Hyundai Grand i10 Nios gets a BS6 petrol engine and BS4 diesel engine.
Both 1.2-litre engines available with manual and AMT options.
We tested both the petrol and diesel MT powertrains.
Claimed mileage figure for petrol-MT is 20.7kmpl and 26.2kmpl for diesel-MT.
Real-world fuel efficiency tests show both falling short of their claimed mileage in city and highway driving.
The third generation of the Hyundai Grand i10 Nios was launched with prices ranging between Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). It is offered with a set of 1.2-litre petrol and diesel engines, both available with the choice of a 5-speed manual transmission or an AMT. The petrol unit is BS6-compliant while the diesel variant is still in its BS4 state.
Here’s how the manual-transmission variants of both engines performed in our fuel efficiency tests:
In real-world driving conditions, both the petrol and diesel Grand i10 Nios were well short of their claimed mileage figures which are recorded under a controlled environment. The petrol unit claimed over 20kmpl but its city mileage was 5kmpl less and around 2kmpl down in highway conditions.
The diesel engine also fell short of the claimed efficiency figure of more than 26kmpl. It was able to achieve a mileage of over 19kmpl in the city but it didn’t improve much on the highways where it still did less than 22kmpl. That’s around 4.5kmpl less than the claimed mileage with highway driving.
