SEDAN LOVE

Pedal to metal and a weekend trip on the most advanced Expressway, in India's most powerful midsize premium sedan!

- ABHAY VERMA

Sedans have been the enthusiasts’ favourite body style for the longest time. Lowering yourself into a sedan and getting behind its wheel always feels special and has a sense of sportiness to it too. And that’s besides the fact that their long, low slung stance makes sedans very comfortable as passenger cars too, and to many, a sedan is the purest form of the automobile. In fact, chances are, that as kids, the first time most of us put pencil to paper to draw a car, the result was the three-box sedan!

The Hyundai Verna has been hugely popular for over a decade now and has only gotten better with each passing generation, setting benchmarks every time. The latest generation Verna does more than just that, as Hyundai has turned the popular nameplate into one of the most technologically advanced cars in its segment. Hyundai has also plonked its new 1.5-litre turbocharged petrol T-GDi engine under the Verna’s hood, which puts out 160PS of power, thus making it the most powerful car in its segment!

With its design and advanced technology including Level 2 ADAS, the new Verna is a class act and revives sedans as a bodystyle in a manner many wouldn’t have thought. And with 160 horses under its hood, the new Verna is an enthusiast’s delight too. At the same time, claimed fuel efficiency for the 1.5 T-GDi engine-powered Verna is a highly impressive 20.6kmpl! It’s virtues like these that made the car my choice of wheels to experience the country’s newest and most advanced Expressway, the NE4, connecting Delhi to Mumbai.