Hyundai is about to bring new levels of value for money to the UK market for large MPVs, with the announcement of a people-carrier that’ll offer eight seats and a large boot, for less than the price of the cheapest Ford S-Max.The Hyundai i50M will be launched in Britain in June. Known as the H-1 Wagon in other markets, it’s 5.1-metre monocab that will double as a light commercial vehicle for Hyundai later in 2008, and is powered by a 2.5-litre turbodiesel engine with 168bhp and 289lb ft of torque.The car will be offered in various levels of specification, with the cheapest likely to cost less that £17,000. A top-of-the-range version, equipped with leather upholstery, sat nav, parking sensors, rear-cabin DVD screens and multi-zone air-conditioning, will weigh in under £20k.
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Re: Nine-seat Hyundai MPV for UK
Anything that offers an alternative to the Grand Voyager has got to be good - don't know why the British press keep comparing the G Voyager to a Galaxy - a Galaxy is surely closer in size to a Zafira than a G Voyager. (and we owned a Zafira for 5yrs before our GV!) We own a G Voyager and a Hyundai Tucson - if I had to choose between the two I'd say the Tucson is the better finished! Throw in the 5 yrs warranty and 5yrs free servicing...
G Voyager has had the market to itself for too long - only alternatives are VW and Mercedes vans! We were planning to change our 3yr old G Voyager for the new model next year - but having seen how they've increased the emissions AND skimped on the conversion to right hand drive (no passenger dash storage bin, auto shifter between the front seats instead of on the dash - losing the cupholders) we went out and took advantage of a large discount on the outgoing model. This gives us another 3 yrs for someone to come up with a decent alternative!
Re: Nine-seat Hyundai MPV for UK
If memory serves me right, any vehicle with eight seats or more can be registered with TfL and is exempt from the Congestion Charge; this also applies to old Land Rover LWB Station Wagons, which have nine seats (five adults and four circus dwarves in the boot, admittedly...)
Re: Nine-seat Hyundai MPV for UK
It may depreciate like a stone, but so does a Grand Voyager, I paid £28K in July 2005 and now they are offering me £11k after 2.75 years and 40k miles for a new Voyager. I rather pay £22k and get £9k back after 3 years. All cars depreciate like a stone no matter what car. At least it is cheap enough to easily sell on.