Hyundai has revealed that it will be making a compact SUV in the near future named the Creta. The name comes from the largest of the Greek islands and it is likely to be sold globally. The Creta is currently sold as an ix25 in China.

Hyundai Creta Details

The sub-compact SUV market is taking off at the moment with a flurry of vehicles being introduced recently. Renault has the Captur, Nissan has a Juke, Ford an Ecosport and Mazda will imminently introduce the CX-3. The Hyundai Creta will take the fight to this bunch with a new version of fluidic sculpture – Hyundai’s design language.

The engine lineup for the Hyundai Creta includes three motors, two of which are diesels. The remaining petrol engine is a 1.6-Litre petrol that develops 90 kW and comes with a six-speed manual gearbox. There is a 1.6-Litre diesel available in automatic that will deliver 94 kW and a 1.4-Litre diesel however power details are not available on this version yet.

In order to further boost the Hyundai Creta’s market desirabilityit also offers projector headlamps with LED Positioning lamps, 17-inch alloys,7-inch touchscreen and six-speaker sound system, push button start and six airbags (includes Sides & Curtains).

The Hyundai Creta is set to go on sale in July 2015 in India, but there’s no news about external markets yet. The identical IX25 is a vehicle which is potentially on its way to South Africa at some point during 2015. Whether we’ll get the IX25 or the Creta is yet to be determined.