I CAN HEAR the comments for this review being tapped out right now: “You lot have already reviewed the Hyundai i30 CRDi auto, why on earth are you revisiting it?”

Easy answer. It’s been over a year since the slushbox-equipped i30 diesel was released to the Australian market and we wanted to see if it was [...]

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‘Unexpected surprises’ was the theme behind Hyundai’s i30cw launch this week. Hyundai sees its new i30 ‘crossover wagon’ as being a lifestyle choice and is hoping that buyers will take advantage of the extra practicality on offer.

Cheaper to run than your average SUV, Hyundai wants i30cw owners to load up their wagons, hit the road [...]

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Hyundai displayed its baby i20 compact car at the Melbourne International Motor Show today.

Set to go on sale in Australia in the third quarter of this year, the i20 is a size smaller than Hyundai’s acclaimed i30, and, according to Hyundai, it boasts premium features and technology usually seen on larger, more expensive models.

In addition [...]

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Hyundai pulled back the covers on its i10 blue and i30 blue concept cars at the Melbourne International Motor Show today. Both concepts come under the new Blue Drive sub-brand of eco-conscious Hyundai vehicles.

The i10 blue and i30 blue feature Hyundai’s advanced eco-dynamic Blue Drive technology, which consists of revisions to the vehicle’s powertrain efficiency, [...]

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Hyundai is set to show off two examples of its latest technology at the Melbourne Motor Show, which starts next Friday the 27th of February. The i30 blue will be the first mass production vehicle to wear the blue label, demonstrating the company’s commitment to lowering CO2 emissions and reducing costs for [...]

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Hyundai has confirmed that its baby i20 will be making its Australian debut at this year’s Melbourne International Motor Show.

Set to go on sale in Australia in the third quarter of this year, the i20 is a size smaller than Hyundai’s acclaimed i30. According to Hyundai, the i20 boasts premium features and technology usually seen [...]

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Hyundai has confirmed that its headline act for the coming Melbourne Motor Show will be the production version of the Genesis Coupe.

The Genesis Coupe is Hyundai’s first foray into the rear-wheel-drive performance car market with a choice of either 2.0 litre turbo four, or a 3.8 litre all-aluminium V6 which can push the Genesis Coupe [...]

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Hyundai is bringing its new i30cw (crossover wagon) to the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show. Making its Australian debut, the i30cw on display will be an Australian specification top-of-the-range Sportswagon.

The i30cw, according to Hyundai, combines all that is good about the i30 hatch, with the added benefit of more rear seat legroom and a larger [...]

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THE MOTOR REPORT is proud to launch its first ever ‘Best Drive, Best Value’ Car Awards.

This will be an annual Award, conferred each New Year’s Eve and granted to the car that, in the view of our road testers and writers, wins on a ‘best drive, best value’ comparison.

This year, the inaugural year of the [...]

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Famous Australian Eco-adventurer Hans Tholstrop has just completed an economy trial and the result is remarkable. Hans has taken a manual Hyundai i30 SX CRDi turbo Diesel, with Cub Kamparoo Weekender trailer attached and driven from Sydney to Melbourne on less than one tank of diesel. The frugal Hyundai’s fuel tank capacity [...]

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You might not know that the Datsun 1600 never managed a ‘Wheels Car of the Year’ award in its years on the Australian market from 1967. No, the Morris 1100, the VE Valiant and XP Falcon – they were the COTY stuff of champions then!

Funny thing is, nearly everyone else who drove the 1600 [...]

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