After almost 20 years Hyundai seems to be ending its popularity i30 slant in Australia.
According to a dealer bulletin from Daily SparkzProduction of the i30 Hatch ends for our market in December 2025 and dealer orders are now complete.
Notably, however, this bulletin only refers to the “i30 Hatch” and not the high-performance i30 N Hatch.
It is unclear whether the i30 N Hatch is also about to be discontinued and how long the hot hatch will still be available.
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The move means that the Czech-built “normal” i30 hatch will be short-lived in our market, having only arrived here at the end of last year.
After stopping Korean production of the small hatchback, Hyundai Australia switched to Czech sourcing for the core i30 Hatch range – the N was already built there.
While this enabled Hyundai to offer a much more efficient turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder mild-hybrid petrol engine, it also drove up the price of the small station wagon – not least due to the five percent import tariff on European imports.
Offered only in N Line and N Line Premium trim levels, the i30 Hatch could see price increases of $3,500 to $3,700. With the elimination of more affordable trim levels, the base price of the i30 Hatch also increased by a whopping $12,000.
The switch to European sourcing brought not only a new powertrain, but also a revised front and rear design as well as LED interior lighting.
While Hyundai has stopped Korean production of the i30 Hatch, the i30 sedan continues to be produced there for markets like ours. Australia is unusual in that this model here carries the i30 sedan nameplate; Elsewhere it is known as the Avante or Elantra.
The future of the i30 nameplate itself also looks a bit bleak.
While a new generation of the i30 Sedan/Elantra/Avante is expected this decade, the long-term future of the i30 Hatch – including its liftback and wagon relatives in Europe – is not assured.
The i30 N Hatch has already been discontinued in Europe, where it continues to be produced for a handful of markets, including ours.
The rest of the i30 range is expected to receive another facelift, breathing even more life into a model that first went into production in 2016. Camouflaged prototypes were recently discovered during testing in Europe.
However, nothing is known about a new generation model, unlike sister brand Kia, which recently launched the K4 as a new global small car. This will also replace the European-developed Ceed, a cousin of the i30 Hatch that was also developed with a European focus.
Hyundai could decide to discontinue the i30 range and indirectly replace it with the all-electric Ioniq 3, which was unveiled as a concept at the Munich motor show last month. This is scheduled to go into production in Türkiye in 2026.
The VFACTS Australian sales figures do not break down i30 sales by body style, but Hyundai has previously confirmed that before the sourcing change, 80 per cent of i30 sales were hatchback variants.
As of the end of September, Hyundai has delivered 8,468 i30s in Australia this year. While that’s more than any other competitor except the best-selling Toyota Corolla (14,282), it’s a decline of 8.4 percent compared to the same period last year.
However, that’s still a smaller decline than almost all competitors, while the small car segment is down 24.3 percent overall. But while the i30 sedan range has grown and hybrid variants have been added since launch, the i30 hatchback range has shrunk.
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