Hyundai's Euro Subcompact Has A Turkish Accent

by Derek Kreindler

Published: August 12th, 2014

hyundai s euro subcompact has a turkish accent

While we get the Hyundai Accent, Europe and other world markets get the i20, seen above.

Although powertrains haven’t been announced yet, the design of the car seems to echo European entrants in the B-segment, specifically in the fascia and the blacked out C-pillars. The Turkish-built i20 will debut at this fall’s Paris Motor Show, though our market is unlikely to see it. Instead, we’re stuck with the Accent.

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Iamwho2k on Aug 12, 2014

Too bad Transparent Aluminum isn't a thing... then Hyundai could turn that huge blacked-out C-pillar into something more practical.

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- Kyree on Aug 12, 2014
  
  Fair point, but that's hardly "huge" in the context of today's cars. Many vehicles appear to have thinner C and D-pillars, but when you add in the portions of the glass that are blocked off by interior trim, it adds up to about that wide of a pillar-size.
  
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Ddr7 on Aug 12, 2014

I don't think the Hyundai Accent is the same as i20, the Hyundai Accent is the i25 and there is a big difference, I got the i20 as rental and also got the i25 as rental, it's not the same car at all. Nevertheless, I don't like any of them.

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- Marcelo de Vasconcellos on Aug 13, 2014
  
  And here in Brazil both the i20 and i25 are vaguely related to our exclusive HB20. Don't like it either. Though the design of this upcoming model is vaguely European (good thing), the ride of the smaller Hyundais just isn't. Unless it has improved greatly over the previous cars, no thanks.
  
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