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{{distinguish|Hyundai Accent|Hyundai Xcient}}
{{Infobox automobile
| name = Hyundai Xcent
| image = Hyundai Grand i10 1.0 GL Sedan 2017 (33541605345).jpg
| manufacturer = [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]
| model_code = BA
| aka = Hyundai Grand i10 sedan<br>Hyundai Grand i Smart (Laos)<br>Hyundai Grand Metro Taxi (Colombia)
| production = 2014–2020<br />2018–2023 (fleets only)
| assembly = India: [[Chennai]] ([[Hyundai Motor India|HMIL]])<br>Vietnam: [[Ninh Bình]] (Hyundai Thanh Cong Vietnam)
| designer =
| class = [[Subcompact car]]
| body_style = 4-door [[Sedan (automobile)|sedan]]
| layout = [[Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, front-wheel-drive]]
| platform = [[Hyundai-Kia small automobile platforms#BA|Hyundai-Kia BA]]
| related = [[Hyundai i10#Hyundai Grand i10|Hyundai Grand i10 (BA)]]
| engine = {{Plainlist |
*1.2 L ''[[Hyundai Kappa engine#Kappa II|Kappa II]]'' [[Straight-four engine|I4]] ([[Petrol engine|petrol]])
*1.1 L ''[[Hyundai U engine|U-Line]]'' [[Straight-three engine|I3]] ([[Diesel engine|diesel]])
}}
| transmission = {{Plainlist |
*5-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]]
*4-speed [[Automatic transmission|automatic]]
}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|2425|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|3995|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|1660|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|1520|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| weight =
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Hyundai Aura]]
}}

The '''Hyundai Xcent''' is a [[subcompact car]] produced by the South Korean manufacturer [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]. Based on the [[Hyundai i10#Hyundai Grand i10|Hyundai Grand i10]], the Xcent is a [[sedan (automobile)|sedan]] manufactured by [[Hyundai Motor India Limited]] in [[Chennai]].<ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/autoexpo2014/hyundai-launches-compact-sedan-xcent-diesel-petrol-variants-to-hit-market-in-march/article1-1180167.aspx |title=Hyundai launches compact sedan Xcent; diesel, petrol variants in market by March |author=Banergi, Sumant |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2014-02-04 |access-date=2014-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207061709/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/autoexpo2014/hyundai-launches-compact-sedan-xcent-diesel-petrol-variants-to-hit-market-in-march/article1-1180167.aspx |archive-date=2014-02-07 }}</ref><ref name="Economic Times">{{cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-05/news/47049312_1_indian-market-amaze-indian-car |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210082055/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-05/news/47049312_1_indian-market-amaze-indian-car |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2014 |title=Hyundai joins compact sedan race with Xcent in muted Indian market |author=Chauhan, Chanchal Pal |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=2014-02-05 |access-date=2014-02-07}}</ref> The Xcent was launched on 12 March 2014, being conceived to fit in the popular sub-4 metre sedan segment in India which emerged after the government imposed larger tax for cars longer than {{convert|4000|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in length.<ref name="Economic Times" /><ref name="Economic Times 2">{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/auto/automobiles/hyundai-xcent-sedan-launched-at-a-starting-price-of-rs-4-66-lakh/articleshow/31886357.cms |title=Hyundai Xcent sedan launched at a starting price of Rs 4.66 lakh |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=2014-03-12 |access-date=2014-03-13}}</ref> It is also sold in markets outside India as the '''Hyundai Grand i10 Sedan'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hyundai.com/mx/es/Showroom/Cars/Grand-i10Sedan-2015/PIP/index.html |title=Hyundai Grand i10 Sedan |publisher=[[Hyundai Motor Company]] Mexico |access-date=2015-01-08}}</ref>

==Marketing==
In September 2014, Indian actor [[Shah Rukh Khan]] signed with Hyundai Motors India to be the brand ambassador for the Xcent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shah Rukh Khan as brand ambassador for Hyundai Xcent in India |url=http://carandme.com/media/news/shah-rukh-khan-to-be-new-brand-ambassador-for-hyundai/ |publisher=CarAndMe.com |access-date=2014-09-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622132422/http://carandme.com/media/news/shah-rukh-khan-to-be-new-brand-ambassador-for-hyundai/ |archive-date=2015-06-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shah Rukh Khan roped in as brand ambassador for Hyundai Xcent | url=http://www.zigwheels.com/news-features/news/shah-rukh-khan-roped-in-as-brand-ambassador-for-hyundai-xcent/19766/ |publisher=ZigWheels.com |date=2014-09-18 |access-date=2014-09-25}}</ref>

==Discontinuation==
In June 2019, Hyundai Motor India confirmed that the production of the Xcent would be discontinued by 2020 in India, the reason being that the Xcent nameplate was being used for taxi purposes. The Xcent would be replaced by the [[Hyundai Aura]] in 2020. The Xcent would be sold alongside the Aura as a fleet sales only.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200" heights="118">
File:2017 Hyundai Grand i10 Sedan.jpg|Hyundai Grand i10 sedan (Chile)
File:Hyundai Grand i10 1.2 GL Sedan 2018 (43595270634).jpg|Hyundai Grand i10 sedan (Chile; facelift)
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/cars/Xcent}}
{{Hyundai Motor Company}}{{Hyundai timeline 1995–present}}

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Musafafabrics1 at 14:36, 30 December 2025