Melbourne Motor Show: Hyundai stand
February 29, 2008 by Matt Brogan
Hyundai’s presence as a global player can no longer be disputed, and given the size of their stand at this year’s Melbourne International Motor Show, their Australian buoyancy is sure to remain dominant for a long time to come.
Featuring the stunning Genesis Coupe, new iMax people mover and iLoad commercial vans, Hyundai have broadened their horizons at both ends of the spectrum to have a truly diverse, relevant and well matched line-up to suit just about every motoring need.
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******PRIMO!******
mmmmmmmmmmmm iload! :-)
Cheers
F-0
Took that especially for you F-O :)
Matt -
Thanks, one of lifes true gentleman!Please take some of the Elfins if you can.
Still not sure if iload is for me, the negative trade-in-offered by dealers has really left a bad taste in my mouth…
Cheers
F-0
Watch out Toyota!!!
Frugal one,
thats the downside of buying a cheap van (pregio) in the first place, poor resale. That and they always low-ball trade in prices on new products. Short supply and high demand (they hope). Give it 6 months and they will be selling these things at cost price. Hyundai dealers cant help themselves.
By then they will probably be doing deals on 07 built/ 08 complied examples as well.
I agree the newness factor would stop u getting a good deal at present.
The poor resale argument doesn’t hold water to me these days.
More you spend the more u ultimately loose at trade in time would be closer to the truth.
I imagine dealers are able to depreciate old stock and hence offer better change over deals to move these before they are completely stale. If u hang on to it for at least a couple of years shouldn’t affect future resale.
I bought off the floor like this back in 2005 and saved 5k on the drive away price and also got the highest price I could get on the new vehicle for my trade and better than most ther dealers to boot! I was happy with the available two colour choice etc so it worked out well.
REALCARS…great comments mate and agree! Some trade in prices one gets back is ludicrous!
DLR1 -
Am actually happy with the deal offered on the Pregio, besides it wasnt far to fall in the first place.Have 2 other private-heads that want to buy it too.
The Transit is the issue, Typical-Blue-Oval trash, nobody wants to touch it even with a barge pole…..
As per above will wait a bit and burn around in the Transit, they WILL do deals on the Hyundai without a trade in, but yeah in 6 months you can buy it fully on your own terms.
Thanks and cheers guys,
F-0
REALCARS -
Other than being priced similar to a HiAce it really has NOTHING in common with it.
The Hyundai van is a cross between the Vito Benz/VW Transporter and Transit.Reverse engineered if you will.
FYI the HiAce wait is 3 to 6 months for delivery!!
Yes BigT would be worried, and one can imagain they WILL react, the mail is the a new generation SBV is out latter in the year?
Cheers
F-0
F-O, I will be testing an i-Series shortly after the Motor Show so stay tuned. It’s a damn good deal from early indications so stay tuned!
I thought these were a bit pricey when released, but they are pretty big vans.
Why the hell would anyone wait 6 moths for a Toyo death-trap van. Proves there are plenty of gullibles out there. A second hand VW or Vito would be a far better investment than a new Hiace……
Reckless1,
Your comments show you don’t know much about the van market. The iLoad is not a big van. A load space length of under 2.4m makes it over 500mm shorter internally than a hiace. For many tradespeople and couriers it is just too short! As for a second hand Vito or VW??? I guess you’ve never had to repair one.
Oh, and the hiace has a far superior resale for the current model.
MATT -
Do you need help in testing the van from a Pro-Van-Driver?
If your in Melb. happy to help!
Cheers
F-0