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you very much. Hyundai is confident the i40 wagon will meet consumer expectations when the new model reaches Australia later this year. Designed
at the company's facility in Russelsheim, Germany, the i40 is built on
the same platform as the i45 sedan, but has been tuned from the
beginning for European drivers and conditions. It should ensure that the
wagon will provide a better drive for enthusiasts than the i45 did when
it was launched here originally.
But the i40 won't
just spring forth, fully-formed and ready to cope with the Australian
road network. As with other Hyundai models in the recent past, the i40
has had suspension and steering tweaked to suit the local driving
environment, says Andrew Tuitahi, Product Planning Manager for Hyundai
Motor Corporation Australia (HMCA). Speaking with motoring.com.au during
the launch of the new Accent earlier this week, Tuitahi offered his
opinion that the i40 provided a different set of tuning parameters for
local engineers, despite being built on the same platform as the i45 "[i40] is a different base; the benchmarks that are used to develop the cars vary by market..." he said. "[The]
i45 — or Sonata in the US — was benchmarked against US Accord and
Camry. It fundamentally is a very different car to the i40, which was
benchmarked against Passat, Mondeo, Toyota Avensis... so quite a
different baseline..."That
said, the car that arrived was on European settings, and we tested that
thoroughly and still determined that there were several areas that
could be improved for the demanding conditions here. We've focused on
those and the results are outstanding."
Tuitahi was reluctant to reveal what changes were required for the Australian market, but European cars don't always measure up for bump absorption and tyre noise, to name a couple of possible points.
The importer's procedure for ensuring cars measure up dynamically for the local market has evolved over time. In the case of the i20, the locals concentrated on the car's steering and not much else, but the Elantra and the Accent, both released since Tuitahi joined the company, have had the works.
"The process that we follow for the local tuning program typically involves... an early pre-production car in the country," he explained. "We would evaluate that car to get a baseline measurement; we'd feed back what we thought about the car on our roads, what components might need to be changed — in order to achieve a perfect balance for the Australian market.
"Once that's fed back into the Korean R&D centre, they'll work on collecting a set of parts — so we'll get a parts box come over, comprising of springs, valving for a damper kit, alternative stabiliser bars... and we'll also test different tyres..."
