Hyundai is planning next-generation variations of the Hyundai i10 metropolis automobile, Hyundai i20 supermini and Hyundai i30 household automobile – and is contemplating the way it can supply entry-level EVs sooner or later.
The Korean model’s i10 is certainly one of a quickly shrinking variety of metropolis automobiles on sale within the UK, because of the challenges security and emissions laws current in making small machines worthwhile – and consumers more and more turning to EVs.
However whereas some rivals are abandoning the marketplace for metropolis automobiles and conventional hatchbacks in favour of increasing their SUV line-ups, Hyundai is dedicated to the markets, stated European chief Michael Cole.
Speaking to Autocar on the launch of the second-generation Kona crossover, Cole stated: “We’re strategising now about what comes beneath [the] Kona long-term. For now, [the] i10, i20, i30 are all nonetheless in our plan, even for the following era. We’re taking a look at what we have now. Precisely what we can have throughout these three traces, I can’t say in the present day.”
Cole added that the following problem was to judge smaller EVs. He stated: “I imagine there is a market under [the] Kona and possibly even in additional conventional bodystyles, akin to hatchback. It’s in our considering, quite than essentially in our long-term plan now, however for the European market, we have now to be fascinated with that.
“We don’t need to lose any prospects, I don’t need to stroll away from any buyer group. So we have now to consider these i10, i20, i30 prospects. What may the longer term with electrification seem like for them? It doesn’t essentially imply it’s going to be [the] Hyundai Kona or Hyundai Ioniq 5. We’ve to consider what may come sub-Kona.”
Whereas the rising value of EVs is a priority, Cole famous that the seemingly larger headline worth for the brand new Kona is more likely to be offset by elevated residual values, which means that month-to-month PCP funds are more likely to stay just like the unique mannequin.
