Tha Original i30 Owners Club
GENERAL STUFF => i30 NEWS & OFFICIAL REVIEWS => Topic started by: lvarella on February 25, 2010, 21:05:36
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Did you hear about the new i30?
It's gonna have a facelift and changes in the engine to improve consumption and reduce pollution and will be presented on Genebra.
i30 is being sold in Brazil for about 9 months not even 1 year and they will change it. I am not happy with it.
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It's a U2 maybe.
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and the facelift? any huge external/internal modification?
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i30 is being sold in Brazil for about 9 months not even 1 year and they will change it. I am not happy with it.
The i30 has been out now for about 2 and a half years so it is time for a serious facelift...
Not quite sure why Brazil was so slow to start selling it...
Don't think the changes will be that significant or effect your resale greatly...
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and the facelift? any huge external/internal modification?
This is based on the uk/european market:
It's due a facelift in 2011.
The U2 variant diesel has had an update, and is coupled to a new 6 speed gear box.
The optional "sports pack" has been updated, with some new front and rear bumpers, and is now called the "edition" in the UK. It looks OK but its not something to be upset at not having.
There have been several posts on these subjects in the "news" section.
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The i30 has been out now for about 2 and a half years so it is time for a serious facelift...
Launched in UK September 2007
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and the facelift? any huge external/internal modification?
This is based on the uk/european market:
It's due a facelift in 2011.
The U2 variant diesel has had an update, and is coupled to a new 6 speed gear box.
The optional "sports pack" has been updated, with some new front and rear bumpers, and is now called the "edition" in the UK. It looks OK but its not something to be upset at not having.
There have been several posts on these subjects in the "news" section.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/hyundai-i30-facelift-at-geneva-17291.html
They are saying that i30 will receive the I-flow changes now in March, that's a huge change I think. It's a shame that I30 started to be sold here last mid-year.
Today i30 is the leader here, selling 3.000 - 3.300 per month, a lot of people here will be disappointed.
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I think maybe there is some translation of reports going on here that is confusing. iflow is a hybrid engine concept, that is not ready for production this year unless I fell through a worm hole. They are likely to show the iflow concept but production on an i30 in March? no way.
It remains to be seen what body work changes and drive chain changes are announced, but I still think it wont amount to much more than the "edition" changes and the U2 engines, ISG, bosch battery management, 6 speed gearboxes etc. We'll find out next week I guess.
They will no doubt have running lights, as that is a legal requirment across europe soon I think (end of the year?)
Whatever they announce it shouldn't be too disappointing to existing owners who have already, and continue to enjoy their cars. Evolution happens. You have to buy things when you need them, otherwise you are always waiting until tomorrow, and one day it won't come.
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You have to buy things when you need them, otherwise you are always waiting until tomorrow, and one day it won't come.
that was very poetic indeed :)
Found this - doesn't look like facelift though it's referred like one:
(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad338/babis_xo/i30/2010-Hyundai-i30-Facelift-02.jpg)
http://www.mibz.com/6528-hyundai-comes-at-geneva-with-the-iflow-concept-and-i30-facelift.html/2010-hyundai-i30-facelift-02 (http://www.mibz.com/6528-hyundai-comes-at-geneva-with-the-iflow-concept-and-i30-facelift.html/2010-hyundai-i30-facelift-02)
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We are totally right Lorian. I need to relax and enjoy the great car I have today. :D
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You have to buy things when you need them, otherwise you are always waiting until tomorrow, and one day it won't come.
that was very poetic indeed :)
Found this - doesn't look like facelift though it's referred like one:
(http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad338/babis_xo/i30/2010-Hyundai-i30-Facelift-02.jpg)
http://www.mibz.com/6528-hyundai-comes-at-geneva-with-the-iflow-concept-and-i30-facelift.html/2010-hyundai-i30-facelift-02 (http://www.mibz.com/6528-hyundai-comes-at-geneva-with-the-iflow-concept-and-i30-facelift.html/2010-hyundai-i30-facelift-02)
It's not a facelift, it's just the i30 with the MS bodykit that me and bumpkin have :cool:
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Hmmm, that MS bodykit looks nicer on white :wink:
:lol: :lol:
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mmmm,white. :mrgreen:
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Look like they are just falunting the iflow concept car
(http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/hyundai/i-flow/ns/hyundai_i-flow_f34_ns_22510_717.jpg)
And adding i10 and i20 blue to the existing i30 blue (i30 blue are the 1.4 petrol and 1.6 Diesel versions with idle stop and go - orignally announced over a year ago).
No mention of an i30 facelift, still betting this is just re-announcement of the U2/ISG/6SPD/BBM version with "edition body kit", running lights. Will see by the end of the week.
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Yep, no sign of a facelifted i30 in the official site of geneva.
I bet that it's appearence will take place several months after the Ceed's facelift (which is 6 months older than i30)
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Look like they are just falunting the iflow concept car
The front in particular is very ugly in my opinion.... :P
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I am sure a lot of wind tunnel work gone in to that double-splitter arrangement though. I wouldn't be suprised if the air flowing though the radiator is then ducted out from the sills under the doors not to spoil the laminar airflow below the car.
Could be very slippery and have good inherent downforce.
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http://moto.onet.pl/142660,6324350,1,zdjecie.html?node=27#id6324348
Pictures of the new i30.
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Pictures of the new i30.
Not much of a change .. the front looks "wrong" to me but I guess i'd get used to it...
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It's just the edition front bumper and grill.
The rear bumper is slighty tweaked too, not as radical (better than) the edition rear bumper which was pants IMHO.
It has the repeater indicators on the mirrors, but no running lights.
On first sight the rear panels look a little different but this is just the sticker details.
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I concur. Radical it ain't.
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I notice also that the i30 blue is being stated at 98g/Km co2 - this is a change, it was originally launched about 2 years ago at 124g, then changed to 119g and yet they have only recently been shipping it. Presumably to get 98g this is running on skinny tyres, on the low power engine with a lean mapping. Fun it won't be.
About time they called it blue2 so people who are paying attention don't actually highlight the fact that they keep re-launching the same thing with different specs.
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Bugger,have just orded a 1.6 slx manual. Pity I cant understand the details.Only speak OZ.
SUNSHINE
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Bugger,have just orded a 1.6 slx manual. Pity I cant understand the details.Only speak OZ.
SUNSHINE
It doesn't make much difference.
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The facelift has the new hexagonal grill that Hyundai is adapting into all of its models, no major changes...i mean in terms of the exterior
Do we have the U2 engine in Australia???
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http://moto.onet.pl/142660,6324350,1,zdjecie.html?node=27#id6324348
Pictures of the new i30.
The white one is pretty much exactly the same as the UK i30 Edition model, with a slightly different rear bumper and no privacy glass.
I've ordered the Edition and think it looks sweeeeeet! Can't wait to get it now :-)
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So essentially if you get an aftermarket front and rear bumper (the front one from the i30 edition) for your existing i30, you have the facelift i30, especially if (like me) you already have the U2 engine with the 6 speed gearbox.
I'm not too disappointed really, especially as I got a fantastic deal on mine, and I've got the 6 speed gearbox.
If I had the 5 speed box I'd possibly consider exploring what kind of trade in deal I'd get to upgrade (I might try twisting my dads arm, he has one of the 5 speed i30 crdi's with the U engine).
The question I'd like to see answered is whether the new 1.6crdi will have 115PS or 128PS like the Kia Soul that uses the same engine, as my understanding is that the current i30 with the U2 engine has actually been limited to 115PS by Hyundai.
I'm also wondering could a Hyundai dealership "de-limit" the 115 engine on my car to get 128PS. I'd like that :mrgreen:
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is the 'new' front pointier? not the bottom faring but the whole thing, design wise. not sure if i'm making sesne.
it looks like it has a sharper angle or something.
i think its too busy. i've never been that fussed on the front body kits for my car either.
the back end is improved on the other one, coloured rather than black.
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Having just placed an order for I30 1.6 SLX,was concerned an update was to be released later this year.I served the net looking for anything relating to I30 update and found heaps of info,including photo's from the various Hyundai/I30 forums around the world.Thank you fellow members for all that info.
I spoke to our friendly Hyundai people here in Toowoomba,who really knew less than I,emailed the phot's and asked if more info could be obtained from Hyundai HQ.The only info received was a change to the petrol engine,being reduced to 1.6 litre. I find this hard to understand,given that the 2.0 litre is a willing performer. Maybe the 1.6L is more powerful and more economical. Reading these pages,I understand now how very different the I30 is in other countries.If anyone has any updates on the Australian spec I30 could they bring me up to date.thanks
I currently own a Santa Fe diesel SLX that has towed our 16 ft caravan a distance of 20000ks around Australia, without a problem. Love the forum.Sunshine.
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Hi Sunshine.. Interesting about the 2.0 going to a 1.6 (sounds unlikely to me :eek:)
Aus seems to lag a bit with new models due to our relatively small market.. and they only tell us what they want us to know. If they release new model info too early it can undermine their runout sales (not just Hyundai all the brands do this)
It is a gr8 forum isn't it :mrgreen:
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I'm also wondering could a Hyundai dealership "de-limit" the 115 engine on my car to get 128PS. I'd like that :mrgreen:
Very unlikley. Any independant tuner with their salt could though. Don't be expecting an official 128PS version in the UK anytime soon.
Keep in mind if you increase the HP on the engine in the order of 90% of the insurers in the UK will no longer insure you.
For a laugh its worth getting some insurance quotes from someone like comparethemeerkat.com and then see what happens to the number of quotes and the prices when you go back and amend the details to say the engine power has been increased......
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Very unlikley. Any independant tuner with their salt could though. Don't be expecting an official 128PS version in the UK anytime soon.
Keep in mind if you increase the HP on the engine in the order of 90% of the insurers in the UK will no longer insure you.
It depends how you get the power gains I think. I'd be very surprised if Hyundai would do that too, but I'm thinking about getting a diesel tuning box (especially now I know the injectors are designed to handle higher pressure on the U2 engine), and quite a few insurers seem to be quite happy to cover power gains from a tuning box of up to 25%.
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I like the indicators on the mirrors. Other than that I can't see much difference - except the steering wheel is on the wrong side :lol: