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Concerning your Q's, I personally know nothing of any intended facelift, so couldn't comment.

Wheel weights, currently subject of a warranty claim by me on our wheels. The bang on weights we believe, were put on at the factory. We had our winter tyres put on by our Hyundai dealership and it was discovered that the bang on weights have damaged the laquer on all four wheels. Not great and we cannot understand why bang on weights were used in the first place. The dealership used stick on weights as should be done on alloys.

Couldn't begin to speculate about limited edtions, only Hyundai could answer that.

Full size spare wheel, I'm assuming it might be possible. We have the skinny space saver and I'm not spending over £100 replacing it with a full size spare on a car we primarily use as a city/town car. My Saab 9-3 on the other hand which came without any sort of spare wheel and is used as our long distance/holiday vehicle, I ended up buying a full size alloy and fitting a brand new budget tyre for emergencies. Really glad I did, as I've had two punctures to date miles from anywhere and a full size spare was absolutely the right thing to have over a space saver wheel, especially at stupid o'clock in the morning!

 

Hi Guys,

I've read in the Feb 2016 edition of “what car” that there is a “face lifted” version of the i10 due “late 2016”

Question 2-Why do Hyundai not do any special/limited editions (extra gizmos/ different paint colours) of their cars?-Kia do even on their Picanto version.

Questions 3-Does the boot well have enough space to fit a full sized wheel/tyre? I dislike the “wheel-barrow” style space savers nearly as much as the “tin of gunk”!

Jim

Hi Jim

A period of two years in production followed by a facelift seems about right for the i10, especially if you consider the version sold in India (Grand i10) which I believe was sold before the release the i10 new gen in Europe is pretty much the same car.

Germany and some other EU countries did indeed receive limited edition i10s, I believe the UK is not supplied due to being left hand drive.

Although I haven't tried, I've read on the forum that a full size wheel may fit in the spare wheel well - try a forum search and see if it comes up.

 

A full size spare wheel will fit in the i10 bootwell, I have one.

 

Ah, but at what cost. Our SE came with only a tin of gunge and a compressor of sorts. My sister wouldn't fork out on a proper tyre/wheel for which we were estimate at over £250 for a steel wheel.
Do they supply a space saver option.

 

I may be wrong but I'm sure I read it elsewhere amongst the threads, but as a first owner, I think you can purchase a space saver wheel from your Hyundai dealership at a reduced cost. You'll just get the same wheel as put in the Premium model as standard.

Concerning the tyre gunge/sealant, if you ever have cause to use it in an emergency, be aware, once used, the tyre is completely ruined, it becomes non repairable, but I guess if you need to use it in emergency, you haven't got much choice.

 

Hi Guys,
Thank you for the warm welcome, and for all the replies received so far.
Guess it's a case of keeping a further eye on the motoring mags /Hyundai website to get more concrete information re face lifted version.
Good news re full sized wheel, had to use "skinny" spare on current car a while back and the flat full sized wheel would not fit in the boot wheel well!!, a right pain in the backside.
Any more replies gratefully accepted, till next time.
All the best, Jim.

 

I paid £100 in Mar 2014, at that time there was an offer of a space saver at £50, I don't know whether that is still available

 

I'd be happy with anything circular rather than have to faff around with gunge and an electric pump. A spacesaver would serve me for our locals runs until a repair could be effected.

 

Don't all new i10's come with a space saver as standard now?,mine did.

 

I think they are now now, but up until early 2015 the dealers around my way were still offering it as an extra.


However, now I know a full size wheel fits in the spare wheel well, I'd rather have that when I'm more than 100 miles from home. Plus I'd still have the full TPMS function.

 

I have a full size spare wheel for my i10 it fits in the wheel well.

 

According to this report (hope the link works) a face lifted model is planned for September this year together with a new auto gearbox option. Looking at the photo, small changes to the upper and lower front grills.

Hyundai Grand i10 AMT to be launched in India in September: Report

 

When I purchased ours in November, I asked the salesman if any face lifts were due, he of course, wasn't aware of any, but I reckon it's likely.
He did say a new 1.0 litre engine with turbo was imminent, to match the Fiesta.?
S.

 

More script (but no pictures) here....
http://motoroctane.com/news/25070-hyundai-grand-i10-amt-launch-in-september-exclusive

 

Well, I'd certainly welcome a cleaner friendly grill. The current monstrosity of a grill is difficult to clean and then dry off. Fancy having multiple hexagonal cells. Grrrh

 

The facelift is for India, not the UK. No plans for anything here I think...

 

It will be in Europe for sure, why would Hyundai just target India ?

 

Because it's for the Grand i10, as I read it.