Performance and Efficiency IN BLACK & WHITE

Numbers never lie, they say. And all it needs is for you to turn to the last page of this road test to discover that this Accent is power-packed and torque-laden; quicker and faster than any of its other siblings.
That it is powered by a new generation diesel and is also one of the most fuel efficient cars makes for one of the most interesting road tests, discovers Yogendra Pratap.

The world is surely and steadily moving towards the newer generation of direct injection diesels, be it unit-injected or common-railed. Mercedes-Benz had already introduced the common rail engine in India a few years back but then they are the technology leaders worldwide and augur no comparisons. So, it was a matter of time before one of the other car manufacturers in India took up the challenge and introduced the engine in a car that could be available to a much larger segment of the car-buying populace. As it has done on a number of occasions before, Hyundai India was brave enough to respond to the challenge and pioneer the use of a new technology in India by introducing the Accent powered by one of Hyundai’s newly developed turbocharged and inter-cooled common rail direct injection (CRDi) engines. OVERDRIVE drove the car from Mumbai to Goa, and from Pune to the Ajanta Caves along with numerous trips to and from Mumbai to Pune plus the mandatory dash to the VRDE in Ahmednagar besides logging on astounding in-city mileage to bring you this road test.