Hyundai to launch 2017 Xcent on April 20, bookings open

Korean automaker Hyundai will launch its compact sedan Xcent on April 20. The 2017 Xcent will be a cosmetic upgrade of the old model, much like what the Grand i10 received in February, according to a report published in The Hindustan Times.

So while the 2017 Xcent will get a face of the new Grand i10, the rear will receive more than just more curves. Reports said the tail lamp will be a bigger, two-part cluster, and the bumper will be entirely revised.

Hyundai dealerships have already started accepting bookings for the Xcent facelift for a token amount of Rs 11,000. The Hyundai Xcent facelift will get a wider, more pronounced grille compared to the previous iteration. The front and rear bumper design will be tweaked, and similar to the new Grand i10, the fog lamp will get a revised housing. In addition, LED DRLs will be offer on the top-end variants. The side profile is not expected to get a substantial update except for a revision in the alloy-wheel design, according to Overdrive.

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The Hyundai Xcent facelift is expected to be priced around Rs 6.50-8.40 lakh, futher reported Overdrive.

The interiors of the Xcent may also get an upgrade like the new Grand i10, where the 2-din integrated audio system was replaced by a 7–inch touchscreen infotainment system, as in the new Grand i10, Hindusatn Times said.

Under the bonnet, the petrol motor will remain the same – 1.2-litre generating 82PS @ 6000 rpm and 114 Nm torque @ 4000 rpm, when mated to either a five-speed manual or a four-speed automatic gearbox.

The company on Wednesday released a new 2017 variant of its premium hatchback Elite i20 and rolled out two more variants of its best-seller compact SUV Creta, said the national daily. (READ MORE)

Uber offers 21-year-old Delhi boy Rs 1.25 cr salary, job in San Francisco

Sidharth, a computer science engineering student of Delhi Technological University (DTU), has been offered an annual salary package of Rs 1.25 crore from United States-based app-based taxi aggregator Uber Technologies, reported The Hindustan Times on Friday.

While this is the second-highest pay package offered to a student from DTU, this is not the first time in the recent past that Uber has offered such a large package to a prospective employee. According to the New Indian Express, in December last year, during the placements in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Uber offered an M.tech passout from the varsity an international profile for a pay package of Rs 1.25 crore.

According to the HT report, Sidharth, an alumnus of Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj, has been offered the position of a software engineer at the San Francisco office of Uber. The whopping salary package he has been offered includes basic pay of Rs 71 lakh and benefits, the latter of which take the package to Rs 1.25 crore.(Read More)