Overview

HYUNDAI has finally filled the gap in Australia’s small SUV segment vacated by the popular but lacklustre ix35 with the Kona.

An important sales pillar supporting the i30 small car and Tucson mid-size SUV, the Kona borrows from both those vehicles while adding a unique twist on current Hyundai styling – both inside and out.

Like Volkswagen’s Tiguan from the next size up, the Kona clearly attempts to blend the best attributes from its top-selling competitors into a package that is hard to ignore.

It’s a mostly successful mix, but we’d struggle to walk past the brilliant i30 in a Hyundai showroom and plump for a Kona instead.