In the lead as much as the worldwide debut of the all-new Hyundai Verna on March 21, statistics approximately the approaching sedan has been trickling out during the last few weeks. The enterprise these days discovered the size of the brand new Verna, and unsurprisingly, it’s miles extensively large than its predecessor. Previously, Hyundai had additionally discovered the powertrain info of the approaching sedan.

But how does it evaluate to its stablemates – the Maruti Ciaz, Skoda Slavia, Volkswagen Virtus and Honda City? Well, let`s discover how the brand new Verna stacks up towards its opponents on paper.

Hyundai Verna vs opponents: dimensions

The new Hyundai Verna measures 4,535mm long, 1,765mm wide, 1,475mm excessive and has a wheelbase of 2,670mm. This makes it large than its predecessor in nearly each aspect – it`s 95mm longer, 36mm wider, the wheelbase is 70mm longer, despite the fact that the peak stays unchanged.

It, however, remains now no longer the most important sedan in its elegance in each measure. The Virtus, Slavia and City are all longer than the Verna, whilst the Ciaz is the shortest sedan here. The Verna is likewise the maximum low-slung as all different sedans are taller too. Where it does have an area over its opponents is with its best-in-elegance wheelbase that ought to translate to true indoors space. And whilst its predecessor changed into the narrowest sedan withinside the elegance, the brand new Verna is now the widest.

As a long way as wheel length is concerned, all sedans trip on 16-inch alloys of their top-spec trim. The new Verna additionally has the most important boot ability in its elegance.

Hyundai Verna vs opponents: engine and gearbox

Hyundai can be providing petrol engines on the brand new Verna – the 1.5-litre clearly aspirated petrol engine has been carried over as is, and is obtainable with both a 6-velocity guide or a CVT gearbox. There`s additionally an all-new 1.5-litre rapid-petrol engine so one can be provided with both the 6-velocity guide or a 7-velocity DCT gearbox.

In this segment, the Ciaz and the City also are provided with 1.5-litre, four-cylinder, clearly aspirated petrol engines. The Ciaz has the bottom electricity and torque outputs, and whilst the Verna and City are nearly same on torque, the City has the brink for being the maximum effective. Do notice that that is additionally the best engine alternative at the Ciaz while all different sedans have .

The Virtus and Slavia, meanwhile, get 1.0-litre rapid-petrol devices because the entry-stage engines. The Verna fits them on electricity, however it is extensively down on torque because of the shortage of a turbocharger. The City remains the maximum effective of the lot. All sedans get each guide and automated (CVT/torque converter) gearbox options, however the Ciaz`s 4-velocity torque converter is pretty archaic on this comparison.

Moving directly to their better-spec engines – except the Ciaz – the Verna, Virtus and Slavia get 1.5-litre, four-cylinder rapid petrol engines, whilst the City, uniquely, receives a 1.5-litre, four-cylinder petrol-hybrid. The Virtus and Slavia have, so a long way, held the crown for having the maximum effective and interesting engines withinside the segment, however the new Verna takes it a notch better with elegance-main 160hp and 253Nm output figures. The City Hybrid, meanwhile, walking the extra green Atkinson cycle, is a truthful bit down on overall electricity (despite the fact that torque fits the Verna) and is surely geared in the direction of efficiency.

With the better-spec engines, best the Verna and Slavia are provided with each guide and automated gearboxes, whilst the Virtus misses out on a guide. The City Hybrid, meanwhile, receives an e-CVT transmission that`s specific to the hybrid engine.

While specifications on paper are one thing, it stays to be visible how the brand new Verna compares towards its opponents withinside the actual world. Pricing may also be a key issue in how the Verna stacks up towards its opponents, which brings us to the question: do you suspect Hyundai can be capable of rate the brand new Verna aggressively given all of the advances it has revamped its predecessor? Let us recognise withinside the remarks below.