Category: Hyundai

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i30 SEDAN N UPDATE – YEAH BABY!

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Hyundai has taken the wraps off a new i30 Sedan N marking the eighth anniversary of its high-performance brand. The new Sedan N boasts upgraded technological capabilities transferred from motorsport competition, to offer improved balance under high-performance conditions. With enhanced safety and comfort, it’s designed to deliver an emotionally engaging driving experience based on the three pillars of N vehicle development – Corner Rascal, Racetrack Capability and Everyday Sportscar. Ride and handling enhancements include a reinforced engine mount membrane for reduced after shake and improved agility, G-bushing reinforcement for improved… Read more

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EV(LUTION) A MAGNET FOR FOSSIL-FED HYUNDAI KONA

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In a display, which can only be described as a case of automotive smoke and mirrors, the new Hyundai Kona is designed to look like an electric vehicle – no radiator grille – whether an EV, hybrid or petrol powered. The maker Hyundai says this is to make the whole range of the small SUV, including petrol variants – EV and hybrids are due here by year’s end – blend in with traffic better in the future. The ‘petrols’ on offer at present are a 2.0-litre four-cylinder with a CVT… Read more

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HYUNDAI ELANTRA 2006 – 2020

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Hyundai i30 hatch has been a big seller for many years in Australia, but the i30 sedan, until 2020, was confusingly called Elantra rather than i30, is well worth consideration. The fourth generation Elantra reaches us here in August 2006. It’s the one we are concentrating on in this used car checkout. Styling at that time was unashamedly Korean, with the sort of lines that didn’t appeal to Aussies. The fifth generation Elantra, from July 2011 is more European in style. Then from February 2016 the gen-six Elantra arguably led… Read more

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CHEAP AND CHEERFUL HYUNDAI VENUE

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Today we’re looking at the cheapest of the cheap, the bottom feeders of the Australian new car market. They’re cars offered at a rock bottom price, targeted at those who can’t afford anything else, but are still prepared to dig deep to get something new rather than second hand. Wearing the crown as the cheapest new car currently available is the Kia Picanto hatch, priced from $16,290 plus on-roads. Cheapest SUV is the Suzuki Ignis at $19,490. With no equivalent to match Picanto, Hyundai’s cheapest offering these days is the… Read more

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FIRST LOOK AT BOLD NEW HYUNDAI SANTA FE

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Although it’s still a few weeks away from its global launch, and at least six months away from arriving here, Hyundai Australia has released details and images of its latest (fifth generation) Santa Fe family SUV. Styling is radically different to any previous Santa Fe model with a squared-off, chiselled look replacing the smoother curves of the current model suggesting more serious off-road credentials than before although not to the extent as the similarly-shaped Land Rover Defender. The most striking feature is at the front where the latest Hyundai ‘family’… Read more

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NEW HYUNDAI KONA IS BIGGER, BOLDER AND BETTER

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The highly-anticipated second-generation version of the Hyundai Kona has now arrived in Australia with a larger and chunkier body adding extra cabin space, together with upgraded safety, security and convenience features. The addition of a hybrid variant gives MY2024 Kona the widest range of powertrains in its small SUV segment: 2.0-litre naturally naturally-aspirated or 1.6-litre turbo petrol engines, 1.6-litre petrol/ electric hybrid (HEV) and fully electric (EV) with standard or extended range. The petrol variants are available now with the hybrid and EVs to arrive later in the year. All… Read more

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HYUNDAI i45 2010 – 2013

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  South Korean car makers started off in the cheap n’ cheerful section of the car market but having gained solid foothold began to move up a grade or two. Hyundai was one of the leaders and its i45 moved it up to the medium-large sedan segment. Particularly in style, its swooping curves were at the outer edge of design when it was launched in May 2010. It has proven timeless, still looking stunning to this day. Quality of build is impressive. Inside and out the i45 is right up… Read more

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IONIQ 5 N IN FINAL TESTING

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Hyundai’s upstart N sport division has taken the fight to the very door of established car makers. And, it’s about to take that fight to the next level, with the release of its first electrified high- performance model – the Ioniq 5 N which is undergoing final testing at the famous Nürburgring circuit in Germany in preparation for its debut next month. The Ioniq 5 N is the Hyundai counterpart of the Kia EV6 GT and while it shares the same hardware, it has been tweaked for the track with… Read more

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ELECTRIC IONIQ 6 BUILDS UP A HEAD OF STEAM

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At a mere year or so old, the Ioniq 6 electric vehicle is already among hallowed company. Back in the 1930s, steam locomotives were battling for bragging rights all over British railway routes. The height of the Art Deco period saw the birth of the A4 Class streamliner (‘streak’ to the young trainspotters of the day), designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, with its sleek profile, spats and aerodynamic surfaces based on the Bugatti racing cars of the day. Indeed, Sir Nigel, a friend of Ettori Bugatti, spent time in France… Read more

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POLISHED PERFORMANCE BY HYBRID HEAVYWEIGHT

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With electric vehicles lighting up the sports utility vehicle market, the Santa Fe has muscled in on the heavyweight SUV segment with the seven-seat premium Elite and flagship Highlander taking on hybridised rivals such as the Toyota Kluger, Kia Sorento hybrid and Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid. The Santa Fe petrol-electric hybrid has the brains to charge its lithium-ion battery through conversion of kinetic energy while working in conjunction with the internal combustion engine and regenerative brakes while on the move. Hyundai hybrid is kitted out essentially like its petrol- and… Read more