The Hyundai Bayon SUV has been launched, starting at an introductory price of ₹9.99 lakh ex-showroom. This midsize SUV sits below the Hyundai Creta.
The Bayon, featuring Hyundai’s ‘Art of Steel’ design language, gets LED projector headlamps and L-shaped DRLs that also double as turn indicators, flared wheel arches, 17-inch alloy wheels along with pull-type door handles at the sides, and a black band housing sleek LED tail-lamps at the rear, with ‘Bayon’ lettering on the tailgate. In terms of dimensions, the Bayon is 4.2 metres long, slightly shorter than the Creta, 1.8 metres wide, and 1.6 metres tall. The Bayon offers a boot space of 505 litres and a ground clearance of 205mm.
The Hyundai Bayon is the brand’s first vehicle in India to feature a generative AI voice assistant, built on Perplexity and SoundHound AI. It also has an NVIDIA-accelerated connected navigation cockpit. It features dual 12.3-inch curved displays along with a multi-language interface. It includes over 500 embedded voice commands that work offline in ten regional and two international languages, such as Hindi, Hinglish, Tamil, Bengali, and Telugu. It also gets BlueLink connected car tech along with OTA updates. Other features include ventilated front seats, eight-way powered adjustment for the driver’s seat, a wireless charger, a Bose sound system, and two-step reclining rear seats.
Safety features include Level 2 ADAS, six airbags, a 360-degree camera setup, all-wheel disc brakes, hill start assist control, electronic stability control, and a tyre-pressure monitoring system.
Hyundai will offer its 1.5-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine making 115PS and 144Nm with the Bayon. Customers can choose from either a 6-speed manual transmission or a CVT automatic with paddle shifters. It has three driving modes: Eco, Normal, and Sport. Hyundai claims a fuel efficiency of 18.6kmpl for the Bayon’s CVT automatic variant. The Bayon will come with a CNG option in January 2027, and there is no turbo-petrol or diesel engine option at launch.
