Wagon Tales
Once upon a time, there was a little Korean automobile manufacturer, which relied on foreign expertise to build cars in a simple factory which only had a dirt floor. The cars they manufactured were rather crude, with ill-fitting trim, but yet robust. From a price point of view, the brand became immensely popular with the budget-conscious.
Even with the added heft at the rear, the i30 comes across as quite the nimble driver. Sharing the same 138bhp 1.4 litre power unit as its hatch sibling, acceleration to 100km/h is a decent enough 9.5 seconds, just 0.3 seconds more than the hatch. Steering feel is decent, with just the right amount of weighting. With maximum torque at 242Nm which is available at a low 1,500rpm, the car is also easy around city driving situations.
Within the cabin, road noise is minimal, and the tyres pleasantly silent. The engine does however become a little vocal above 3,500rpm. Steering the wagon around tighter spaces like carparks is almost as easy as doing it to the hatch, since they both share the same 2,650mm wheelbase.
Other driver aids like a reverse camera, hill-start assist control (HAC) which holds the brakes when starting on a hill, and an electric parking brake (EPB) which activates at the end of your journey for added convenience, adds to the list of goodies.
The i30 is truly a value buy if you are in the market for a compact-sized wagon. Volkswagen’s offering of the Golf Variant, available in only the more expensive R-Line trim is about $27k more. Sure it is a better-built car with simply more street cred and better handling. But if you are just looking for more function over form, the i30 Wagon fits the bill very nicely.
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