Hyundai ic25 spied, Kia Venga sibling

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By George Skentzos | June 08th, 2010

As these spy photos reveal, Hyundai is working on a sibling for the highly praised Kia Venga model which is reported to take up the Hyundai ic25 nameplate.

The original Kia Venga was awarded high praise for injecting some much needed style into the niche B-segment MPV market alongside models such as the Opel Meriva, Skoda Roomster and Renault Modus – even winning the prestigious iF product design award.

Now Hyundai’s incarnation is poised to back this design ability with the brand’s flourishing reputation by making only small visual changes from the Kia Venga.

The front end will receive a new head lamp design and new front bumper, with similar changes at the rear just to differentiate the Hyundai ic25 from its twin at the brand’s sister company.

The underpinnings of the Hyundai ic25 will be shared with the Kia Venga, meaning both petrol and diesel engines will be offered.

Our sources indicate that the Hyundai ic25 is likely to receive slightly improved standard equipment to make it the more ‘premium’ option of the two, along with a raft of optional extras.

The new Hyundai ic25 will make its first public appearance at the Paris motor show later this year.

Jabba the Hut

Hyundai is saturating the small car market with so many models. i10, i20, i30 and now this one. It’s a clever way to increase market share given the downsizing trend of motorists over the past decade.

Leon

Dont forget the Accent which is the same class as i20. And Getz is still alive!

nickdl

The Accent’s pretty redundant because it only sells about 50-100 per year here and that’s all to rental car companies.

Micky

Actually the Accent was discontinued in 2009, and it sold far more than 50-100 a year here. At it’s lowest point, in 2008, it sold 962 for the year.

nickdl

I stand corrected. I can’t say the Accent is an interest of mine when it comes to cars.

Grant

Is it coming to Oz?

http://carAdvice The Salesman

I would bet on no. This market segment in Australia has failed many car makers. Daewoo Tucuma, Kia Carens/Rondo, Toyota Avensis, Mazda Premecy, ect.

http://www.users.on.net/~pbm/PMMCarBlogs/Peter_McMutry_Car_Blogs_Home/Peter_McMutry_Car_Blogs_Home.html Peter Ms

Salsesman: Having owned a Holden Zafira, a nice car rarely seen on our roads, I know what you mean about the Oz MPV market. It’s been a graveyard, because Aussies buy SUVs rather than MPVs. Hyundai’s own Matrix only limped along here. However, isn’t this more in the category of the Honda Jazz or Mitsubishi Colt? It’s not a seven-seater, it’s a sort of roomy small car with a high roof. I know it’s a bit longer than those two I’ve mentioned, but it’s not the size of the Avensis, or Rondo. Those are 4.5 meter cars. Even the Zafira was over 4.3 metres, and Premacy 4295mm. The Kia Venga is less than 4.1 metres, and we can assume the Hyundai will be similar.
Darcy Dunbar

Salesman,

The Kia Rondo (known as the Carens in some other markets) failed in Australia because for some inane reason, Kia Australia chose the puny 2-litre petrol motor that leaves it underpowered, noisy and thirsty. Why we couldn’t have had the diesel or even the 2.4 petrol I will never know. A lost opportunity.

Hyundai45

i–
i–cw
ix–

now ic–

interesting guess the ic– is a thing between the i– and the i–cw?

Hyundai45

now just wondering what ‘family’ this would go under in terms of design,

the i10,20,30 family?
the i45 fluidic with the twin blade grill family?
or the ix35 hexagonal grill style family?
Shak

I assume the C stands for compact, and CW stands for Compact wagon. the X probably means AWD/4WD, and the i probably means intelligent.