2024 Hyundai i30 sedan arrives, hybrid coming soon

Pricing and specification details have been released today for the upgraded 2024 Hyundai i30 sedan, which introduces a host of changes including the debut of a frugal new hybrid powertrain option – a first for the i30 in Australia.

Now arriving in showrooms, the 2024 Hyundai i30 sedan now opens at $29,000 plus on-road costs, moving as high as $41,500 plus ORCs – and least until the hybrid models turn up in the second quarter of next year carrying a premium.

High-series hybrid model pricing is still to be released, but the entry hybrid is set at $33,000 plus on-road costs, placing it only a few hundred dollars above the only other petrol-electric car in the mainstream small sedan and hatchback segment – the Toyota Corolla Hybrid (from $29,270), which is still subject to major delivery delays.

The entry pricing for the petrol-engined i30 sedan marks a $3000 increase on the previous i30 Active sedan, with the option of a cheaper manual transmission also quietly removed from the line-up as part of the update.

See our price list below.

Five model grades are available, beginning with the entry i30, and moving through Elite, Premium, N Line and N Line Premium tiers. The hybrid is available in entry, Elite and Premium guise.

Hyundai says the price hikes it has applied are justified by additional standard equipment for 2024, including LED headlights and daytime running lights, front parking sensors (previously rear only), a speed limit assist function and improvements to the forward collision/avoidance assist system.

Entry i30 sedan variants ride on 16-inch alloy wheels and feature a new patterned cloth trim on the seats.

One step up, Elite variants of the i30 sedan introduce connected car services and an auto-dimming rear-view mirror and LED rear positioning light.

The connected services are complimentary for the first five years of ownership, and are conveyed by a bigger 10.25-inch touch-screen display.

They include emergency service features, live traffic updates and the ability to remotely control the vehicle’s interior temperature.

Moving up to Premium grades adds parking collision warning, a Bose premium audio system, heated steering wheel and a blind spot view monitor (BVM) and surround view monitor (SVM), along with projection-type LED headlights and LED tail-lights.

Meanwhile, i30 N Line and N Line Premium sedan variants score a unique exterior treatment, 18-inch alloy wheels and black leather seats with red highlights – along with a punchier engine.

Three different engine choices are available, including a lightly updated 117kW/191Nm 2.0-litre naturally-aspirated petrol four-cylinder now matched exclusively to a CVT automatic, and a 150kW/265Nm 1.6-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder available solely in the N Line and N Line Premium models.

The new hybrid combines a version of the 1.6-litre turbo-petrol engine with a 32kW/170Nm electric motor powered by a 1.32kWh battery. Combined power output is still to be confirmed (expected to be a lower 103kW), while torque will be 265Nm – the same as the non-hybrid.

Hyundai claims a combined-cycle fuel consumption figure of 3.9L/100km for the hybrid. That compares to 6.1L/100km for the 2.0-litre MPi and an expected 6.8L/100km for the 1.6 T-GDi (to be confirmed).

The same hybrid powertrain is also destined for the Hyundai Kona and the Hyundai Tucson SUVs down the track.

The 2024 i30 sedan range is visually distinguished by a wide, split horizontal grille treatment and LED headlights up front, punctuated by a fastback-style rear treatment with a sculpted boot lid and a piano black trim panel.

Nine exterior colours are available.

Inside, the newcomer gets a revised wireless charging pad designed to accommodate larger mobile phones, front and rear USB-C outlets, a customisable, multifunction button on the steering wheel and a newly designed 4.2-inch digital instrument cluster on entry i30 trim.

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