2024 Hyundai i30 Hybrid Sedan fuel consumption test: Road trip review travel vlog | Elantra

[@keithwilliams515]

Great review format. Been a long time since I've seen a review that comments on night driving, real bonus for those of us who do regional driving. Really enjoyable, real world review.

[@therightcar]

Thank you!

[@francisss6631]

Good job Mate - really liked the format. Please do more 👏👏👏

[@therightcar]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@hughedwards4511]

Great review!! Good to see more hybrid cars coming onto the market. Good to see road trips too. We love in regional NSW so it's nice to see how the car handles out of the city!!

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate! Got a few NSW trips on my mind! :D

[@XaviRonaldo0]

14:34 fun fact Broken Hill in NSW observes SA time because it's so far away from most of the population of NSW. It's actually closer to Adelaide than Sydney.

[@StephenTaranto]

Loved this format! Thoroughly entertaining review. Looking forward to the N Sedan review!

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate! The i30 N will be more of a standard job. But great feedback on this format!

[@sw2092]

Heya Matt. I've been a big fan of the channel since day one, but this has been by far my favourite test. Not that I want to get an i30 Hybrid (having to shut down that useless speed sign recognition each time I started the car would drive me insane), but I love the road trip format. It was just such a chill but still informative way to test the car, with a bit of outside interest to complement it. It would be a great USP for the channel as well. Hopefully Mrs Campbell will let you out to do lots more of these. Maybe an EV across Australia. Can it really be done?

[@therightcar]

Thanks heaps for that feedback. I’m glad you enjoyed it! It was something I wanted to try, and this was the right situation for it. Ha! I’d love to try a cross-country drive. But maybe I’ll do some of those in Europe in some interesting cars later this year … we will see!

[@YZJB]

My brother-in-law’s family lives in Violet Town. He makes stainless steel snorkels for 4WDs. Lovely little town 😊

[@therightcar]

Awesome! If I’d known I could have dropped in and got some snorkel mods done for the i30 🤣

[@dkkli985]

Really enjoyed watching this episode. The quality is as usual top notch. Looking forward to seeing more videos in this setup. It's really fun to watch.

[@therightcar]

Thank you! Great to here. I have some big ideas for this format!

[@XaviRonaldo0]

I have one of these. It's annoying that it doesn't recognise that school zones aren't 24/7. It will pick up on the speed limit sign and scream at you you're speeding when you're not. Fortunately as all cars are designed for the speedo to lie to you according to Waze it's only 2-5kph out. Not that big a deal. Especially in Sydney where you can rarely drive the sp limit anyway with all the traffic. EDIT I posted this before I got to the part where you mentioned the school zone issue.

[@mvnorsel6354]

4.5 is an excellent result for 99% highway driving. Best I got from my ' 380 ' was 6.8. Great video.

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate! Yeah it’s pretty exceptional fuel use.

[@azizkizbayev439]

I m getting 4.9 in camry hybrid SE 1850kg in the mountains elevation 1000metres above sea levelwith me so this elantra should do low 3.9-4.0

[@carmellomodaffari2025]

Hi Matt... I enjoy to see you this video long test drive! also it's good to know how comfortable is on long trip! most new cars buyers don't get a chance for testing new cars for a long trip! Watching your video's it does help to understands more about new cars, how it function,handles,fuel economy and performance! I do like i30 Sedan it's good value for money! I really enjoy this Video Thanks Matt....you did it well....Hope you do more road trips videos 🙂

[@therightcar]

Thanks very much for that. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Looking forward to doing more road trips!

[@claudiadavies5110]

I loved this😊. And I really love this gorgeous looking car but I'm a bit of a rural driver so probably would have to zoom up in the specs😢. Yes please to more road trips, brilliant and interesting, I think you'd love taking the i20n on a good old leg stretch for many, many kilometres, maybe on some mountain back roads😁😁😁

[@therightcar]

Thank you! Glad you liked the format. And yes, when the updated i20 N comes it could be a great option for a road trip review!

[@claudiadavies5110]

​@@therightcarhooray, that would make me very very happy 😊

[@semyon74]

The twisted centre rear seatbelt is playing havoc with my OCD.

[@therightcar]

Hahahahaha you know I noticed that when I watched it back and it irked me too!! 🤪

[@mvnorsel6354]

Your in a good mood and really enjoying getting out of the city. Love country driving.

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate. Yep, I’m a huge fan of going for a long drive. I wish my daughter was, too! 🤓

[@holidaymail]

@@therightcar You cannot beat a long cross-country drive!

[@perpetualgrin5804]

Ultimate freedom.

[@markgoulding6262]

I really enjoyed this video please do more of them.

[@therightcar]

Thanks! I’ve got plans to.

[@mindfreeze0838]

I like the road trip format, you can get a good sense of what the car is like to live with(the safety systems crapping out randomly for instance) and the scenery is good as well, its like a travel vlog and auto vlog in one(the trust quarantine system at the border was interesting as well as that artwork in the town). If possible the next time you go on a trip you could use something from Suzuki(havent had one on the channel yet).

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate. I'd love to do a big trip in a Jimny XL to see what it's REALLY like. So let me keep that idea brewing...

[@holidaymail]

Love the format! Also loved seeing Colbinabbin, as it's just down the road from me haha

[@therightcar]

Hahaha I’m surprised you didn’t tell me how I munched the pronunciation (a few have, rightfully, pointed out my badness!). Thanks for that. Glad you liked it!

[@holidaymail]

@@therightcar funny thing is that yours is the second video this week that has butchered the name lol 😂

[@kevinchng2491]

4.5L / 100km. Damn! Those are good figures.

[@therightcar]

Yeah pretty impressive!!

[@glenncoreyjp6854]

Well done Matt, really liked this VLOG style review. One question please. This or Corolla Hybrid Sedan? I’m looking at an Elite version of this with added features.

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate! Personally I think I’d choose a Corolla hybrid instead. It just feels a little more “established” in terms of the tech.

[@TheBalkur]

This is a great way to review vehicles.

[@XaviRonaldo0]

16:56 it actually doesn't have either of these but blind spot monitoring is overrated.

[@mharro88]

More road trip videos ! Do one for the i30n sedan? I actually got 5.9L/100 with my N sedan from Melbourne to Adelaide. When's your 2024 n sedan review release?

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate! I won’t be able to do one for i30 N sedan, but I will bring you a review of it next Friday 1 March (00.01am).

[@mharro88]

@@therightcar wheres the review mate lol *checks watch

[@nicholasmatthews5989]

Great review. Regarding 11:30, hopefully Hyundai has been able to sort out these safety system glitches since this review. Wow, 4.5 L/100km for a country road trip is impressive. Wonder what fuel figures are achievable when driven about in the city??

[@therightcar]

Hopefully. Apparently it’s a bit of a known issue with misalignment of the radar in the bumper, but I didn’t hit anything!! I was seeing 3.8L in urban driving as part of the launch.

[@nicholasmatthews5989]

@@therightcar Thanks. Hope that they are able to resolve the misaligned radar issue. Great to hear that you were achieving an excellent 3.8 L/100km in urban driving during the launch (with having a 42 litre tank, that's about a 1,100km range of city driving, whilst with your country drive of 4.5 L/100km gives it about a 933km range). The i30 sedan hybrid appears to be very effective. Also, thanks for commenting about the headlights during your night time drive, and informing us that they are effective. This is good information. The mentioning of headlights performance is not that common with car reviews in general, probably due to time constraints. It is fantastic to see a review of a sedan taken on a long trip.

[@gort3969]

He had 750 something kms from a full tank with the computer telling him he only has around 25kms left to empty so either it was more then 4.5l/100 or the computer was giving significantly wrong info

[@marcc.490]

Would be great if you can test the incoming Tank 500 on country road. Thanks for the content. 🎉

[@therightcar]

I love that idea.

[@seunjinbing]

So now that you've driven the Corolla base-spec hybrid sedan and the i30 base-spec hybrid sedan (albeit far more extensively than you would have the Corolla), which one would you recommend out of the two (wait times aside)?

[@therightcar]

Thanks for that question. My personal tastes push me in the direction of the Toyota. I like the powertrain more, the safety tech is better implemented, and the reality is that Toyota has been doing hybrids for a lot longer, and I know people with 10-15 year old hybrid models that don’t have problems apart from occasional battery things ($2500 replacement for a Prius C after 220,000km, for instance).

[@tonybennett638]

Well done Sir 👍....

[@therightcar]

Thanks!!

[@tonybennett638]

@@therightcar yes mate just a better way to look at what normal people might be looking at and thinking....not so much of the soft feel stuff and dozen cupholders reckon be around 5% give a hoot about how a family car handles driven hard and fast.

[@ashc3765]

If you have driven thru some bugs and covered the radar and/or forward camera with bug guts it will constantly play up.

[@therightcar]

That is a major issue for an Aussie buyer in the bush.

[@mvnorsel6354]

Spray the sensor with Mortein, easy fix.

[@PurplePandaGuy88]

Great video I really enjoyed this road trip style video If possible it’d be interesting to see a Subaru Impreza road trip🤔

[@therightcar]

I’ll see what I can do…!

[@PurplePandaGuy88]

@@therightcar I like the sounds of that

[@randykelly5692]

A thumbs up for your effort

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate!

[@SteveJ0hnson]

Can you turn that speed sign thing off until further notice or do you have to do it every time you start up? How buried is it in the menu system? That is, how many "clicks" or actions does it need to turn it off? One thing I liked about my daughter's old Yaris was that you could just hit a button to turn off the annoying intrusion and it would stay off.

[@therightcar]

It has to be turned off every time you restart the car, if you don’t want it in. It’s simpler in the lower grade models as you can do it through the steering wheel controls (so you can keep your hands on the wheel once you learn the sequence, it’s only a few clicks).

[@SteveJ0hnson]

@@therightcarThanks for the answer! And great review, cheers. I guess I'll have to try it out to see how annoying it is, but I don't think car manufacturers realise how much these little things piss people off. I'm annoyed by my wife's Swift always putting the music on every time the car is started, and that's only one steering wheel button press to kill. That and the sat nav that was out of date from new and can't be updated... Stupid stuff like that is enough to make me say "thanks but no thanks".

[@gort3969]

​@@SteveJ0hnson100% the manufacturers know it's all bullshit but there is a cancer in this industry called ancap which has a lot of pull with regulatory bodies. Every car made these days has a 5 star rating as far as actual safety is concerned (crumple zones etc) but they'd probably become irrelevant and go out of business if they didn't invent new reasons to get a 5 star rating. Hence it turns into this clown show. I wonder how many accidents these idiotic "safety" systems caused just from having people take their eyes off the road in order to turn it off while driving

[@Chairschairschairschairs]

I had the same issue with the adaptive cruise on my 2018 I30 SR, Turned out the sensor at the front of the car was dirty/wet. Yours might be covered in bugs from the rural driving.

[@therightcar]

It wasn’t bug splattered. But Hyundai said they think the radar can become misaligned.

[@Miner_Bob]

I hope they put this into the hatchback. It’d get me to upgrade

[@josephpereira1390]

Like how the sonata looks more than this car. Hopefully hybrid becomes available in that model

[@sirmcsquid5781]

Such a shame about the intrusive safety features!! rest of the car seems good enough. Thanks for the review!

[@therightcar]

No worries! It is frustrating.

[@noosamike]

Great review but one question was left, how long will the battery last and what will it cost to replace after its 8 year warranty? This will significantly impact the cars resale value and probably negate any fuel cost savings over a non hybrid. Hyundai would have this data. You should also confirm if the battery warranty is for full replacement or pro rota on kms and age. It’ll be in the fine print.

[@therightcar]

Allow me to get my crystal ball out… Battery tech is ever-changing, and just as anyone who owned an early Prius: when the battery eventually needed replacement (usually 10 years plus), it would depend where you were, who you asked and who did the work. My mate, for instance, has a 2013 Prius C. Last year it needed a battery because it’s a high-kilometre car from lots of highway commuting. He got quoted $6000 just for a battery, no labour, at Toyota. He got it done at a place in Sydney with a warranty-covered reconditioned battery for $2350 installed.

[@therightcar]

Allow me to get my crystal ball out… Battery tech is ever-changing, and just as anyone who owned an early Prius: when the battery eventually needed replacement (usually 10 years plus), it would depend where you were, who you asked and who did the work. My mate, for instance, has a 2013 Prius C. Last year it needed a battery because it’s a high-kilometre car from lots of highway commuting. He got quoted $6000 just for a battery, no labour, at Toyota. He got it done at a place in Sydney with a warranty-covered reconditioned battery for $2350 installed.

[@mvnorsel6354]

More manufactures are enhancing the under bonnet visuals by using orange highlights.

[@therightcar]

I think they legally have to use orange for high voltage components in hybrid and EV models.

[@StevenSkues]

more aussie country driving. its a fantastic country and big

[@Grudlin74]

Maybe a Tank 300 hybrid road trip? Or 4WD adventure?

[@therightcar]

Could be a fun one!! Thanks mate

[@rxs87]

If they would only put in their turbo 1.6 hybrid into this sedan (I believe they use this in the tucson in Europe?). I know a i30 hybrid n line is coming out, but its just using this same n/a 1.6 hybrid setup which sounds a bit gutless right?

[@therightcar]

Thanks mate. Them local N Line version actually uses a 1.6 turbo, but no hybrid. It’s a punchy unit. I’m collecting it in a couple of weeks for a loan. Definitely enough car for someone who doesn’t need / want a full N!

[@europeanconfidence32]

Are these new Hyundai's still manufactured in Korea?

[@patelgautam9799]

This car i can use in Uber X because i am very confused with this question so can you please tell me

[@therightcar]

Hey Patel, Check with Uber. I asked them and they said it’s not possible to use for riders. But that’s such a stupid ruling, that I’m sure they would allow it if someone who owned one asked for it to be overturned.

[@nicksalzke9729]

Will the petrol engine still lose all its oil and shit the gear like every other Hyundai?

[@therightcar]

I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether a more complicated powertrain will be more likely to have problems…. 🤣 But I’ve heard those stories. Have you had an issue like that, Nick?

[@nicksalzke9729]

@@therightcar Yeah mate, lots of bad experiences with the theta2 platform. Thousands of cars affected, heartbreaking for my customers and families stung by Hyundai

[@morago8236]

Do you know when they are going to bring the higher range of this car to Aus ?

[@therightcar]

It should be here around June.

[@morago8236]

@@therightcar I am waiting for it, and the price will make me consider between Kona hybrid and this car

[@DARTHPHIKL]

Take the new Sonata for a drive up Thunderbolts Way. Make sure you have some points left on your licence

[@therightcar]

That’s not a bad idea. 😎

[@DARTHPHIKL]

@@therightcar I'm a Sonata owner, so I have a bias (mine is the cat fish, not RoboCop) but it's the ultimate family cruiser, but loves the corners under the pump.

[@gort3969]

Hyundai or any other car maker would gain a lot of popularity if they provided a means to turn off all the useless "safety" tech. The reason they didn't give ncap cars to crash is they're probably fed up with those clowns coming up with more and more nonsense which has zero to do with safety in order to get a 5 star rating. We already have no choice but to pay for this system which we dont want anyways so the least they can do is show some decency and turn it all off for us upon request instead of making their customers spend more money at tuning shops

[@armang7560]

Can you able to off speed warning?

[@anandvishal3906]

Will there be any wait time for these cars?

[@therightcar]

The base models are available - expect some short waits. The higher grade models are a few months away.

[@copaloadofthis]

Why sedan and not hatchback ? 🤷‍♂️

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

better aero

[@mharro88]

Because they're bigger and drive better

[@rhoelg]

Do CRV hybrid pls ❤

[@gregj7916]

Everything is so burnt after summer, bout time Hyundai copped on that a lift back is more useful and a wagon would be ideal…. Service costs are a rort too….I think the car is unhappy with the driver 😊

[@therightcar]

Hahaha! The shift to European production for the hatch this year could open the door to a wagon but they said there’s no market. My argument is there’s no market because no brand sells an affordable (sub $40k) wagon!

[@adi2082]

Does this have the 12v battery jump start button like the hybrid Kona does? Bit of a red flag when looking into issues with the 12v battery regarding Hyundai/Kia hybrids and electric vehicles.

[@therightcar]

Yes it does. So, there’s no traditional 12v battery but you can use the lithium-ion system to jump the car if needed.

[@0bzen22]

There's only one Corolla Hybrid killer, that's the Civic E:Hev.

[@andrewd7586]

Col-bin-abbin…but quickly Matt!🤣

[@therightcar]

Did I do it wrong? Hahahaha

[@andrewd7586]

@@therightcar Yeah pretty bad😖,but I live in the region. A bit like me calling NewcaRstle- Newcastle?😂

[@therightcar]

@@andrewd7586 Could be worse... you could call it New-Cassel.

[@acde9355]

More hybrid！

[@gregb1599]

Give me a 3-star car if it does not have all those so-called annoying safety assist features! Lane keep fine, adaptive cruise control fine, autonomous braking assist fine, even traffic sign assist without the flashing or beeping. But attention monitoring and speed sign flashing as seen on the MG4 than if even 1kph over the limit no thanks! I will keep our Nissan Leaf and Kia EV6. I was looking forward to the new EV5 but now they are putting all that new annoying stuff on their cars, no thanks!

[@therightcar]

Thanks Greg. I agree - newer cars may be better but the tech to appease safety authorities is making them far worse to live with.

[@gort3969]

Should cost around $600 to get the whole lot deleted at a tuning shop but I feel hyunday should do us the courtesy and do it for free upon request

[@The-Wise-One]

The previous shape was so much nicer, the rear end looks wrong like someone kicked it up the ass.

[@therightcar]

Whoa! But I agree the old shape had a more pleasing derrière.

[@dointheokecoke5548]

haha m8 its pronounced col bin nabin

[@therightcar]

Hahahahaha I thought I’d get it wrong!

[@coldude2559]

It's ugly!

[@shaneharris2497]

Funny my Holden rsv astra 2019 has push button start and has a button on the boot. To be honest it has most of the of the extra's you are on about with this car