2008 Hyundai i30
Hyunda is fetching new C-segment hatchback, the i30, is yet another cool hatchback that we won’t be getting here. But that’s okay, we pretty much already have it in sedan form as the Elantra. Like its sister vehicle, the Kia Cee’d, however, the i30 was designed in Europe for Europe—and good for them, since it both looks great and offers many more engine choices, including three gas and three diesel variants. The i30 five-door hatchback will go on sale this summer.
The i30 was previewed last year in Paris with the tongue-twisting name Arnejs, but that name was dropped as Hyundai adopted a new corporate alphanumeric name structure for all of its European models. The letter “i”, which is used ubiquitously in the technology sector, attempts to convey Hyundai’s focus on technology and will mark the first character in all Hyundai cars. The “30” refers to the vehicle’s C-segment status. A-segment cars will be named i10, B-segment vehicles i20, and so on up to the E-segment, which will be named—you guessed it—i50. Certain model variants may carry a suffix, such as “i30 CW” (CW = “cross-wagon”) which Hyundai cited as an example. We suppose an i30 CW will appear soon.
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