Hyundai has revealed launch prices and specifications for its new i30 family hatchback, which will go on sale in the UK from 1 March.
The new Ford focus and Volkwagen Golf rival was revealed in full at last September’s Paris motor Show, and it will start from £16,995 when it goes on sale in just under two month’s time.
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For that money buyers will be getting the new i30 with a 118bhp 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo petrol engine, mated to a six speed manual gearbox. other markets will get a more affordable 99bhp 1.4-litre.
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The new i30 has to build on Hyundai’s improved profile in Europe to deliver mainstream sales – and its styling is clearly aimed at the masses. The firm’s design chief Peter Schreyer says, “To create a car for everyone, we focused on a large range of different people.” The overall look is neat but conservative, with less of the dramatic bodywork surfacing of the old i30 but what Schreyer calls a “more mature approach”. The i30 also gets an inverted curve in part of its hexagonal front grille; this is going to be a trait shared between all future Hyundai cars.
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