New Generation i30 family to be extended at Geneva Show

• New wagon marries spacious interior with stylish exterior
• Load-carrying capacity increased by longer body and bigger trunk
• Designed, engineered and manufactured in Europe, for Europe

Offenbach, 23 rd February 2012

Ahead of its world debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, the New Generation i30 wagon has today broken cover. The wagon is the second member of the New Generation i30 family, and joins the five-door hatchback to broaden the appeal of Hyundai’s C-segment range.

The stylish wagon shares engines and running gear with the well-received New Generation i30 five-door, but has a longer body to create a significant increase in trunk space without compromising the model’s dynamic styling.

The wagon’s overall length is increased by 185 mm to 4485 mm over its five-door sibling, making it one of the most accommodating vehicles in the European C-segment, and 10 mm longer than the original i30 wagon.

Compared with the five-door, the wagon expands trunk space from 378-litres to a best-in-class 528-litres – and with the rear passenger seats folded down, cargo volume increases more than three-fold, to 1,642-litres.

Like its hatchback sibling, the New Generation i30 wagon was designed and engineered specifically for European customers at Hyundai’s European R&D Centre inRüsselsheim,Germany. The wagon was developed alongside the hatchback form from the earliest stages, enabling the stylists to fashion a coherent design that bears a strong family resemblance inspired by Hyundai’s fluidic sculpture form language.

As with the five-door variant, the front is distinguished by Hyundai’s hexagon-shaped grille and jewel-like headlamps, but from the B-pillar backwards the wagon differs significantly. The roofline extends rearwards over the flexible passenger/cargo area, sloping to add dynamism to the car’s stance in keeping with the fluidic sculpture ethos of a stationary car appearing to be in motion.

Further enhancing the wagon’s dynamic appearance, a pronounced swage line runs horizontally along the sides of the body and rises all the way to the rear lights. The rear windscreen wraps around the D-pillars, increasing interior luminosity and benefiting visibility. The deep tailgate gives the car a clean look and opens to bumper-level for easy loading.

The New Generation i30 wagon will be available with the same three gasoline engines and three diesel engines as the five-door, producing 90 to 135 ps.

Buyers of the New Generation i30 wagon will benefit from Five Year Triple Care, comprising a five-year unlimited warranty, five years’ roadside assistance, and five years of vehicle health checks.

Allan Rushforth, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hyundai Motor Europe, said: “The New Generation i30 has been widely praised for its style, quality, and value. Our new wagon offers all of those attributes plus even greater load-carrying capacity. We expect it to appeal strongly to those looking for stylish and flexible practicality, especially active families.”

The New Generation i30 wagon will be unveiled alongside Hyundai’s other newcomers during the company’s press conference in Hall 1 at09:45(CET) on Tuesday 6thMarch 2012.

For further information contact:

Stefan Ph. Henrich

Phone: +49-69-271472-401

Fax : +49-69-271472-229

sphenrich@hyundai-europe.com

About Hyundai Motor Company

Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor Co. has grown into the Hyundai Motor Group, with more than two dozen auto-related subsidiaries and affiliates. Hyundai Motor -- which has six manufacturing bases outside ofSouth Korea including theU.S.,China,India,Russia,Turkey and theCzechRepublic – sold 4.06 million vehicles globally in 2011. Hyundai Motor, which employs over 80,000 worldwide, offers a full line-up of products including small to large passenger vehicles, SUVs and commercial vehicles.

About Hyundai Motor Europe

In 2011, Hyundai achieved record sales inEuropeof 398.129 units, taking a best-ever 2,9% market share.  In May 2011, Hyundai achieved a landmark, passing 5.000.000 sales inEuropesince imports began in 1977.  The company designs, engineers and manufactures cars inEurope, specifically for European customers.  This includes the i30, which performed as Hyundai’s top-selling model in 2011, with 96.000 units sold.  Hyundai sells cars in 28 European countries across 2.500 outlets.

Further information about Hyundai Motor and its products is available at www.hyundai.com.

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