Hyundai Kona

Since you've recently purchased: I'm looking to buy soon (probably be July, go for the 222). I forgot to ask the sales guy about the wallbox (I'll grab details when I go for my test drive in a few days but always better to get personal insights on experience from actual customers)

What wallbox did you go for? Does Hyundai offer their own (I see the EU website does list this, but nothing on IE, and my neigbhours have the VW ID.3 and got a VW wallbox). Is there any advantage to going for a branded box, vs going for a Zappi or something like that? Long term of course you could end up changing car brands over the years anyway.

Interesting - I'm going for a test drive at the weekend so will take a close look at all dimensions.

I currently have a Duster - LOVE my Duster, and have been putting off the EV upgrade mostly due to range anxiety and high purchase price. However, with the skyrocketing fuel prices of late, the Kona 64kW having a decent range, and my Duster have a surprisingly good trade-in value (got the quote today), I can actually work a decent deal on the EV switch.

Its the boot shape in the Kona too that makes it unworkable imo. And make sure you check the size with the back seats up as if a passenger is sitting in them.

No point looking at boot space with the back seats flat imo, unless you never have back seat passengers when you go anywhere.

So test drive at the weekend, and while initial visuals were a little underwhelming, it's a real treat to drive! I was surprised at how heavy the car is (battery weight makes it 300kg more than my Duster!), but that means it sticks to the road, even on the sharpest bends. Steering is firm and responsive, the car feels solid and safe and sturdy, but it's so comfortable, there's more than enough room in the drivers seat as well as for my arms (was worried about the very 'busy' centre console with storage box etc - absolutely no issue in the end)

It's very odd, going from 2 decades of manual gearbox, to fully automatic (I've driven, but never owned, automatics in the past), but surprisingly easy to adjust to (in just the 20 minute test drive I did)

I LOVE the computerised display and the media system - looking forward to fully exploring those, but I'm a number geek, and those stats had me giddy with excitement! All at my fingertips!

So order placed, I opted to wait a little for the 222 plates, as the next shipment is expected next month, but given registration time, etc, was told it would be mid-June-ish, so it makes sense to hold out just that little extra for July. Excited!!!

Edit to add: yes the boot is smaller than expected, but it's not small, it looks more than sufficient for my purposes

Done it 4 times. first 3 @ 80 quid each. The last 150. The most expensive wash. They argued they've changed the cabin filter and something more. My bad I didn't ask first how much, assuming it will be the same as previous 3. Ask around.

Hi all.

Does anyone know the different trims/specs that were available on 2020 models. I can’t find it online. Also, were emergency braking or adaptive cruise control an option on the models available in Ireland?

Thanks in advance