@@aXimo SUVs only sell the best because manufacturers force them onto consumers, dumbass. the ford fiesta is a small car that was consistently among the best-selling cars in the UK, but ford removed it from production anyway- consumers can't buy a car that isn't for sale.
Many Americans and Africans still like big tank size cars because they think bigger means more prestige even when they are only one person in the car most of the time.
This what the EV market now needs. We've had all the larger £40k plus executive style EV's. What we need now, are smaller, less costly EV's, and this one is a fine example... It's a city commuter, although with a 200 mile range it could go well beyond a city environment.... There seems to be quite a lot of thoughtful design in this car. Why don't more cars offer a folding front passenger seat to increase practicality?
Exactly the kind of car that is required to reduce air pollution and congestion on our roads. I expect it will sell very well as it comes with a five year warranty and hyundia"s reputation for quality and reliability.
There are far better colours available than the black. I'm surprised you didn't fold down the drivers seat too! One of the drawcards for this car has to be that you can go camping in it! It has vehicle to load, you can literally pump up an air mattress to use IN the car using THE CAR! Really is an impressive little thing.
This is such a cool little car. I had a facelifted Kona Electric for 3 years and it was amazing. This is going to sell so well in the UK! If I wasn't a wheelchair user I'd have this as my next car. I don't see it replacing my AWD bZ4X though 😔
Really wish they would bring these to the US. We need more small car options here, and this absolutely trounces the FIAT 500e in practicality and price. I love the styling. This would slot in perfectly as a fantastic city car with just enough specs to pull off road trips without being a nightmare like the Bolt.
Fantastic small car. I actually didn’t think it was possible to achieve a car this good, at this price point, without being a complete S box. The physical controls shouldn’t have excited me as much as the did though.
Got rid of the 17” alloy wheels that came with my gen 3 Prius, got a set of 15” with 2” more sidewall rubber therefore. Much better ride quality, and the car doesn’t suffer as badly either. Very little change in width of the tyre, half-inch perhaps. Like several councils, ours is virtually bankrupt, with local roads being their purview, I looked at your wheels and tyre combo in concern. ! Really, the trend for low profiles surely is based on imaginary roads we in the UK no longer even aspire to. But it’s your cars, fit what you want, this is just my opinion. Good little car otherwise. Take care all.
I'm an American and my daily is a Chevy Bolt. It's also all electric, quite small, but they put a 200 hp electric motor in it. Performance is VERY tire-limited but it scoots up to 60 in maybe 6.5. I don't know if a fast car is ever needed - but the jump from a car this slow to my Bolt really makes it easier to drive under any condition. This car would be a very tough sell here. But the style and the clever ideas are great. I'd love to see this car's style adapted to the next gen Kia Soul or even the Hyundai Kona.
@@dmytronazarenkov1312 none of the brochures of any country in Europe has this as an orderable feature. Not in Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia. Dont missunderstand me, I would be happy if.
Yes, i don't get it why i can not have it as an option like the Sunroof. Ventilated seats r more efficient then AC , same as heated seats r more efficient then the normal heater = more range. Sad to not have that option.
Great video Doug, but this is not the Inster 02 - it’s the European model (maybe the Evolve Sky). The Inster 02 does not have (and cannot have) a sunroof.
It appears to be significantly more than the sum of its parts. The issue is that the fully spec’ed version is not priced much below the base Kia EV3, which offers rather more.
When the early walkarounds were done a few months ago, they showed both the front passenger and driver seat as being foldable. Is it now only the passenger seat that can be folded down?
The newer Jazz does about 8.9 (based on real world tests, Honda claims 9.4) so that's a bit of a difference compared to the 11.4 0-60 for the slower Inster models. But those are still pretty reasonable figures for most drivers, especially with the instant torque from the electric motors.
10 seconds is fine for everyday driving. My car does 9 with 110hp and I almost never use the full acceleration. The only time I find my car lacking is when it's fully loaded with 4 or 5 people but even then it's ok. This is on uk mixed roads. I wouldn't want a sports car with that motor but as a economy box car the inster will be fine, especially at lower town speeds.
It's a Chinese car. The CCP has vested interest in the company. No one in their proper mind should even contemplate the possibility of buying a Chinese car when the revenue from its sale goes straight to the CCP coffers. Boycott Chinese products, for the sake of mankind.
Love this size Car, Not too Big and Awkward, The outside Looks Good, And the inside as well, Love the Buttons, Quick and Easy to use, The only Fault I can Pick is the Size of the Motor, Maybe it's me But I would have Liked to see a Bigger Motor, For Highway Driving and Going up Hills. Also for Overtaking Trucks and Caravans, Without too much Problems. Other than that, Great Little Car.
This would be great if it had a little more range and then be considered as an only car. As it is I'll wait for the Kia EV2 and see ifvthat is an improvement.
Does this differ by country? I see that Czech Republic price lists lists folding front seats (as well as being able to move/recline rear seats) as being included in all trim levels except for the cheapest one.
Sometimes yes. So the Hyundai dealer in my country may only bring the top variant for the first year, and maybe the mid spec when sales on the top spec begin to drop. They may only bring lower trims when they realise that import dealers are selling a lot of them. So what the Hyundai dealership locally say is their cheapest model may be mid tier model in other regions.
I love the clever designs in the Inster and the technology, however its base model is simply too expensive. The MG4 is not a comparison as it's so cheap and nasty. However, against the Renault 5EV and Citroen E-C3 it isn't cheap enough. The closest to this is the VW E-Up (as a tiny city car). Besides the fact that VW no longer make it, most would prefer a VW badge than a Hyundai badge.... Maybe (just maybe) great finance packages will help it.
You're joking right? I own both VW and Hyundai. Hyundai all day long. Better built, Better value for money, better reliability, better customer service and a 5 year warranty. And Hyundai are not massively in debt (several billion $) and closing factories all over the place. VW's future looks a bit grim.
Interesting but does it worth £10k more than a Dacia Spring? Hmm, I can see a comparison test coming... Dacia Spring vs Citroën e-C3 vs Hyundai Inster, which is best? ⁉️🤔
My family is 5. It's a pity all these small cars only have 4 seats. Makes it something I can never buy. Hopefully a small, affordable, 5 seater EV comes out soon, my cars pretty old now (2013).
There will be a few people who will be determined to sleep on one, just to say they have, but, if you have the money to buy one of these, then just get a cheap b@b.
Nice vehicle - and trustworthy manufacturer. Reviewers are obsessed with "good/bad plastic". - it's plastic - even in the appalling new Porsche - plastic plastic plastic is what we live in now. Nice to see Android choice, instead of the zombie Apple krap. This is £21k in Korea - even with the recent 20% price increases... This is not really an EV to run a complex driving life with ( which applies to 100% of EVs) but is obviously a City car winner... pity about storage Oh - and it doesn't have a "middle" back seat ... and we know how often an uncomfortable, cramped, narrow middle seat is needed... ( 3 kid families the exception...)
Efficiency at 3.9 miles per kWh is poor for such a small and modestly powered EV. My Fiat 500e has averaged a mediocre 4.6 miles per kWh over the last 3 years, but at least it has brisk performance.
They just need to make the finance cheaper now. Quoted nearly £400 pm. I have a perfect credit rating. I think not. That was leasing. Three months down over four years. Far too expensive. Leaseloco will probably be cheaper towards the middle of next year. Needs to be nearer £300
Those of us old enough to remember the original mini car would not call this "small" and those of us not made of money would not call it "cheap". That said, I do like it, but enough with the hyperbole
It's a completely different car. Not everyone wants a Tesla, not everyone has the space for one or maybe doesn't want to support a fascist loving billionaire. Also this is brand new and when they are available second hand it will cost less than the Tesla. Apples and oranges.
Wow, I'm amazed to see that my wife's 7 year old Ioniq 28kwh can charge twice as fast from (10%-80% in approx. 15min) and still return and average 4.8miles/kwh. So it looks like its a keeper then...
Its roughly the same charge speed mate. It's just a bigger battery, you'll probably get similar mileage in a similar charge time. I'm not saying the ioniq isn't awesome though. Its a very different car though.
As others have touched on within the comments, the decision to compare the Hyundai with the MG4 is floored (putting it politely), and personally, I’m getting bored of the negativity projected at MG by this channel. You reference some of the other “affordable” options that have launched this year (which are genuine competitors) and then don’t make reference to any of them. With regard to the car, I like it! Isn’t it interesting that the things which make this car so appealing are, in summary, its creative packaging. Which allows it to offer the practicality, etc. it just shows what can be done when a design team actually thinks about what they’re doing. Other brands need to sit up and listen… it’s NOT a race to see who can put the biggest touchscreen on the dash…
Fully charged said this was going to come out with petrol as well as electric in their walk around video, Soooooo disappointed to find out that’s actually not the case
If you want a small city car that's petrol you have a huge choice out there already, especially second hand. Please don't moan about one of the first decent EV ones.
It is cheap relative to the electric car category. Remember also that prices in the UK are higher. On the continent the starting price is around £20k and in South Korea it's under £17k.
The charging time overhead combined with low range that wouldn't even get me through a 4 hour journey, even before battery degradation kicks in, means this vehicle is only useful for those people that absolutely will never ever go on a long journey or people that are willing to add a couple of hours onto an already long journey just for a topup, assuming you can find a spot. If you are one of those people, and your home has been adapted to have a home charger - looks ok I guess. But this vehicle, like most non-hybrids EVs also isn't economically viable either thanks to the high price of electricity in the UK compared to other nations. +1 for tactile buttons though. Touchscreens have their uses, but physical buttons are more practical and safe.
Most families have 2 cars these days, so this car is fine for short journeys and if they want to go on longer journeys they can use their other EV that has more range and quicker charging!
Have you actually lived with an EV? I have. I have an E-C4 with fairly similar range to this as it's a slightly older generation, though it will charge a touch faster. Round town and on my commute to the office of 50 miles twice a week it's unbeatably comfortable. It's far more responsive than most ICE cars of a similar size and type because of that gearless powertrain. it's quiter than any car I've ever been in all the way up to luxury sedans. For most folk they'll charge at home on their drive - even at the highest domestic rates of around 30p per kwh, that's going to mean an absolute maximum spend of £13.20 (44kw usable battery x 0.3) for around 200 miles on mixed driving, therefore 400 miles (a tank of petrol on my previous car, CX30 2.0 Skyactiv-x Mild hybrid) is £26.40. That car cost at least £60 in petrol to fill up to cover approx the same distance. Most EV drivers will use far cheaper specialist tariffs that kick in overnight and save an absolute fortune. I dont charge at home as I can't. But I do charge at the office as I can. There are ever more solutions coming out for charging if you dont have a drive (kerb chargers) and all sorts so this becomes ever more viable almost daily for every day folk). If you are the sort of person that insists they need to drive from London to Edinburgh without stopping (which is both unwise and in fact against the suggestions of the highway code), you are right that a long journey will be more arduous. However I've always been a "stop for 10-20" minutes every couple of hours person - there's literally no hardship to stopping and plugging into a charger to get you a bit more go. It's expensive I grant but that's offset by the reduced running costs throughout the year. I have been up and down the country and it has so far cost me less than 5 minutes of inconvenience, simply because I hit Cobham services at lunch time on a saturday and had to wait a touch to charge. it has otherwise required genuinely zero adaptation. Servicing is cheaper - as a 1st service for the petrol version of this car from Citroen is over £200 while the first service is around £80. 2nd Service double for each and then the car goes to services every two years. Insurance is roughly the same price as I was paying before. The only cost I can think of being greater is the tyres are more expensive as the recommended options are all reinforced due to the weight. Thats about it. Battery degradation is really nowhere near as bad as everyone seems to think it will be. Early LEAF models absolutely melted their batteries for sure but there are first gen teslas out there with 400,000km ranges in them with perfectly usable ranges. I have an OBD reader in my which has shown me how much the battery has degenerated in the first year of ownership - less than 1%. I suspect this is because our work chargers are 3.6kw and I dont often get a full charge just ping between 30 and 80%. But its proof it's absolutely possible to have a long and fruitful life with an EV. And then finally when I got the deal on it, the monthly payments were significantly less than the ICE version of the car. It was. Well. A genuine no brainer. The Inster comes from a generation of much newer, more advanced EVs than mine. Better in gear tech, better battery chemistries and generally better balanced price to performance ratios. I have no doubt it'll sell like hotcakes. I guess the point of this long ramble was "it's really not like that to live with" if you're prepared to try it. There are of course specific use cases where it just wont work. Towing a caravan for example or perhaps if you regularly drive out to the Hebrides. Otherwise though lots of folk could happily go EV.
Charging from home is still massively cheaper than running an ICE though, even with our prices. You're talking only a few quid for 200 miles range if you charge at night for example. At the pumps you'd be looking at £20 for the same range, for an economical hybrid. And most people genuinely don't go on long trips, and can just take some breaks on the once-every-few-years that they need to travel the length of the country. It's not that big of a deal.
For a moment there, I thought you were going to show me the boot space with the rear seats in the forward position. Alas not, just like every other review I’ve seen so far. It’s a dog thing.
Because it's smaller than a golf? Easier to park, cheaper to run, electric powered, longer warranty, lower servicing costs? Its an A/B segment car with all the pos and cons of that.
Have you been in a coma for a decade? Inflation is a thing, so when they say cheap, they're talking about cheap based on todays markets, not based on what the markets were like 15 years ago.
Glad to see a manufacturer not bring out a new car which is the size of a tank. This is what the market is crying out for.
Oh, you mean those SUV that everyone hates, but somehow those are the cars that sells the best?
@@aXimo SUVs only sell the best because manufacturers force them onto consumers, dumbass. the ford fiesta is a small car that was consistently among the best-selling cars in the UK, but ford removed it from production anyway- consumers can't buy a car that isn't for sale.
Many Americans and Africans still like big tank size cars because they think bigger means more prestige even when they are only one person in the car most of the time.
@@aXimo Fr people in the US buying cars like they have african roads
@@aXimo No, there is a real need for smaller EVs, without the sarcasm.
This what the EV market now needs. We've had all the larger £40k plus executive style EV's. What we need now, are smaller, less costly EV's, and this one is a fine example... It's a city commuter, although with a 200 mile range it could go well beyond a city environment.... There seems to be quite a lot of thoughtful design in this car. Why don't more cars offer a folding front passenger seat to increase practicality?
Exactly the kind of car that is required to reduce air pollution and congestion on our roads. I expect it will sell very well as it comes with a five year warranty and hyundia"s reputation for quality and reliability.
How is it going to reduce congestion?
@@12alocin Can fit two of them inside a range rover, I guess
Best EV reviews are from What Car, for sure. Concise, informative, not repetitive and no irritating amateur comedy. Thank you so much.
There are far better colours available than the black. I'm surprised you didn't fold down the drivers seat too! One of the drawcards for this car has to be that you can go camping in it! It has vehicle to load, you can literally pump up an air mattress to use IN the car using THE CAR! Really is an impressive little thing.
I agree with your spec details. Not the best car review in the world. Other sites have been far more detailed.
Oh very cool, didn't think of that. Great for festivals or the like.
Damn, here's you coming in with the interesting stuff! Nice one
What a cracking little car, very well designed 👍🏾
Looks like a fab car and finally at a realistic cost
This is just perfect as a city roundabout, Inster also looks quite interesting, great job by Hyundai ❤❤
This is such a cool little car. I had a facelifted Kona Electric for 3 years and it was amazing.
This is going to sell so well in the UK! If I wasn't a wheelchair user I'd have this as my next car. I don't see it replacing my AWD bZ4X though 😔
This is far preferable to the dodgy Chinese competitors.
The Chinese vehicles themselves aren't dodgy, but the problems of spares and support if tarrifs get imposed could well be...
Thanks for a comprehensive review. This is the sort of city car Skoda should be producing as a new Yeti.
Really wish they would bring these to the US. We need more small car options here, and this absolutely trounces the FIAT 500e in practicality and price. I love the styling. This would slot in perfectly as a fantastic city car with just enough specs to pull off road trips without being a nightmare like the Bolt.
Fantastic small car. I actually didn’t think it was possible to achieve a car this good, at this price point, without being a complete S box. The physical controls shouldn’t have excited me as much as the did though.
Got rid of the 17” alloy wheels that came with my gen 3 Prius, got a set of 15” with 2” more sidewall rubber therefore. Much better ride quality, and the car doesn’t suffer as badly either. Very little change in width of the tyre, half-inch perhaps. Like several councils, ours is virtually bankrupt, with local roads being their purview, I looked at your wheels and tyre combo in concern. ! Really, the trend for low profiles surely is based on imaginary roads we in the UK no longer even aspire to. But it’s your cars, fit what you want, this is just my opinion. Good little car otherwise. Take care all.
I fail to see how "Inster" is a combination of "intimate" and "innovative".
Probably in korean
The drivers seat also folds flat so you can sleep in it.
Shut the front door
I'm an American and my daily is a Chevy Bolt. It's also all electric, quite small, but they put a 200 hp electric motor in it. Performance is VERY tire-limited but it scoots up to 60 in maybe 6.5. I don't know if a fast car is ever needed - but the jump from a car this slow to my Bolt really makes it easier to drive under any condition. This car would be a very tough sell here. But the style and the clever ideas are great. I'd love to see this car's style adapted to the next gen Kia Soul or even the Hyundai Kona.
6:43 why your car missing ventilated seats? In Korea there are buttons for those feature below the Heated Seats buttons
Cause it will not selled in Europe.
@@HerrBert-xh5eq it's already can be pre ordered
@@dmytronazarenkov1312 none of the brochures of any country in Europe has this as an orderable feature.
Not in Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia.
Dont missunderstand me, I would be happy if.
Yes, i don't get it why i can not have it as an option like the Sunroof. Ventilated seats r more efficient then AC , same as heated seats r more efficient then the normal heater = more range. Sad to not have that option.
Great video and honest comments
May I know the Hyundai Inster UK version production line located?
South Korea
At last. A normal electric car at a more realistic price
Great video Doug, but this is not the Inster 02 - it’s the European model (maybe the Evolve Sky). The Inster 02 does not have (and cannot have) a sunroof.
please review the citroen e-c3.
I love it but it really should’ve been called Casper. Inster is such a stupid name.
Go to South Korea then
It appears to be significantly more than the sum of its parts. The issue is that the fully spec’ed version is not priced much below the base Kia EV3, which offers rather more.
Very good review. Thanks. Per (DK)
the key for this is unlike the spring can easily do motorway journeys on it
This is the car I want next I think. Looks really good to me.
When the early walkarounds were done a few months ago, they showed both the front passenger and driver seat as being foldable. Is it now only the passenger seat that can be folded down?
No. Both fold flat
Physical climate controls ❤❤❤
Let's hope less insane acceleration translates into lower insurance costs. It accelerates about the same, e.g. as a ICE Honda Jazz.
The newer Jazz does about 8.9 (based on real world tests, Honda claims 9.4) so that's a bit of a difference compared to the 11.4 0-60 for the slower Inster models. But those are still pretty reasonable figures for most drivers, especially with the instant torque from the electric motors.
@BritishTeaLover Ours is an older Jazz and it's around the 10.5 s I believe. But I've never tested it and it's fine for my needs.
10 seconds is fine for everyday driving. My car does 9 with 110hp and I almost never use the full acceleration. The only time I find my car lacking is when it's fully loaded with 4 or 5 people but even then it's ok. This is on uk mixed roads.
I wouldn't want a sports car with that motor but as a economy box car the inster will be fine, especially at lower town speeds.
The rear parcel shelf could be stowed in the rear passenger footwell if dropping both rear seats to carry cargo.
you mentioned the MG4 multiple times but you may not be aware you can get an MG5 Brand new from the dealer for 22k now thats 10k off list price.
It's a Chinese car. The CCP has vested interest in the company.
No one in their proper mind should even contemplate the possibility of buying a Chinese car when the revenue from its sale goes straight to the CCP coffers.
Boycott Chinese products, for the sake of mankind.
Love this size Car, Not too Big and Awkward, The outside Looks Good, And the inside as well, Love the Buttons, Quick and Easy to use, The only Fault I can Pick is the Size of the Motor, Maybe it's me But I would have Liked to see a Bigger Motor, For Highway Driving and Going up Hills. Also for Overtaking Trucks and Caravans, Without too much Problems. Other than that, Great Little Car.
This would be great if it had a little more range and then be considered as an only car.
As it is I'll wait for the Kia EV2 and see ifvthat is an improvement.
Does the Hyundai Inster come with V2G capability? 
Yes
I like the idea of this car and may encourage me to go and have a look at one.
Looking forward to seeing this on the used market in a few years time at a very reasonable price.
Also judging by how many people seem split by it's looks in the comments could be a bargain for us that like it 👍
How much are they in Korea?
great review
the car has a lot of good points but its unfortunate that you have to get the top range model for folding seats
Does this differ by country? I see that Czech Republic price lists lists folding front seats (as well as being able to move/recline rear seats) as being included in all trim levels except for the cheapest one.
Sometimes yes. So the Hyundai dealer in my country may only bring the top variant for the first year, and maybe the mid spec when sales on the top spec begin to drop. They may only bring lower trims when they realise that import dealers are selling a lot of them. So what the Hyundai dealership locally say is their cheapest model may be mid tier model in other regions.
Well done for including efficiency.
I love those rims! Not sure about the rest.
I like this car inside and out, will be reliable too.
I want to buy but how please tell me
I'll never understand why more manufacturers don't design small cars with the "magic" rear seats you see in the Jazz.
Looks a class car.
Great to see £20k+ ev's now.
Still a new MG trophy pre reg 24 zero miles is £22k so I would go for it.
Really? =)
MG has worse quality.
One of the worst brand by quantity of problem.
Choosing MG? It's a joke, right?
I love the clever designs in the Inster and the technology, however its base model is simply too expensive.
The MG4 is not a comparison as it's so cheap and nasty. However, against the Renault 5EV and Citroen E-C3 it isn't cheap enough. The closest to this is the VW E-Up (as a tiny city car). Besides the fact that VW no longer make it, most would prefer a VW badge than a Hyundai badge....
Maybe (just maybe) great finance packages will help it.
You're joking right? I own both VW and Hyundai. Hyundai all day long. Better built, Better value for money, better reliability, better customer service and a 5 year warranty. And Hyundai are not massively in debt (several billion $) and closing factories all over the place. VW's future looks a bit grim.
Interesting but does it worth £10k more than a Dacia Spring? Hmm, I can see a comparison test coming... Dacia Spring vs Citroën e-C3 vs Hyundai Inster, which is best? ⁉️🤔
My family is 5. It's a pity all these small cars only have 4 seats. Makes it something I can never buy. Hopefully a small, affordable, 5 seater EV comes out soon, my cars pretty old now (2013).
Is it possible to sleep/camping in car after folding front seat?
There will be a few people who will be determined to sleep on one, just to say they have, but, if you have the money to buy one of these, then just get a cheap b@b.
yeeeeeeeeeees
Nice vehicle - and trustworthy manufacturer. Reviewers are obsessed with "good/bad plastic". - it's plastic - even in the appalling new Porsche - plastic plastic plastic is what we live in now. Nice to see Android choice, instead of the zombie Apple krap. This is £21k in Korea - even with the recent 20% price increases...
This is not really an EV to run a complex driving life with ( which applies to 100% of EVs) but is obviously a City car winner... pity about storage
Oh - and it doesn't have a "middle" back seat ... and we know how often an uncomfortable, cramped, narrow middle seat is needed... ( 3 kid families the exception...)
Taking on the Chinese for once. Well done.
Kei for westerns got dope
Better than the Dacia spring
Sure but the Spring is £10k cheaper... 🤔
You forgot to mention the sliding backseats
No he did show them.
really not a fan of electric car, but this one... I would probably buy it... if I had the money of course but still... not coming to NA so....
Isn't this an elctric version of a car they had in the domestic market for years and years? It's one way to bring costs down.
Is it left drive only ?
No. This is only a pre-production vehicle for press/PR activities.
Efficiency at 3.9 miles per kWh is poor for such a small and modestly powered EV.
My Fiat 500e has averaged a mediocre 4.6 miles per kWh over the last 3 years, but at least it has brisk performance.
Hard plastics mean that the car will make annoying sounds in cold or hot weather.
Best, i3s 120ah 2019->
Yes, that would take some beating, considering how much you can get one for!
They just need to make the finance cheaper now. Quoted nearly £400 pm. I have a perfect credit rating. I think not. That was leasing. Three months down over four years. Far too expensive. Leaseloco will probably be cheaper towards the middle of next year. Needs to be nearer £300
i love Kia Ray
The name sucks though. Casper is the much cooler name.
Those of us old enough to remember the original mini car would not call this "small" and those of us not made of money would not call it "cheap". That said, I do like it, but enough with the hyperbole
I think it is a great car for the price.
A better MINI than a MINI.
For that money I'd buy a used Tesla Model 3. Couple of years old, 20k miles for £16kish.
It's a completely different car. Not everyone wants a Tesla, not everyone has the space for one or maybe doesn't want to support a fascist loving billionaire.
Also this is brand new and when they are available second hand it will cost less than the Tesla. Apples and oranges.
Wow, I'm amazed to see that my wife's 7 year old Ioniq 28kwh can charge twice as fast from (10%-80% in approx. 15min) and still return and average 4.8miles/kwh. So it looks like its a keeper then...
Its roughly the same charge speed mate. It's just a bigger battery, you'll probably get similar mileage in a similar charge time. I'm not saying the ioniq isn't awesome though. Its a very different car though.
Lovely car but too exy! My pal just bought a new MG 4 for $30990 in Australia which is about £15500.
mg is chynese junk
Will take sales from Honda, similar size to a jazz
As others have touched on within the comments, the decision to compare the Hyundai with the MG4 is floored (putting it politely), and personally, I’m getting bored of the negativity projected at MG by this channel. You reference some of the other “affordable” options that have launched this year (which are genuine competitors) and then don’t make reference to any of them.
With regard to the car, I like it! Isn’t it interesting that the things which make this car so appealing are, in summary, its creative packaging. Which allows it to offer the practicality, etc.
it just shows what can be done when a design team actually thinks about what they’re doing. Other brands need to sit up and listen… it’s NOT a race to see who can put the biggest touchscreen on the dash…
It is the same car that Mat Watson has recently reviewed, same licence plate 😅
I've now seen 4 different reviews all using the exact same vehicle!
Fully charged said this was going to come out with petrol as well as electric in their walk around video, Soooooo disappointed to find out that’s actually not the case
Er, Earth calling.....!!
...... the world is going electric......
..... Who the f*** want petrol, ffs......!?!?
@@andymccabe6712 why do you type like that?
If you want a small city car that's petrol you have a huge choice out there already, especially second hand. Please don't moan about one of the first decent EV ones.
How the hell is 24 grand a cheap car. Especially for a budget quality brand small car
Naughty boy...
It is cheap relative to the electric car category. Remember also that prices in the UK are higher. On the continent the starting price is around £20k and in South Korea it's under £17k.
23 something for this ? !!!.You get what you pay for !
Really don't care if my car has hard plastic on the interior.
My BMW i3 has hard plastic in the interior, and that cost 40k brand new.
Naw that rege plate, its indeed a LII HYN
Once again, Hyundai is selling only their most expensive cars in the U.S. why don’t we get affordable cars in the U.S.?
American people don't prefer smaller cars
hyundai spinster
well done 😂
EV cars cost of elec. mileage is 50~60% cheaper than similar combustion cars at same distance.
Shame it's LHD.
The charging time overhead combined with low range that wouldn't even get me through a 4 hour journey, even before battery degradation kicks in, means this vehicle is only useful for those people that absolutely will never ever go on a long journey or people that are willing to add a couple of hours onto an already long journey just for a topup, assuming you can find a spot. If you are one of those people, and your home has been adapted to have a home charger - looks ok I guess. But this vehicle, like most non-hybrids EVs also isn't economically viable either thanks to the high price of electricity in the UK compared to other nations. +1 for tactile buttons though. Touchscreens have their uses, but physical buttons are more practical and safe.
Most families have 2 cars these days, so this car is fine for short journeys and if they want to go on longer journeys they can use their other EV that has more range and quicker charging!
Have you actually lived with an EV?
I have. I have an E-C4 with fairly similar range to this as it's a slightly older generation, though it will charge a touch faster. Round town and on my commute to the office of 50 miles twice a week it's unbeatably comfortable. It's far more responsive than most ICE cars of a similar size and type because of that gearless powertrain. it's quiter than any car I've ever been in all the way up to luxury sedans. For most folk they'll charge at home on their drive - even at the highest domestic rates of around 30p per kwh, that's going to mean an absolute maximum spend of £13.20 (44kw usable battery x 0.3) for around 200 miles on mixed driving, therefore 400 miles (a tank of petrol on my previous car, CX30 2.0 Skyactiv-x Mild hybrid) is £26.40. That car cost at least £60 in petrol to fill up to cover approx the same distance. Most EV drivers will use far cheaper specialist tariffs that kick in overnight and save an absolute fortune.
I dont charge at home as I can't. But I do charge at the office as I can. There are ever more solutions coming out for charging if you dont have a drive (kerb chargers) and all sorts so this becomes ever more viable almost daily for every day folk).
If you are the sort of person that insists they need to drive from London to Edinburgh without stopping (which is both unwise and in fact against the suggestions of the highway code), you are right that a long journey will be more arduous. However I've always been a "stop for 10-20" minutes every couple of hours person - there's literally no hardship to stopping and plugging into a charger to get you a bit more go. It's expensive I grant but that's offset by the reduced running costs throughout the year. I have been up and down the country and it has so far cost me less than 5 minutes of inconvenience, simply because I hit Cobham services at lunch time on a saturday and had to wait a touch to charge. it has otherwise required genuinely zero adaptation.
Servicing is cheaper - as a 1st service for the petrol version of this car from Citroen is over £200 while the first service is around £80. 2nd Service double for each and then the car goes to services every two years. Insurance is roughly the same price as I was paying before. The only cost I can think of being greater is the tyres are more expensive as the recommended options are all reinforced due to the weight. Thats about it.
Battery degradation is really nowhere near as bad as everyone seems to think it will be. Early LEAF models absolutely melted their batteries for sure but there are first gen teslas out there with 400,000km ranges in them with perfectly usable ranges. I have an OBD reader in my which has shown me how much the battery has degenerated in the first year of ownership - less than 1%. I suspect this is because our work chargers are 3.6kw and I dont often get a full charge just ping between 30 and 80%. But its proof it's absolutely possible to have a long and fruitful life with an EV.
And then finally when I got the deal on it, the monthly payments were significantly less than the ICE version of the car. It was. Well. A genuine no brainer.
The Inster comes from a generation of much newer, more advanced EVs than mine. Better in gear tech, better battery chemistries and generally better balanced price to performance ratios. I have no doubt it'll sell like hotcakes.
I guess the point of this long ramble was "it's really not like that to live with" if you're prepared to try it. There are of course specific use cases where it just wont work. Towing a caravan for example or perhaps if you regularly drive out to the Hebrides. Otherwise though lots of folk could happily go EV.
Charging from home is still massively cheaper than running an ICE though, even with our prices. You're talking only a few quid for 200 miles range if you charge at night for example. At the pumps you'd be looking at £20 for the same range, for an economical hybrid. And most people genuinely don't go on long trips, and can just take some breaks on the once-every-few-years that they need to travel the length of the country. It's not that big of a deal.
Went to a launch of this and it’s the first ever that I find interesting, still wish there was an ice option
Terrible name
It’s good that another player is bringing a small electric car to the market but does it have to be so ugly?
Sadly Hyundai follows the european EV maniac. In Korea and other markets the car is sold with abn combuster engine👍, not so here in Europe 😢
For a moment there, I thought you were going to show me the boot space with the rear seats in the forward position. Alas not, just like every other review I’ve seen so far. It’s a dog thing.
£25k for this? Why would you buy this instead of a Golf? It may look better than the Dacia but you can get a Dacia for £10k.
Because it's smaller than a golf? Easier to park, cheaper to run, electric powered, longer warranty, lower servicing costs?
Its an A/B segment car with all the pos and cons of that.
an electric below 25k wow
Its a suzuki ignis with a battery still £ 5k to much
MG is an 100% Chinese Car, which means it has the CHEAPEST battery packs and PE system.
Please stop making all EVs with goofy ah wheels .. I want a normal looking car, I don’t need it to scream EV EV look at me
No any company make car for you😂😂
This is a normal car that happens to be electric. Have you not seen the video?
It’s called aero but literally the MG4 in the intro has normal alloys…
This isn't cheap. Cheap is 10,000 pounds
Have you been in a coma for a decade? Inflation is a thing, so when they say cheap, they're talking about cheap based on todays markets, not based on what the markets were like 15 years ago.
What new car costs 10k? Only Ami, I think but that's just an oversized moped
My fiesta in the 90s cost £10k 😂
I’m getting a small Skoda roomster vibes from this.
My cheapish Skoda cost 15 grand 8 years ago. Cheap now is 20 grand not 10.
Really terrible interior. It doesn't "look fairly attractive" at all
It goes from bad to worse.
Awful looking rubbish.
A baby car .
Poky car,sliding rear seats and Christmas lights in the front,give me MG4 any time.
Fiat 500: Am I a joke to you?
kack-Car🤨