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Hatchback with a wide wheelbase compared to its length so it's small on the outside and surprisingly roomy on the inside. Lots of nice little touches like magnetic hooks and swap-able side panels, flat folding rear and front seats, and houndstooth textile! It also has a lot of regular tactile buttons. Unfortunately, I don't think it's likely to come to the US, but I really like this vehicle.
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Styling is close to the Hyundai Casper. Range is in two levels, little more than 100 miles at first level and little more than 200 miles in second level. Such an EV makes sense in Europe where long distance driving is t common. The Casper, while cute, wouldn’t be a good fit for USA. However, I wish Hyundai had included some exterior design elements from the Casper onto the Venue.
Styling is close to the Hyundai Casper. Range is in two levels, little more than 100 miles at first level and little more than 200 miles in second level. Such an EV makes sense in Europe where long distance driving is t common. The Casper, while cute, wouldn’t be a good fit for USA. However, I wish Hyundai had included some exterior design elements from the Casper onto the Venue.
I think the larger battery one or an even larger battery one than that can work pretty well for the US. The Leaf had a market, and this is a fair bit better in many aspects and with what is comparatively a much better price point. Not every single vehicle needs to be great for long road trips.
Electric is why it gets the nice flat floor and is able to move the wheelbase far out to the corners, so I think electric is what makes sense. The smaller, more affordable vehicles also often have harsher / whinier engines with terrible acceleration curves, so going electric also deals with that quite well. Overall, this seems to be the right powertrain for the vehicle type.
I think the larger battery one or an even larger battery one than that can work pretty well for the US. The Leaf had a market, and this is a fair bit better in many aspects and with what is comparatively a much better price point. Not every single vehicle needs to be great for long road trips.
My wife and I don’t take long trips anymore. I’m not opposed to a small vehicle. I think Hyundai should do a limited roll out in certain metro areas of USA for this vehicle. If I could afford to have our home’s electrical upgraded and add a charging port in our covered parking then a Nissan Leaf or this car would be a good commuter for me. We’re limited in income and health so we can’t do this.
My wife and I don’t take long trips anymore. I’m not opposed to a small vehicle. I think Hyundai should do a limited roll out in certain metro areas of USA for this vehicle. If I could afford to have our home’s electrical upgraded and add a charging port in our covered parking then a Nissan Leaf or this car would be a good commuter for me. We’re limited in income and health so we can’t do this.
I think perhaps something like a rollout that includes Mexico where this would perhaps be more fitting would make sense because it's quite an expense to roll out a low margin economy vehicle on a very limited basis. I think probably a used EV might make more sense on a limited budget, and especially one that's very efficient such that a regular wall socket can be sufficient for travel needs especially if it doesn't need to do long trips.
Of course Americans have not been buying subcompact vehicles in great numbers, but there is a whole world beyond America where such cars do very well. And navigating narrow streets or parking in small spaces, tidy exterior dimensions are a considerable plus, and there's plenty of both in Europe and Asia. Then there's the modest price, which is also very practical.
It looks very smartly designed in terms of its form factor - relatively high roof and boxy envelope plus hatchback plus wheels pushed out to the corners - yielding surprisingly roomy interior passenger and cargo space within such a compact envelope. There's also a big greenhouse to make it *feel* larger than it is and provide good visibility out.
And being as it has an electric powertrain rather than some raspy, asthmatic little 2-3 cylinder motor like ICE microcars usually have, it should pull away fairly well off the line and run smoothly and quietly.
Outside of some Chinese brand offerings, it's also the first EV that's legitimately under $25k, beating e.g. Tesla to the punch.
Hyundai has been doing a lot of great things the past few years. They have some very good minds working there, and good leadership that are aiming high.
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Hyundai-Kia will likely surpass VW to become the #2 global car manufacturer within a few years. Cars like this Inster are targeted to the masses and will likely sell well, in both the EV and ICE versions. Too bad it likely won't make it to the USA. It looks like a CUV version of the Hyundai I-10 (3 cylinder 1 liter ICE) which I drove many times when living in Germany. The I-10 is Hyundai's entry level subcompact ICE but is outselling the subcompacts of many European brands in Europe.
IMO the Inster looks like Hyundai's competition to the BYD Seagull EV.
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