Hyundai INSTER

I think that last line might sum things up! Re the colour, I wasn't fussy on it so was assigned a colour that would allow me to get the car as soon as possible as that spec and colour was "on the next ship". Anyway, hopefully my faith in Hyundai will be redeemed with no (further) delays with the Inster.

how do you get one?

300km review - Korean spec but video in English.

When I ordered my one they told me they would have a Demo car in Feb for test drives, but I haven't heard anything from them since.

Just got off the call with the dealer in Mullingar. They can only see that it's in transit, Hyundai has given no other info to dealerships.

There you go fiends, five insters on the top deck spotted this morning on Cork north ring. Theres probably more on the dockside in Cork to be moved.

Im sure thats my order there! LOL

For those that have ordered, could I ask if you did a test drive?

If you did, did you find the cabin cramped at all? My wife is currently driving a Seat Ateca (not a huge car by any means) and would be interested in this.

Thanks, we plan on a test drive soon.

The Khaki Green is the color I ordered, good to here it looks well. I saw the Black one in Carwow alright and it wasn't great. I saw the white one at the NEVO show in Dublin and it was fine. I don't fancy the light interior color on it but I think that's only the launch edition?, but its still nice overall and amazing space in it for a small car.

Just got a call, my car is ready for collection.

I've been critical of the dealer before but fair play, they've redeemed themselves this time around, only a week or so delay after.

Photos please!!

I'll answer as many as I can. I'll post a pic whenever I collect it, might be early next week or so. Wexford, he said they got two in this morning.

Looks like I'll be picking up Saturday as I need to decide whether to trade in or sell my old car privately and also inster needs to be registered and insured etc. Also car mats not in until tomorrow!

My SO and I both did a short test drive. Comfy to drive and ergonomics felt nice. I wouldn't call it the best handling hot hatch but it's planted on the road.

Wife says the seating position is nice and commanding. Says although it's a small car but has an SUV type feel when behind the wheel (we have an MY as our primary). I guess visiblity won't be an issue for female drivers.

Car feels airy and feels like it's very easy to monitor the blind spots. We wish it came with 360° cameras all round and V2L plug under the center console, but existing package not bad at all.

The infortainment system felt nice, I wish the i-pedal settings stayed on but they go back to default when you turn the car off. I like one pedal driving on our MY and would be nice if the inster remembered the iPedal settings. Not a huge deal though.

We ordered Matte Blue color as our MY is wrapped in dark matte purple. I am hoping the washing regime I have for the MY would work for Inster too.

Not sure when we'll get ours as Matte Blue doesn't seem like the choice of the masses based on the comments here and on others social media.

Boot opens nicely. Another use case we thought about was our dogs (1 small and 1 medium size dog). It's very easy to keep them in MY's boot. We'll probably have to fold the rear seats in the Inster to carry 2 dogs but if you have just 1 small dog, I think you can probably manage.

Isofix we couldn't try, but given how wide the rear door opens, I reckon it will be pretty easy. only 2 people in the back is kinda nice. I'd rather have 2 people sitting comfortably than 3, where nobody is happy.

I am not too familiar with Hyundai / KIA's infotainment system so did not try to fiddle with settings too much, but coming from an MY I think it would be straightforward.

Headroom is very good and even people north of 6 ft. should feel comfortable.

I'll put a more comprehensive review once we get ours, however I only recall above points from our short interaction with the car. But if I can recall more, I'll add it here.

PS: Although the wheels for elegance are 17", because the tyres have low profile, would be interesting to see how it fairs on rough country roads. It didn't feel bad, but still the low profiles tyres are something to consider.