- Doors and Seats
3 doors, 5 seats
- Engine
1.5i, 4 cyl.
- Engine Power
74kW, 133Nm
- Fuel
Petrol (91) 6.2L/100KM
- Manufacturer
FWD
- Transmission
Manual
- Warranty
5 Yr, 130000 KMs
- Ancap Safety
NA
Good Getz
Pigeonhole: Remember the drive-away priced Hyundai Excel? This is the same recipe with modern ingredients.
Philosophy: Razor-sharp pricing in new-wave, practical styling.
Who's buying it: Young folk who see it as an alternative to a used car, empty nesters who want minimum price, maximum warranty.
Why you'd buy it: Bang for the buck, styling is contemporary, good practicality.
Why you wouldn't: Equipment on base model is pared to the bone. Air conditioning is a $1790 option on all but the top model.
Standard equipment: 60/40 split fold rear seat, rear seat has four-stage reclining, driver and passenger vanity mirrors with ticket-holder covers.
Safety: Driver's airbag, three rear anchorages for children's seats, front and rear height-adjustable head restraints.
Cabin: Roomy, with high seating position for easy access. Textured plastic looks good but is hard-finished. Ample storage space, with pockets in the backs of the front seats, side pocket in passenger's backrest. "Walk-in" slider for front seat of three-door to help access to the rear. Pockets to hold rear headrests when seat backs are folded.
Seating: Comfortable pews that don't require too much stooping to enter, or too much effort to leave. Tons of headroom and leg room, front and back.
Transmission: Five-speed manual with nice shift action; four-speed auto with overdrive top is a smooth shifter and is fine for city or country.
Engine: New 1.5-litre, four-cylinder, twin-cam, 16-valve develops 74kW of power. Enough to work with an automatic transmission without it sounding hysterical.
Steering: Sharp power-assisted rack and pinion with only 2.9 turns lock to lock and a car park-friendly 10m turning circle.
Ride: Takes urban disrepair with aplomb. A bit of roll, and a bit of float, but it won't get you into trouble.
Handling: Safe and predictable, but it's no sports car. But with the sharp steering, it's pretty nimble.
Fuel: Sips modestly at standard unleaded. Think 7.0 litres/100km for the manual around town and 5.0 in the country. Auto gets 7.8 and 5.2 respectively.
Brakes: Discs at the front, drums at the back. That'll change in January when it gets discs all round. Anti-lock and passenger airbag are a $1590 option on all but the top three-door FX.
Build: Hyundai makes quantum leaps forward with every new-generation model. Paint and panel fit are top class, interior fit is good and rattle-free.
Warranty: Best in the small-car business at five years or 130,000km.
Security: Immobiliser, but only the FX gets remote central locking and alarm.
Audio: Four-speaker radio with single in-dash CD player.
Cost: Starts at $14,990 drive away for the three-door GL, which just undercuts the Holden Barina. Five-door is $1000 more than the three-door at $15,990, and the FX is $19,990. Add $1790 for air-con and $1863 for automatic.
Verdict: New generation, new styling for Hyundai's brash new price-leader. It'll add heat to the already steaming light-car market, but don't forget to factor in the options when making comparisons.
Prices correct at publication date.