Hyundai Creta

Rs. 18.21 lakh (on-road, Mumbai)

We Say: Subtle Styling Updates and Improved Feature List for My18.

- Devesh Shobha

Healthy competition often results in better products. Why else would Hyundai put its hot-selling SUV, the Creta, under the knife in what is only its third year of existence? But we aren’t complaining. Popularity of the Jeep Compass made the Korean carmaker get its tooling kit out and improve its “prefect SUV”, which brings us to the MY2018 car.

One look at the bright orange car and you’ll agree it looks a bit more mature, premium and butch than before. The bigger grille, the resculpted bumper, a skid plate and newer elements for the headlamps do give the Creta a more sporty, wider stance. Sadly, the designers couldn’t find a solution to the Creta’s odd-looking derriere; only re-profiled taillights, altered bumper design and a skid plate conclude the changes. Rounding off the exterior changes are the new diamond-cut alloys for the top variants.