Just read an article at goauto.com.au which stated that the i30 is the first Korean car that scored five stars crash test rating by the ANCAP along with the new Lancer. That's a good new :) It's interesting that in europe it was given only 4 stars.

Wonder waht the test difference are fro Oz to award 5 star

Link to Euro NCAP:

Hyundai all models general:
http://www.euroncap.com/carsearch.aspx?mak...e5-1654d7094043

i30 model specific:
http://www.euroncap.com/tests/hyundai_i30_2007/302.aspx

This post has been edited by eye30: Jun 3 2008, 12:13 PM

Thanks for that EYE...

Here is a link to the article..

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf...A25745D002BB6D5

From the way I read it there are two reasons it fared better in this test....

This time it appears they tested SR (which along with SLX has more airbags than SX previously tested) and secondly I quote...

"Originally, the i30 had only a four-star rating but Hyundai Australia recognised that the only thing preventing it from achieving five stars was the driver-side knee protection and convinced the factory to change the outer surfaces of the lower dash on the production line in Korea."

Good Ha.... :clap:

Dazz

I just stumbled on this article and was about to post so 5 star Encap rating sweet