Hyundai Motor has conducted a presentation of the subcompact crossover Bayon - the model is created specifically for the European market. The name is given in honor of the city of Bayonna is the capital of French Basque and one of the popular tourist destinations. In the Hyundai product line, the novelty will take a position to the stage below the Kona model.
Length, width and height of the new Hyundai Bayon - 4180, 1775 and 1490 mm, respectively, the wheelbase is 2580 mm. The five-door universal body was designed with a pure sheet, but the BC3 modular platform from Hyundai i20 hatchback was used as the base.
The design of the novelty is made in the last iteration of the brand of the brand Hyundai. According to the Creative Director of Hyundai Motor Luca Donervolka, when developing an exterior before the brand specialists, a goal was set: to make the most recognizable subcompact crossover in the market. Therefore, the crossover received an unusual design of the front: with a wide grid of the radiator and bunk headlights - blocks of near and far lights, and above them are narrow strips of DRL and turn signs that are visually united among themselves in a solid element.
Strictly to the profile of the new Hyundai Bayon looks rapidly: such a style is given by the ascending window line, as well as complex plastic sidewalls with numerous mutually rhymes. Vertical rear lights with a horizontal jumper form a solid H-shaped composition.
Road clearance of Hyundai Bayon crossover is 183 mm - this is a little more than Lada Granta. That is, the new Hyundai has been well prepared for movement on light off-road.
For the new Hyundai Bayon will be offered two gasoline and one diesel engines. Gasoline - only as part of a soft hybrid system with a 48-volt starter generator. The simplest version of the model will receive a 1.0-liter turbo unit with a capacity of 100 hp. In combination with a 6-speed MCPP or a 7-speed preselative "robot". In the modification of more expensive, the same unit will be offered, but forced to 120 hp, it works in a bunch with a 6-speed intelligent "mechanical" IMT or a 7-speed "robot". The diesel version of the crossover has a 1.2-liter turbo engine with a capacity of 84 hp, which works in a pair with a 5-speed manual transmission.
The new crossover will be produced only with the front-wheel drive, the transmission 4x4 is not provided in principle. The release of Bayon will board at the Hyundai Motor concern plant in Turkish Izmir. On sale to the European market, the novelty will go in the spring of this year and will receive a relatively affordable price tag. In Russia, Hyundai Bayon is likely to do not get.