A minor facelift for the Hyundai i10 has brought with it a price increase, meaning the class of cars available for less than £15,000 has almost completely eroded away.
Now priced from £15,420, up £425 (and a rise of £2925 over its 2020 launch cost), the city car will arrive with a new trim-level structure and an increased amount of standard equipment.
The front end has been redesigned to feature a honeycomb front grille with integrated daytime running lights. The tail-lights have been given a sharper, Y-shape pattern, and the range of 15in and 16in alloy wheels has been refreshed.
The new Advance trim replaces SE Connect as the entry point to the i10 line-up, adding LED daytime running lights, a digital instrument display, keyless entry and rear parking sensors.
It also introduces a variety of driver assistance features, including forward collision assistance, intelligent speed limit assistance and lane-keeping assistance, as required by the European Union's new GSR2 safety regulations.
Those same rules are responsible for the short shelf life of the Toyota GR86, as all cars sold in Europe must be compliant by 2024.
Read more: GSR2: The new rules making cars safer but more expensive
The middle-rung Premium trim level adds 16in alloy wheels, privacy glass, heated front seats and a heated steering wheel. The seats are upholstered in tartan and blue LED mood lighting features across the interior.
The i10 now starts at £16,720 with a manual gearbox and the 66bhp 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol engine and rises to £17,520 with the 83bhp 1.2-litre four-pot unit.
Opting for an automatic gearbox costs an additional £650, regardless of whether you choose an Advance or Premium model.
The sportier i10 N-Line – only available with a manual gearbox and a 99bhp turbocharged version of the 1.0-litre three-pot powerplant – brings convenience such as a wireless smartphone charging pad and electric folding door mirrors. It costs £18,020.
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As for VW doing the same with the up!, Well they ramped up the price long before these latest safety rules, about the same time the citigo and Mii came off sale, they also ditched the 74hp variant.
The cost of the N line doesn't seem to have changed as much, my son bought an i20 N new on release and there was an Nline i10 in the show room for over £17k, so they've always seemed poor value in comparison.
I30N used to be available for around £25-27k ish as a non performance spec, so 250 ish bhp instead of the 270 odd of the performance, a few years back they ditched the lower powered version as no one was buying them, so that's why i30Ns entry price seemed a lot cheaper.
With regards to being a city car and seldom venturing beyond, not sure that is the case, our main cars are city cars, a mini and a 500, both venture everywhere, and when on faster A and motorways, I see plenty of others doing the same.
As Gavsmit has said many times before, cheap cars are disappearing, and it all seems to be hidden by monthly costs and PCP deals pretending to make cars affordable.
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