The new Hyundai i30 is aiming for the top of its class - it's the Korean brand's latest rival to the Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus, sharing many exterior styling cues with its bigger brother, the Hyundai i40. Arriving in the UK in April 2012, the new i30 features an upmarket cabin and some of the highest equipment levels in the family hatchback sector. All models come with Bluetooth, LED daytime running lights, a multi-function steering wheel and electric heated door mirrrors. Hyundai is also promising a range of highly efficient and flexible engines. Where the old model used to be far cheaper than the competition, the new i30 is very similar on price.
Drive
Safe and dependable
The 128bhp diesel model is smooth and refined but lacks power once out on open roads. Capable of 0-60mph in 10.9 seconds, the Hyundai i30 is designed with economy in mind not performance. From behind the wheel drivers will find the handling safe and secure but the whole experience lacks any real excitement.
