Price and equipment
The i20 range starts at $14,990 with the three-door model. An extra $1000 gets you five doors but the same 1.4-litre engine as the three-door. The first batch sold here came with only two airbags, although Hyundai has said previously it will fit six airbags to all i20s from now. Stability control, which can help control a skid, is standard across the range.
The Elite model tested here costs another $2500 and gets a more powerful 1.6-litre engine and standard side and curtain airbags.
The extra money also buys you alloy wheels, front fog lights, a leather-wrapped steering wheel with remote audio controls, two more speakers, a trip computer and a luggage net in the rear load area.
The i20′s audio system has an input jack and a USB port and, if you pay another $75, you get a special plug that allows you to scroll through your iPod’s menu on the centre screen and change songs through the steering wheel-mounted buttons. If you don’t buy the plug, you get gobbledegook readouts and can’t scroll through your iPod.
Parking sensors are available as a dealer accessory. A notable omission is cruise control – it’s not on every city runabout car but it is on some key competitors.
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