2019 Hyundai Kona Full Winter Review (1.6T AWD)

2019 Hyundai Kona Review (Northern Ontario\Winter)
Here's a quick, simple, just-the-facts review of the 2019 Hyundai Kona 1.6T AWD, in winter conditions, on winter tires.
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[@rk1356]

Just bought one. 1.6T AWD. Great video, so refreshing to watch a comprehensive, well spoken, well edited and well shot review in under 6 minutes. So many car reviewers online spend 20 mins reviewing every single square cm of the car... yes, there are cup holders...yes, there is a speedometer... it can be so annoying. So, kudos.

[@JustinPritchard]

Thank you, excellent feedback like this always helps. Cheers from Northern Ontario!

[@soysuperkaboby]

Straightforward and honest review, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@porsche558]

They aren’t a bad little SUV. Nice to know the AWD works well in the snow....not all AWD systems are equal.

[@baltvdb]

Nice comprehensive review, thanks 😎🇬🇧

[@joeboland95]

@3:30 for those of you that want to see it driving

[@alexandertakeshi4337]

What size tires were you running? Saw they were Michelin X-Ice.

[@Carlie-nf7or]

anyone know how I can plug my Kona in during the winter, to keep my oil warm?

[@Dann-md9eq]

Question, how long do I need to idle my 1.6 turbo engine Kona during cold weather? I've read that idling at turbo engine is important during a cold weather. I noticed when I warm up my car for three minutes it's still shaking during the first drive. please clarify.

[@JustinPritchard]

Literally just get in and drive it. No need to idle a modern engine in the cold. Maybe 30 or 40 years ago but the electronics and advances in engine oil mean it is no longer relevant. I usually turn the heat in the car on once it's been running for a few minutes, I find it warms things up a little faster. As opposed to blasting the heat as soon as I start the engine on a cold morning. Hope that helps!

[@SCraig-Handsome]

Not sure where you heard that… unless you are using 40-50 oil… we use 0W here in Canada or 5W at least. Make sure you have 5W-30 or better. Turbos heat up faster than non-aspirated engines, you should never warm up a car in the winter, you should drive it cold. Prior to the synthesized oils cars needed to warm up, but now 15-20 seconds is fine on most winter days. If you left it outside for several hours in -50 yes it will need a good 30 seconds but to get it to operating temperature you should drive it immediately if your windshield is clear. Letting it idle won’t damage the engine, but it won’t warm it up either. Most cars idle at 1,200-1,700 RPM but if you start driving it you will easily surpass 2,000 and operating temperature will be achieved in about 3 minutes on a turbo engine, 8 minutes on a non-turbo. It’s definitely good practice to keep it under 3K RPM for that 1st 3 minutes. The technical reason is that the oil is thicker when cold, so the engine runs rich, requiring more gas. As soon as it begins to run it’s well oiled since 0W or 5W is thin oil. So you can start quickly, especially with fully synthetic oil. You can also just watch the temperature gauge too. Best practice is to leave everything off until that temperature gauge is at about 45%.

[@Dann-md9eq]

@@SCraig-Handsome can you backup your claim about not needing it to idle. Coz i have the same kona. During cold weather like below -1C my cars seems to shake and RPM shoots up so fast when on a stop reaching almost 3000RPM. I don't know if it's normal

[@Dann-md9eq]

@kshamwhizzle i dont understand what he said. Can you explain it like I'm 5? I live in Toronto and drives same Kona 1.6 turbo engine. Idling in a cold weather is a think I want to know to take care of my car's engine.

[@Dann-md9eq]

@@SCraig-Handsome oh shoot. I didn't even realized it was me who initially posted on this thread a year ago lol. Until now I'm still worried about my car shaking and RPM shooting up suddenly