The Hyundai INSTER sub-compact EV with 355km range will be officially released later this month. It was teased today and based on the CASPER ICE model available in some markets. Thoughts?
Dunno. All I know is I overtook the truck on the southbound carriageway near Ballacolla.
I thought the ships came into Cork, so they would be coming from Cork to the rest of the country.
I'm only telling you what I saw.
Appreciate it, thanks.
You've to go for the 49 kwh model to get the battery heating according to Hyundai Irelands spec details.
saw a load of them on transporters on the M50 last week too.
Depends on how cold. Close to 0 and you're getting into trouble. Unless the BMS sorts that out.
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Inster Cross on show here at Brussels Motor show
Is the roof rack the only difference on the cross or is it a bigger car?
Just made to look like an off-roader without actually being one. Cosmetic.
Slightly different bumpers, side skirts and the roof rack. No extra ground clearance
I'm sure I saw somewhere that the Cross is £30k+ in the UK. Can't see too many selling here if it's north of €30k.
The normal Inster I'd a good bit more expensive over there than here.
The UK Hyundai website, has the Cross with these additional features to the larger 49wk variant, and in UK its £2 k extra.
The Cross variant may not even come to Ireland ?
I have another update. I passed presumably the same truck this evening. This time full of Konas. Now this time it was on M7 before the turnoff for the M8 so can't be certain it was heading south to Cork or south west in the Limerick direction but it definitely wasn't coming from Cork and they were all brand new with tape still stuck to the panels.
I got a call from the dealer today saying they're expecting them (the boat mine is on anyway) to land in Cork in January 22nd and I should hopefully be driving it away the first week in February after all the customs and registration craic is dealt with.
That's brilliant. What colour did you go for?
Just the bleached ivory to get it as quick as possible. My current wagon is ready to fall apart from under me, so I don't want to wait a minute more than I have to!
That's €34k. Even if it was cheaper here at €30k they'd still struggle to sell in any kind of numbers. A lot of competition in that price range.
Just shows how the small car is doomed really. I thought this was a smashing little car when I was hearing figures of 20k thrown around but when they're having to turn it into a fake mini suv and adding the word cross pushing it up well into the 30s it just fails to make sense anymore.
You don't have to buy that model, the 20k car is still there.
Hopefully this Inster will do well as there's a lot of people who really only need this size car for a short run to the shop once or twice a week.
I can see it doing very well. It's been packaged very well and the price will tempt anyone thinking of buying a second hand id3 or similar to buy a brand new car instead.
It's a headturner too and I reckon it will age better than Hyundai's bigger bulkier evs.
it’s a bit marmite though, I thought it would be a great replacement for our I3 (another marmite car in the looks department ) but my wife dismissed it immediately based on its looks
So have Hyundai sorted out the iccu issue with this car which plagues the Ioniq 5 and 6?
Hopefully so as you'd imagine engineering out the problem when designing a new model wouldn't be a major issue.
agreed, an excellent package, if it suits you, and a 5 year unlimited mileage warranty on the car, 8 years (up to 160k kms)on the battery, 5 years roadside assistance and 5 free annual “health checks” included, its a very impressive overall package.
They know what causes it and the fix directly addresses this. Overheating in the ICCU which is fixed by software.
What is the on-the-road price of the cheapest model please? (hefty extra payment for metallic paint+delivery was inevitable for our Ioniq 5)
Also, what is the typical lead time?
Thanks
RE: prices, 19945 if you go for "Unbleached Ivory". Other colours are 295 or 595 extra.
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