face’lift, side and rear styling remain the same. 

• Now gets four airbags (standard) alongside auto headlights and ESC. 

• Powered by a 1.2-litre petrol engine with manual and AMT, CNG available too. 

• The 100PS turbo-petrol engine won’t be introduced in the facelift. 

• The Aura now costs between Rs 6.3 lakh and Rs 8.88 lakh (ex-showroom). 

• Prices have been increased by up to Rs 32,000. 

Hyundai has officially launched the facelifted Aura sedan in India. It follows closely on the heels of the facelifted Grand i10 Nios, with similar updates that include revised aesthetics and importantly, a longer list of safety features.

But first, let’s take a look at its prices: 

New Hyundai Aura Prices 

*All prices are ex-showroom Delhi; MT = manual transmission, AMT = automated manual transmission  

All variants of the facelfited Aura get a minor hike and you now have to shell out up to Rs 32,000 depending on which variant you pick.

Revised aesthetics

With the nose job, the new Aura now wears a stern expression and looks distinct from the Grand i10 Nios hatchback, which wasn’t the case before. It features a two-part grille with large LED DRLs placed near the side air vents. 

Apart from the new front-end design, the Aura’s aesthetics are unchanged from before. It gets the same silhouette, alloy wheels and rear-end styling as before. Even on the inside, the overall dashboard design and layout haven’t changed, save for the use of beige in the lower half.

Important safety and feature updates 

The Hyundai Aura gets a new instrument cluster with a 3.5-inch multi-information display (MID) replacing the semi-digital unit of the pre-facelift car. It also gets new footwell lighting, automatic headlights and USB type-C chargers, and continues to be offered with an eight-inch touchscreen with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, push-button start-stop, keyless entry, voice recognition and cruise control. 

Previously, the Aura was limited to dual front airbags, but it now gets up to six airbags (four as standard). It also offers ISOFIX child-seat anchors, a highline tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), reverse parking camera and rear defogger.  

Powertrains

The Aura only gets a 83PS 1.2-litre naturally aspirated (NA) petrol engine now, available with a standard five-speed manual gearbox. It’s also offered with an AMT and manual-CNG options. The engine puts out 69PS when driven in CNG mode.

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The updated Aura sedan continues to rival the Maruti Dzire, Honda Amaze and Tata Tigor. With the revised safety updates, the Aura facelift now makes for a more compelling case than before.