The Hyundai i40 family, whose models occupy the fifth place in popularity among passenger cars of the D segment since last year, which translates into ordinary Russian for the “middle class”, has undergone another restyling. Koreans began selling the updated Hyundai i40 in Russia, but the expected traditional after restyling growth in prices for the model range did not happen. This infinitely pleases fans of Korean cars, but it is also somewhat surprising: after all, logic tells us that if they have changed for the better, it should be more expensive, and since prices have not been raised, it means ... they did it according to Russian standards, although we usually have even the best side is served at an inflated price.

Old i40

New i40

Externally, especially conspicuous changes in updated hyundai i40 It is not noticed, although if you compare the photos of the old and new cars, the adjustment becomes noticeable. The design of the frontal part and the outlines of the headlights have been slightly modified. In the salon, too, in search of new products should not look, except to admire the LCD-monitor multimedia system, which is now in the configuration appeared. The new Hyundai i40 is presented in the same two versions of the sedan and station wagon, as before the restyling. Changes that did not affect the rise in prices of the updated car should be sought in the engine range, from which the two-liter GDI engines, which had distributed injection, have now disappeared. They were replaced by 1.7-liter diesel engines with seven-speed pre-selective gearboxes, developing 141 horsepower. There is a sedan in this configuration with at least 1 235 thousand wooden, and for the universal version of the Hyundai i40 you will have to fork out a hundred kilorubles more.

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Basic version of the Hyundai i40 sold completely "naked", without any frills, with a 135-horsepower gasoline engine of 1.6 liters under the hood and manual transmission. Of the pleasures there is a simple air conditioner. For everything about all the dealers ask for without five thousand million rubles, a version of the Hyundai i40 with a more productive engine of one and a half hundred horses and an automatic transmission similar to a simplified configuration will cost the buyer ninety thousand more.

Competitors in the segment of cars for the middle class updated Hyundai i40 in the Russian car market almost none. Koreans, clearly, did not raise the cost of bundling after restyling, based on these considerations, because the fifth line of the popularity rating means a lot, and if you do not pick up the prices, the rise in the Olympic top ratings, and hence sales, is guaranteed. Koreans, however, are cunning.)))