Hi, I bought a new i 30 for my wife recently and look forward to using it a bit myself. It's the first Korean car I've ever had and something I have not previously considered. But, reading the various reports about this model, which also allowed me to find this website, it seems very apparent that this new model is good value for money, and a nice little car too.
It is an automatic "trophy" model and has a couple of extras over the base model, including the leather (or fake leather) seats and s/wheel.
I have also enjoyed reading some of the topics featured on this website and hope in future you don't need to read about me making complaints about the car or the Hyundai service. But, from all accounts I am expecting only good things.