2024 Hyundai Creta Facelift Launched

Hyundai has launched the 2024 Hyundai Creta facelift at starting price of Rs 11 lakh(ex-showroom). Being the best-selling Hyundai car in India with over 9 lakh units sold already, the Creta has had buyers waiting for its facelifted model for a long time and the teaser of the new Creta had immediately generated hype. To maintain its unparalleled dominance in the segment, the new Creta gets many cosmetic updates, tech additions, and a new turbo-petrol engine. Let us take a closer look at the 2024 Hyundai Creta facelift.

2024 Hyundai Creta Facelift: Design

Dimensionally, the new Creta is the same as the outgoing model except for the 30 mm addition in length. Moreover, for the facelifted Creta, Hyundai has followed its ‘Sensuous Sportiness’ design language, something which we have seen on the new Hyundai Verna. The new Creta gets an all-new face which looks more upright and boxy with a new rectangular grille, featuring three horizontal slats with a full-width LED DRL strip that ends with inverted L-shaped elements at the edges. The main LED headlamp cluster is now a rectangular split quad-beam headlight setup stacked vertically on the revised bumper.

The rear profile highlights a completely new tailgate with full-width LED tail-lamps mimicking the front L-shaped LED DRL patterns. Moreover, there is a redesigned number plate housing, a chunkier bumper, and a variant-specific badging on the right side. While the side profile is largely unchanged the new Hyundai Creta gets newly-designed 17- & 18-inch alloy wheels, depending on the variant.

2024 Hyundai Creta Facelift: Interior and Features

On the inside, the Creta retains the dual-tone theme, but there is a newly designed dashboard that seems to be inspired from the Hyundai Ioniq 5. Doing a great bit to uplift the modern quotient are the twin 10.25-inch connected screens, which are likely to be the same as that of the Kia Seltos. The front passenger side of the dashboard features a piano black panel housing the side AC vent and below it there is a recess with ambient lighting. The redone centre console sports redesigned central AC vents and still merges into the HVAC controls which seem to be integrated on a touch-enabled panel.

The facelifted Creta will retain the currently offered features such as ventilated front seats, a panoramic sunroof, eight-speaker Bose sound system, and eight-way powered driver seat, while there is the addition of a dual-zone climate control and a 360-degree camera. 

On the safety front, the standard set of features for the new Creta includes six airbags, electronic stability control, all-wheel disc brakes, tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), and more. However, the biggest highlight is the addition of a Level-2 ADAS suite that consists of 19 autonomous features.

2024 Hyundai Creta Facelift: Engine and Transmission

The new Creta will continue to offer the same 1.5-litre naturally aspirated petrol that produces 115 PS power and 144 Nm torque and a 1.5-litre diesel engine that produces 116 PS power and 250 Nm torque. All the same, Hyundai has added a 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine that produces 160 PS power and 253 Nm torque; this is the same unit as that of the new Hyundai Verna. The transmission options will continue to be a 6-speed MT, CVT, 7-speed DCT (dual-clutch automatic transmission), and a 6-speed torque converter automatic.

Hyundai will offer the new Creta in seven variants: E, EX, S, S(O), SX, SX Tech, SX(O) and six mono-tone colour options (Robust Emerald Pearl (New), Fiery Red, Ranger Khaki, Abyss Black, Atlas White, Titan Grey); and one dual-tone colour option – Atlas White with Black Roof.

2024 Hyundai Creta Facelift: Price & Rivals

With such prices for the Creta facelift, Hyundai will be looking to retain its position in the segment against rivals like the Kia Seltos, Honda Elevate, Volkswagen Taigun, Skoda Kushaq, Maruti Grand Vitara, Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder, Citroen C3 Aircross and MG Astor.