Hyundai i30 hatch dead, i20 N dying

Hyundai Australia has finally pulled the plug on its venerable but popular i30 hatch and confirmed production of the i20 N hot hatch will wrap in March. The bigger and hotter i30 N hatch will live on a while longer, outlasting its lesser N-Line stablemates.

Having arrived Down Under in 2017, the PD i30 has been through two facelifts and is comfortably the oldest model in Hyundai Australia’s portfolio at eight-years-old.

A production shift from Korea to Europe served as the catalyst for its second major overhaul and saw the line-up gutted from eight variants down to just two (excluding the hot Ns), both of which received a much more modern turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder mild hybrid (MHEV) powertrain and sporty N-Line treatment.

In the end, it’s the Euro transition that’s sounded the death knell for the venerable, value-driven hatch which shot up in price last year and has proven harder (and more expensive) to source.

“i30 MHEV production for the Australian market will cease from December 2025,” Hyundai Australia PR senior manager Guido Schenken told carsales.

“The decision has been made to discontinue this model due to sourcing complexities and costs out of Europe.”

Production of the smaller i20 N hot hatch meantime has also been confirmed to wrap in March as Hyundai readies the next generation of performance product. However, Schenken revealed the angry pocket rocket would remain on sale until the end of 2026.

“We have secured a strong final production run to ensure we have enough stock to last through to the end of next year.”

It’s unclear if Hyundai is trying to ramp up i30 MHEV imports before December, but a quick look at carsales’ classifieds reveals there to be a mountain of dealer inventory already here.

Once stock is depleted, it’s likely the i30 Sedan and Kona small SUV will pick up most of the hatch’s demand.

That said, the PD i30 isn’t disappearing entirely; the hot N versions will stick around for a while and eventually become the only five-door i30s you can buy in Australia from the factory – just like the smaller i20.

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