Hyundai i30 Estate (08-12) - Review

Review by Simon Harris on
Last Updated: 27 January 2009
The Hyundai i30 is an excellent all-rounder and a good alternative to more mainstream European and Japanese models. The estate version builds on this with a good sized boot, but there's more to it than just load lugging. A longer wheelbase means rear passengers get extra space. It's also excellent value, particularly when you consider it comes with a five-year warranty from new. It isn't especially exciting to drive, but it feels safe and reassuring plus comes with a well built cabin. However the i30 estate makes less sense when compared to the similar Kia Ceed SW - both are built on the same platform and share components, but the Kia has far more boot space, comes with a longer warranty and is cheaper too.
3.5 out of 5

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Equipment

All i30 estate models come with air conditioning, alloy wheels, electronic stability control, and a USB/iPod connector. Upgrade from Style to Comfort for larger alloys, automatic headlights, part-leather seats and tyre pressure monitoring system. The top of the range Premium grade adds even larger wheels, upgrades the air conditioning to electronic climate control and gets full leather seat facings (these were changed to half leather at the beginning of 2010), heated front seats and rear parking sensors. At the beginning of 2010 a new entry-level model called Classic was introduced, available with the 1.4-litre petrol and 1.6 CRDi with 90bhp. It comes with ESP stability control, electric front windows and air conditioning.

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  • 3x3 point rear seat belts
  • ABS
  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm
  • Alloy wheels
  • Audio remote
  • Body coloured bumpers
  • CD
  • Climate control
  • Cloth seat trim
  • Cruise control
  • Driver`s airbag
  • Electric mirrors
  • Folding rear seats
  • Front electric windows
  • Front fog lights
  • Full size spare wheel
  • Heated mirrors
  • Heated seats
  • Height adjustable drivers seat
  • Isofix child seat anchor points
  • Leather seat trim
  • Lumbar support
  • Parking sensors
  • Partial leather seat trim
  • PAS
  • Passenger`s airbag
  • Rear electric windows
  • Remote locking
  • Roof rails
  • Side airbags
  • Space saver spare wheel
  • Steering wheel rake adjustment
  • Steering wheel reach adjustment
  • Traction control
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