The upcoming 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show will host the world premiere of Hyundai's new generation i30 C-segment hatchback that will go against the likes of the Volkswagen Golf and Renault Megane in Europe.
The compact-sized i30 brings a fresh design with a more unique feel than the outgoing model of the same name, which in the States, is offered only in station wagon form as the Elantra Touring.
The exterior styling follows the Fluidic Sculpture design language of the recently launched i40 series (available in both sedan and station wagon formats) with a large hexagonal front grille, wraparound headlamps, a bulging belt line and pronounced front wheel arches.
The interior design is also modeled after Hyundai's latest creations such as the Veloster featuring a pair of deep-set gauges and a prominent center console.
The new i30 will launch as a five-door hatchback with a choice of fuel-efficient four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines.
More details are to be released shortly, so stay tuned on Carscoop for more.
28 Comments:
Please let this become the Elantra Touring. :)
Impressive
Wow, just wow! In the last year or even more we so many cars (in this or similar size) but this is one of the or even the best looking car in this segment for me. I'm impressed!
My Elantra Touring needs to be updated with this i30, specificly its new drive trains,for better MPGs.Its present chassis dynamics are good.Don't leave us USA customers without a new Hatchback,that a lot of us actually prefer.Put my wife & I on the list for a new 2012 5door.Thanks!!!
Please put1,6T 208 hp into for 2013, and i am buying one. And i agree with Aaron - impressive.
Not to shabby! Most likely this will be part of the US lineup for Hyundai! Hopefully Kia gets a variant of this vehicle!
Nice!
The only thing I dislike is the slightly cheap looking fake aluminum trim inside - somehow the North American models have higher quality looking silver trim.
Otherwise very impressive!
Sorry, but if you look closer, you will see that the design is unbalanced and this makes the car ugly. The rear wheel arch is too small, and the distance between the rear wheel arch and rear window is too big. The wheels and arches should be bigger altogether.
WOW! Hyundai! You continue to surprise and impress, this looks so sleek, neat, uncomplicated yet stylish, very good-looking car.
Big mouthed ugly face (there's a reason why Peugeot ditched the Pug bottom-feeder mouth in its design and now Hyundai adopted it 2 years too late) and messy swage lines make the side profile look unbelievably bad..failure of a design.
BAD TASTE!
This looks very very similiar to a mazda 3/2 mix from the front.. especially with the smiley grille copy.
the new upcoming Kia Rio 5 is all new looks pretty hot too much like this car.
This is such a nice car. Any more , Hyundai is the best at car designs . I think this would make a great replacement for the hyundai elantra Touring
LOL Haters trolling the hyundai storys...gotto love it, only when they go this far does it show how impressive hyundai designs are...Thanks troll for the vote to how great this is.
troll 2
As much as I can be excited about the i40, I really cannot agree with you more. This dangerously looks close to the facelifted 308. Which imo is one of the ugliest, most unbalanced deigns ever created ogether with the multipla.
Leave the gaping grille for Audi, everybody else pretty much overdid the concept (mitsubishi, now hyundai, lexus, ....).
It's actually, quiet nice, and far better than the current one. It looks stunning, but still can't take away the fact the it resembles the Mazda 3, and the facia is Peugeot inspired....the foglights come off the updated 308 as they are...
the front and front wheel arch looks like the mazda2
the usual "bigger is better", note that this car won't be only for north america :)
Biggest Troll Ever
Lol! "Hyundai is the best at car designs" - leave the hyperbole fantasy to Hyundai.com please. A really incoherent design, over-styled, over-wrought and messy.
Stop been a lame ass catalinsahater, you are the Hyundai-loving troll on the threads here.
@a31d7693273cf4509f092cbcedf0a50e is probably the biggest Hyundai PR troll here
Nice to see it out and about! I shared this with the fans on our Facebook and twitter (@advancedtechkr ). Our communicators work near one of the Hyundai buildings in Seoul and saw a car similar to this guy roll out few months back, but of course it had the veil all over it. Great share and greetings from Korea!
lol what ever work for the real trolls like yourself lamedesign...
Hyundai's oversized hex grill is not really like Peugeot's (unlike Mazda's) and they've been doing it since 2005-6 on concepts.
The side looks like a Citroen C4!
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