Comments on: Hyundai i30cw Long Term Review

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:34:02 +0000

Thanks for your comments. I found them very useful. I’ve been weighing up the enormous cost of the Golf for a year. I love VW, but don’t love the price. Even a smaller Polo would cost more than the i30 and the servicing after the warranty is over could cost a fortune in the end. I also love a hatchback and the hatch in the Holden Cruze is a really horrible design. You are right: the design of the Hyundai i30 is similar to the 2003 Astra, with the European engine, that I am currently still driving. I’m going to buy the i30 because it has euro styling similar to the Golf (and the Astra). It has euro-sized seats and leg room comfort for people who aren’t Asian-sized, even though the material on the seats is pretty cheap. I think this car is outstanding value for money. On the run out sale, I’ll be getting a 1.6 auto for $21,000 drive away with five year warranty. No other manufacturer can match that for value. PS/ I like hearing the news in the car, so couldn’t care less about the ipod feature. There was life before ipods and radio deserves to survive!

By: Him

Him — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:28:09 +0000

Your logic certainly nailed it. This is what I have been trying to tell people who are comparing it to VW Golf, Honda Accord, Ford Mondeo. Agreed they are better cars but they are priced higher, infact much higher. Those who can afford will buy regardless.

Comparing cars in the same price bracket (more or less), I actually found this car handle better than Holden Cruze, bit better than Toyota Corolla, similar to Ford Focus and Honda Civic. While I liked the looks of Civic and Cruze more, I eventually went for i30cw as it was a better deal overall, good family car with lots of space.

By: Him

Him — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:12:29 +0000

No, it doesn’t. I own an SX with 4 speakers and sound quality is pretty alright. It may not be the best but it is quite adequate. Moreover, if you are not happy with sound, you can always change your stereo system to BOSE or whatever you prefer. Just it will cost extra bucks. More money = better product. If you want better system shell out the money mate.

By: Him

Him — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:06:08 +0000

My sentiments exactly. Now I am trying to find some decent chrome accessories to spruce it up a bit (not that I hate black)

Just wish they could give SLX in Manual.

By: Gilly

Gilly — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:47:14 +0000

Plug?? I don’t think so or else I would have linked the workshops website instead of the public forum of all things a Holden V8!
Reliability should not be an issue as the mods are pretty minimal. With Diesels, running them rich will raise exhaust gas temperature = bad. A decent tuner will know these basics so its not just as simple as injection more fuel. The injector timing, fuel pressure rate etc are all adjusted as well.
Anyhow for a cheap mod that will turn the I30 into a hot hatch, I am not complaining!

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:27:53 +0000

hopefully the 6 speed manual and 5 speed automatic can make it out to australia for the next update of the i30. this will make a good car even better.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:14:38 +0000

Rather gratuitous plug! I’d have to question reliability and how much smoke it would put out. Lots of supposed ecu reflashes are simply a case of injecting more fuel, not when or dependant on what the car as a whole is doing.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:45:42 +0000

Hyundai is becoming what Toyota used to be 20 years ago- a decent car for not much money. Toyota has become an expensive decent car and Lexus is a very expensive inferior German copy. For the money I don’t know of a better car at this price than the I30 right now.

And guys relax about all of the iPod stuff, basically they are offering connectivity as a part of the packager where the likes of virtually every other car maker on the planet hits you up for $300 to $750 bucks for iPod connection – making things like that and other safety items is what Hyundai is doing right unlike most other maker out there. Exactly the reasons why Hyundai are on fire right now.

I would purchase a like model Hyundai over nearly anything Toyota offered (i.e. I30 hatch over a Seca, Getz over a Yaris) mainly because of the fact that you can get virtually the same feature sets or better for far less money without compromise in build quality and options – finally a car company that is starting to get it.

Go price a fully loaded VW Golf, it is nearly twice the cost of this car, and although I love VW product, it is hardly twice what this car is worth. Don’t even go there with an Audi, 3 times or more. I am not saying that Hyundai is on par with the Germans and their fanatical engineering, not yet, but they are moving closer to the likes of Toyota and Nissan no doubt about it.

By: Robin Graves

Robin Graves — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:57:28 +0000

I found the radio quality to be sub-par, but with Mp3 or CD its really good. Seems to depend on the source.

By: t

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:09:38 +0000

great car by the looks of it

Ipod integration is brilliant. I love being able to stick 2000 songs on my ipod, hide it in my console, and forget its there!

my alpine cd player in my car has the ipod cable, i can access and change through all those songs without even worrying about a disc, or scratching / losing any of my cds!

those people who are anti ipod will never know.

ah it might have an auxilary socket so they can plug their mp3s into until the battery dies, as the mp3 wont charge? or put up with static from sub standard fm transmitters?

i dont put my life on my ipod… just my favorite songs. it stays hidden in the car, and only comes out from time to time when i buy a new cd i want to put on it.

im far from a fanboi.