Thursday, October 30, 2025

Hyundai i30 Hatch axed in Australia

After nearly 20 years, Hyundai seems to be discontinuing its common i30 Hatch in Australia.

In keeping with a supplier bulletin obtained by CarExpertmanufacturing of the i30 Hatch will finish for our market in December 2025, and supplier orders are actually closed.

Notably, nonetheless, this bulletin refers solely to the “i30 Hatch” and never the high-performance i30 N Hatch.

It’s unclear whether or not the i30 N Hatch can also be dealing with the axe, and the way for much longer the new hatch shall be out there for.

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The transfer makes the Czech-built ‘common’ i30 Hatch short-lived in our market, having solely arrived right here late final 12 months.

Hyundai Australia switched to Czech sourcing for the core i30 Hatch lineup – the N was already constructed there – after Korean manufacturing ended for the small hatchback.

Whereas that allowed Hyundai to supply a considerably extra environment friendly turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder mild-hybrid petrol powertrain, it additionally pressured up the worth of the small hatch – not helped by the 5 per cent import obligation on European imports.

Supplied solely in N Line and N Line Premium trim ranges, the i30 Hatch copped worth hikes of $3500 to $3700. With the lack of extra inexpensive trim ranges, the bottom worth of the i30 Hatch additionally soared by a whopping $12,000.