Kia cee’d and Hyundai i30

At one time, when the Kia only became part of the Hyundai, head of the company said the reduction in the number of base platforms that will reduce time and cost of development and production of new cars. Last enabled Kia not only without loss withdraw from the 1998 financial crisis, but also to bring to market an enviable number of new models. Today Kia returns payback: novelty of our market Hyundai i30 uses the platform of the Kia Cee`d

When two cars are side by side, initially general impression that it is the same machine, just before and after restyling. We immediately see that Hyundai i30 has inherited from Cee `d not only a platform, but also the architecture of the body entirely. Just look at the profiles of cars, and their relationship will be given and the roofline, and rear rack with a small triangular window, and even the shape and location of tank hatches. There is one common trait: a form of hood is virtually the same in any case, a stiffening rib that first, that the second is located in one place, and equally smoothly into the front rack. Several running ahead of, say, and what is under the hood, there’s also exactly the same.

With a claim on the intelligence

Full test of hyundai i30 and specifications

By making novelty purely European appearance, the Koreans tried to adjust it, and under the European safety requirements.

Brethren attention on the shape of the bonnet, headlamps and rear lamps on the fender in the front bumper or on the door of the luggage. You do not have the feeling that all this somewhere already? Upper front chrome beam with the logo on the false radiator lattice in general seemed migrated here from the sedan Honda Civic, but a combination of devices awfully similar to those in the Ford Focus.

True, there are original parts. For example, the architecture of the front panel and the steering wheel of the Hyundai Elantra, and the control unit climate control with the audio system is not similar to any other model. And docked and adjusted so that a sufficiently solid way. And to apply too extravagant solutions for automotive mass production simply risky.

i30 on Czech plant

Companies Ford, GM and Fiat are building factories in the former socialist countries to reduce production costs through cheaper labor. But why Koreans need to spend almost a billion euros in the Czech manufacture, if in Korea itself, and wages are lower, and the working day is longer?

The main benefit – in the distance and time. Cars from Korea being taken by sea for nearly a month. But in Europe, where the Koreans are eager to actively and persistently, valued possibility of operational performance of individual orders. Now, with the advent of the Czech plant, the British, German and Czechs buyers can order the Hyundai i30 to your taste by selecting three or four options for equipment, five engines (three petrol and two diesels), power from 109 hp to 143 bhp, manual gearbox or “machine”, the ten exterior colors … And can get a car three days, maximum – in a week.

Nosovice township, where the plant is built – not a provincial backwater. This twenty-minute drive to Ostrava, the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the center of metallurgical industry, so that the recruitment problems of the Hyundai was not. And most important – hence only 90 kilometers from the Slovak plant Kia, where they make soplatformenny cee’d and whence come Nosovice engines. Return to Slovakia trucks leave, laden with manual gearboxes – freshly workshop is designed to produce three hundred thousand boxes a year, and in the future, Koreans are planning to increase this figure by half.

Test drive

Immigrant
How often have you ever seen car companies trying to create a universal edakii responsible for many needs a car? Yes, virtually every new car shouting: “I’m so alone, others do not seem to be, and, of course, but I am able to combine the high level of comfort / security / cross, and thus vary the reasonable price / roomy trunk / low fuel consumption.” In fact, the leaves are not quite clear vinaigrette. Like a promise to fulfill, but somewhere not Doda, somewhere overdone, somewhere shalturili frankly, but about some of the promises and did forget. About how justified were the expectations of one, perhaps, the most anticipated cars in 2009 in the material of our journalists.

Indeed, more than the Hyundai i30, I waited only a substitute for Goetz model i20, it was not that my thoughts were busy with extremely compact and I was just curious to know what will be the future generation of mega popular, which, incidentally, in connection with the new generation is not removed the conveyor, Goetz. Believe it or not, but the information that the i30 will be available in hatchback I took no initiative. Well, hatchback, well with the class. So, stop! The Koreans themselves in this class with a hatchback have not tried! So, it kind of debut!

Pound raisins

The photo of hyundai i30 interior on test

On the waves of the moment
Pacific rumble at idle speed i30 recalled that under the hood – turbo diesel engine. In the motion, it shows a smooth and flat work. As with all turbodiesel, is inactive at low revs, although the failure of a strong draft does not allow. Yes, and it literally takes up to 2000 rpm, while the cause is not taken turbine. From a small “turboyamy” torque not throw sharp fountain, served as a smooth but assertive elastic wave. It easily carries i30 forward on the crest of acceleration, as the torch passing to the next. It is true that the wave is not slowed down at high revs, it should encourage the regular transmission. Nothing difficult there is, as the level of the INC included easily and gently. As turbodinamika acceleration, deceleration during braking rolls smoothly, but surely growing, exactly follows the pedal.

Town-car with character

Hyundai i30 blue on road test

The car was created with a broad expansion of the brand in the European market. Therefore, the new model, according to the founders, were taken into account all the possible preferences of the Western drivers, one of which – pinpoint handling. We were able to verify if this is on country roads, in traffic jams and a professional kart track.

Buying check list

Vehicle Configuration
· All wheels on the presence of the same size tires and drive!
· Mats in interior
· Carpet in the trunk
· Manual
· Case to the leadership
· Service book
· Stepney (dokatka)

Exterior design

Perfect design
The sophisticated look and feel – sporty but not aggressive – a new feature design Hyundai. All lines emphasize the lightness of the car and the sporty models, and at the same time reflect its elegance and sophistication. The harmonious effect of the new style creates a clear and dynamic concept.

All items are carefully designed.
Such a good look of the model achieved by the careful work of designers who developed the ideal concept: slightly elongated body and graceful flowing lines. This design is surprisingly harmonious. Light and elegant concept of front and rear lights, unobtrusive roof spoiler and superb exterior proportions dramatically underscore the original appearance of the i30. The car looks dynamic, sporty and sophisticated harmony.

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