Hyundai i30 now from $19,390
BY MARTON PETTENDY | 29th Apr 2010
The additional i30 SX 1.6 petrol variant is positioned precisely $1000 under the previous i30 five-door range-opener, the SX 2.0 petrol, pricing for which remains unchanged like the rest of the i30 range at $20,390 manual.
Naturally, the new 1.6-litre engine – which is not available in the i30cw wagon – produces less power and torque than the 2.0-litre i30, but is still more powerful than the 1.6-litre turbo-diesel variant, which nevertheless remains the torque leader of the i30 range.
Matched with either a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission, the 1.6 delivers 89kW of power at 6200rpm and 153Nm of torque at 4200rpm. That compares with 105kW at a lower 6000rpm and 186Nm at a higher 4600rpm for the existing 2.0-litre CVVT petrol engine, while the 1.6 CRDi offers 85kW at 4000rpm and 255Nm from just 1900rpm.
On sale from yesterday (April 28), the 1.6 manual achieves a five-star federal government Green Vehicle Guide (GVG) rating to go with the i30’s five-star ANCAP crash safety rating by returning combined average fuel consumption of 6.5L/100km and CO2 emissions of 155g/km, which Hyundai says makes it the most fuel-efficient naturally aspirated engine in the small-car segment.
Based on the Australian Design Rule 81/02 static laboratory combined average city and highway cycle test, the i30 SX 1.6 automatic attracts a 4.5-star GVG rating by returning 6.9L/100km and 166g/km of CO2.
That compares with 7.2L/100km and 170g.km for the i30 2.0 manual (7.6L/100km, 182g/km auto), while the i30 1.6 CRDi manual returns 4.7L/100km and 125g/km (6.0L/100km and 159g/km auto).
As with all i30s, the base i30 SX 1.6 comes standard with electronic stability/traction control, ABS brakes, electronic brake-force distribution, six airbags and active front head restraints.
Standard equipment also continues to include air-conditioning, remote central locking, power windows/mirrors, iPod/auxiliary device connectivity and a glovebox cooling system.
| 2010 i30 range pricing: | |
| SX 1.6-litre petrol | $19,390 |
| SX 1.6-litre petrol (a) | $21,390 |
| SX 2.0-litre petrol | $20,390 |
| SX 2.0-litre petrol (a) | $22,390 |
| SX 1.6-litre CRDi | $22,890 |
| SX 1.6-litre CRDi (a) | $24,890 |
| i30 SLX 2.0-litre petrol | $23,890 |
| SLX 2.0-litre petrol (a) | $25,890 |
| SLX 1.6-litre CRDi | $26,390 |
| SLX 1.6-litre CRDi (a) | $28,390 |
| SR 2.0-litre petrol | $26,540 |
| SR 2.0-litre petrol (a) | $28,540 |
| cw wagon SX 2.0-litre petrol | $21,890 |
| cw wagon SX 2.0-litre petrol (a) | $23,890 |
| cw wagon SX 1.6-litre CRDi | $24,390 |
| cw wagon SX 1.6-litre CRDi (a) | $26,390 |
| cw wagon SLX 2.0-litre petrol (a) | $27,390 |
| cw wagon SLX 1.6-litre CRDi (a) | $29,890 |
| cw wagon Sportswagon 2.0-litre petrol (a) | $28,990 |