The 2017 Hyundai Verna is off to a flying start in the Indian market. The latest generation of the sedan has recorded 20,000 bookings and 1,50,000 enquiries in just 2 months. Additionally Hyunday has also bagged an export order of 10,501 units for the Middle East market. The car maker says that 25% of total sales are from the automatic variants.

The new Verna is  powered a 1.6 litre Dual VTVT petrol and 1.6 litre U2 CRDi VGT diesel engine. While the petrol motor develops 123, horsepower, the diesel churns out 128 horses. Both engines come with the option of a 6 speed manual or a 6 speed automatic gearbox.

Features on the new Verna include 7 inch touchscreen infotainment, sunroof, projector headlamps, LED tail lamps, ventilated seats, voice recognition, rear curtain, push button start and 16 inch alloy wheels. The new Verna will come with safety features like 6 airbags, ABS along Electronic Stability Control as well.

The Verna rivals the Honda City, Maruti Ciaz, Volkswagen Vento and the Skoda Rapid.