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After nearly 20 years, Hyundai seems to be discontinuing its common i30 Hatch in Australia.
In keeping with a seller bulletin obtained by CarExpert, manufacturing of the i30 Hatch will finish for our market in December 2025, and seller orders at the moment are closed.
Notably, nevertheless, this bulletin refers solely to the “i30 Hatch” and never the high-performance i30 N Hatch.
It’s unclear whether or not the i30 N Hatch can also be going through the axe, and the way for much longer the recent hatch shall be obtainable for.
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The transfer makes the Czech-built ‘common’ i30 Hatch short-lived in our market, having solely arrived right here late final yr.
Hyundai Australia switched to Czech sourcing for the core i30 Hatch lineup – the N was already constructed there – after Korean manufacturing ended for the small hatchback.
Whereas that allowed Hyundai to supply a considerably extra environment friendly turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder mild-hybrid petrol powertrain, it additionally pressured up the worth of the small hatch – not helped by the 5 per cent import obligation on European imports.
Supplied solely in N Line and N Line Premium trim ranges, the i30 Hatch copped value hikes of $3500 to $3700. With the lack of extra reasonably priced trim ranges, the bottom value of the i30 Hatch additionally soared by a whopping $12,000.
The change to European sourcing not solely introduced a brand new powertrain, but additionally revised front- and rear-end styling, plus LED inside lighting.
Whereas Hyundai ended Korean manufacturing of the i30 Hatch, the i30 Sedan continues to be produced there for markets together with ours. Australia is uncommon in that this mannequin wears the i30 Sedan nameplate right here; it’s often called the Avante or Elantra elsewhere.
The way forward for the i30 nameplate itself can also be wanting a bit murky.
Whereas the i30 Sedan/Elantra/Avante is ready to enter a brand new technology this decade, the long-term way forward for the i30 Hatch – together with its liftback and wagon family in Europe – isn’t assured.
The i30 N Hatch has already been axed in Europe, the place it continues to be produced for a handful of markets together with ours.
The remainder of the i30 vary is predicted to obtain yet one more facelift to squeeze some extra life out of a mannequin that first entered manufacturing in 2016. Camouflaged prototypes have not too long ago been spied testing in Europe.
Nevertheless, there’s no phrase on a new-generation mannequin within the pipeline, in distinction with sister model Kia which not too long ago launched the K4 as its new international small automotive. This will even change the European-developed Ceed, a cousin to the i30 Hatch which was additionally developed with Europe as a spotlight.
Hyundai might select to retire the i30 lineup, not directly changing it with the all-electric Ioniq 3 revealed in idea kind finally month’s Munich motor present. That is set to enter manufacturing in Türkiye in 2026.
VFACTS gross sales figures in Australia don’t escape i30 gross sales by physique fashion, however Hyundai has beforehand confirmed that, previous to the change in sourcing, hatchback variants accounted for 80 per cent of i30 gross sales.
To the top of September, Hyundai has delivered 8468 i30s in Australia this yr. Whereas that’s greater than every other rival bar the top-selling Toyota Corolla (14,282), it’s an 8.4 per cent drop in comparison with the identical interval final yr.
Thoughts you, that’s nonetheless much less of a decline than that skilled by nearly all of its opponents, whereas the small-car phase is down 24.3 per cent general. However whereas the i30 Sedan lineup has grown, gaining hybrid variants since launch, the i30 Hatch vary has shrunk.
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