Test Drive Hyundai I40 Sedan since 2011 Sedan
Test Drive Hyundai I40: Double Main Composition
Many modern people do not think themselves without iPhone, iPad and other apple devices. Kolesa.ru portal suspects Hyundai decided to join this list, adding to their new products and with a point. And on the example of the new Hyundai I40 look for the answer to the question, why the Koreans seventh sedan in the gamma. A wide range and regular debut of new products is a clear sign that things in the company are perfect. But in the concene, Hyundai decided to go even further and released a car to our market, which in many respects the already existing model
Most familiar with the brand name there was a single question why? Whether Koreans who successfully survived the world crisis want to show that their financial situation is so firmly that the development and release of the model-dumplings for them is a facial cause. Whether the sales of Sonata did not meet hopes and Hyundai I40 is preparing as a replacement.
Under the roof of Russian dealers, two models of the same class met, originally intended for different sales markets. The long and wide Hyundai Sonata with a massive lattice of the radiator and a huge number of chromium was, there is and remains a car for the Yankee. It is America for this model is the main platform for implementation. In Europe, she simply is not for sale.
And to combat competitors in the old world and was invented by the new Hyundai I40 more compact and discreet in design sedan, with a revised interior and modified by Europeans riding characteristics.
Looking at the growth of the domestic automotive market, Hyundai leadership believed that the Russians would take both models. So, let's see how the European middle class seems to see the view of Koreans.
Hyundai did not invent the bike and as the basis of the design of the new model took the Matriotic principle, which for years they successfully used, for example, German premium brands. After all, with the outside of the I40 reminds stretched in all sides by Elantra, which is an enlarged Hyundai Solaris.
But the image did not damage. With a mass of body ribbies and sending a sedan looks attractive. Smooth and flowing lines are a continuation of each other, and the head optics element of artistic art.
Due to the short trunk and six-fuette layout of the profile, the three-billing Hyundai i40 can be accepted for the lifbec like Skoda Octavia.
Interior decoration is kept in the same style as appearance, repeating the theme of the interiors of the younger and more affordable models. Even closing the emblem with hand on the steering wheel, you can easily guess that you are sitting in the Hyundai salon. In general, this Koreans and try to achieve continuity and uniformity.
From the point of view of the finishing of some revelations in the cabin Hyundai I40. The polished wave flowing through the entire salon shares the space into two parts. Everything that is higher is made of more expensive, high-quality and soft plastic, all that is lower, easier, cheaper and rarely. It was not without a fashionable black piano varnish, which gives the interior of solidity, but the fingerprints and scratches clearly exhibits.
Against the background of visual unification with other models, Hyundai do not immediately notice that the level of equipment I40 is simply fantastic for its class. God with him with a semi-shine interior, with electric seats, with memorization of positions on two people. The front armchairs Hyundai I40 have ventilation (!) Luxury even for cars class above!
Rear sofa is very welcome due to the abundance of the free space and the presence of two-stage heating.
Nine (!) Airbags, automatic parking system, adaptive xenon headlights, invisible access, heated steering wheel, two-section glass roof, turning into a hatch, and, of course, a multimedia station with a beautiful graphics, advanced acoustics and voice control all these achievements of science and voice control The techniques are collected in the usual Sedan class D. impressive!
But a roomy 500-liter trunk against the background of the above equipment and a total cost, to put it mildly, surprised by the complete absence of the top of the top and rearranged from the budget solaris internal handle.
The most trivial component in the new Hyundai I40 is a technical filling. Under the hood of the car there is a two-liter four-cylinder engine, which Koreans defined up to 150 horsepower to adjust the features of our tax legislation. In a pair with a six-speed automatic machine, such a tandem is the only possible choice. Neither mechanical gearboxes nor more powerful engines are supplied to our market.
Taking into account the considerable mass of the sedan (1,662 kg), it is not worth waiting for the enchanting dynamics. But with moving in the urban space of four adult people, Hyundai I40 copes well. Slowly rushes, stepwise accelerates and slightly picks up in the second half of the tachometer scale. All this happens under imperceptible switching of the machine. The main thing is to immediately tune in to a measured movement, adjusting to the melancholic character of the car.
Neither sharp pressing of the accelerator in the floor nor the transition to manual mode in which the transmissions can be switched by stealing petals, do not raise the driver's mood.
There are not enough horses on the horses. The higher the speed, the speeding is given to the Korean sedan, it is harder and more difficult, and you can forget about sharp overtakers. So it is better to immediately put the cruising 110 km / h cruise control and enjoy the pleasant sound of the Infinity audio system.
Fully independent suspension Hyundai i40 is made according to the classic car similar class. Her settings, as well as steering, deserve praise. The machine smoothes most of the irregularities of asphalt and keeps well for it at speed.
And would be Hyundai I40 a much more favorable offer in its class, if not for the price. Our test car with a 150-strong engine costs, just think about, 1,398,000 rubles (!). Yes, the total list of equipment puts on the blades of almost all competitors. But riding on the I40 only one day, and I had a question made at the beginning of this article why?
Why should I ventilation seats in a country where the summer is one month old in a year? Why should I navigate, which from one end of the city on the other leads through the cork center, when five minutes from me the congress on the ring? Why do I need voice control of the radio if I set up the station three times faster, after listening to the message after a message again? Why such a car park driver who considers only space to be sufficient, where can I park a truck?
And by refusing all this, I will get a pretty one at all, but there is no longer a sedan, which will still be more expensive than most competitors on average per 100,000 rubles. Ask, why?
I found only one answer. Apparently, Hyundai decided to expand his model line in Russia to the maximum in order to simply not release the buyer who came to the salon. After all, the Koreans in the gamma already seven (!) So loved in our country of sedans. Choose, they say, for every taste, size and color, just do not go
Price Hyundai I40 in the Russian market
As already mentioned, Hyundai i40 is sold on our market exclusively with a two-liter gasoline four power of 150 hp. and a six-speed automatic transmission. So choose remains of three complete sets.
Comfort Execution will offer ABS, ESP, seven airbags, two-zone climate control, MP3 radio tape recorder with a USB port, heated seats and a rest area of \u200b\u200bjanitor, front and rear parking sensors, fog lights, R16 alloy wheels and metallic color. Price 1,089,000 rubles.
The following accommodation equipment Style in addition will receive rear side airbags, xenon headlights, heated steering wheel, electric front seats and heated rear, non-needed access system, cruise control, multimedia system with navigation and rear-view chamber, as well as a combined interior decoration from natural and Artificial leather. Price 1 278 000 rubles.
The maximum equipped Hyundai I40 performed by Premium pampets adaptive lighting, front chairs with more advanced side support, which will receive memory and ventilation memory, two-section glass roof with hatch, automatic parking system and infinity acoustics. Price 1,389,000 rubles.
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This is probably the first case when we can advise any Hyundai I40 package, not just fans of the brand, but loose fans who are not going to change their idol. In any other case, it is worth paying attention to other sentences in the classroom, good, the choice in this segment is huge for the relevant money.
Hyundai I40 competitors in the Russian market
In competitors, the Korean model consists of the whole class D and even the so-called D +, which is officially represented on the Russian market. Moreover, the maximum set of I40 in value is hurt even the cars of the premium segment.
Further list of competitors is drawn up, pushing out from the price of the tested version of Hyundai I40 Premium 2.0 AT. So, for comparable money can be purchased:
Nissan TEANA V6 performed by Luxury Plus with a 3.5-liter engine with a capacity of 250 horsepower. Compared to Korean in Niscan, it will not be a regular navigation system, advanced acoustics, rear side and window airbags, memory and ventilation of seats and heating the rear seats. Price - 1,425,000 rubles.
Toyota Camry Prestige Plus C 2.5-liter 180-strong engine will also be at 37,000 rubles cheaper, losing in equipment only due to the lack of hatch and seat ventilation. Price 1 352 000 rubles.
The as-equipped Ford Mondeo Titanium with a 240-strong turbo video will also work out a little cheaper. In his arsenal, the hatch, memory and ventilation of the seats, heating the steering wheel and the Hi-Fi audio system. Price 1,387,800 rubles.
Moreover, you can buy even a new Mercedes-Benz C180 for comparable with Hyundai I40 in a special series in which, by and large, there will be only a leather interior, regular navigation and hatch. Price 1,390,000 rubles.
And the newly represented BMW 3-Series with a 184-strong turbo engine in fixed execution Special Edition will cost both cheaper. The skin, the hatch and navigation in it, of course, will also not, but on the lack of dynamics and prestige, it is not necessary to complain. Price - 1,350,000 rubles.
The editorial board of Kolesa.Ru thanks Rolf Lachta Hyundai - the official Hyundai dealer in St. Petersburg for the provided car.
A source: Magazine "Wheel" [October 2012]
