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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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Nice photoshop. Unfortunately there is no car park at Frankfurt Hauptwache…
Think the pic was taken on the roof of the Galeria? It’s weird how they took all the chimneys off the Cafe Hauptwache too.
Google Earth is fun.
There’s a Restaurant on the top floor of Galeria Kaufhof. No tarmac to be seen anywhere…
Google Earth is fun, actually living in Frankfurt is not too bad either.
That *does* look pretty good. Hyundai’s squared-off “Fluidic Sculpture 2.0” design language seems to be translating very well across a variety of different body styles. But it’s too bad that we don’t get this particular car here in the States…
However, since the next-generation i30 will probably resemble this to a great extent, there’s hope for us yet!
Too bad Transparent Aluminum isn’t a thing… then Hyundai could turn that huge blacked-out C-pillar into something more practical.
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.
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.
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.