India, April 16 -- Wraps come off the second-gen Hyundai Creta/ ix25 at the 2019 Shanghai Motor Show. India launch expected early in 2020.

As Hyundai India prepares to drop the veil on its brand new sub-4m compact SUV - the Venue - tomorrow, the company's Chinese counterpart has unveiled the second-gen ix25 SUV at the ongoing 2019 Shanghai Motor Show. Now, for the uninitiated, the ix25 is essentially the China-spec version of the Creta. So, what you're seeing here is actually the next-gen model of Hyundai India's most popular SUV.

The first thing that stands out in the new ix25 is its exterior design. While the silhouette is more or less the same as the existing model, the design language has taken a completely new and rather edgy directi...