Hi Glos Guy, well I have had the car for a fortnight now, and have covered 1000 miles. So still not seeing much difference in mpg just yet. I dont have any gripes just yet, although I have a slight niggle and it is the fact the vehicle starts in eco every time. So you have to remember to put it into comfort mode before pulling away. (I did say a slight niggle) I only use eco if I am on a 40+ m/h Road, as per dealers recommendation. If your daughter was looking at a small car with a lot of kit and a lovely easy drive, I believe she has found it. Also I was worried about motorway speeds and overtaking. All completely unfounded. It is a very nippy car and I have no concerns regarding power from the little 1.0ltr engine. Driving position is really good with lots of adjustment up and down and backwards and forwards. The seats are comfortable and my grown up children all say they are surprised how much room they have in the back. As you can tell, I’m very happy after two weeks, and even though that is a very short time, I really can’t see this changing, unless something drastic happens.
Thanks for the update Brighton Steve. It’s great to hear that you are so pleased with your car. Your feedback about the car defaulting to Eco mode every time you start it is very interesting for two reasons.
When my daughter test drove the i20 she wasn’t too keen on the look of the digital dashboard in Comfort or Sport mode, so she won’t mind that at all. Secondly, I have a petrol BMW X1 2.0i and it always defaults to Comfort when I start it. I find this a bit irritating as I always drive it in EcoPlus mode and have to remember to select it each time. As the car is so powerful, I never find it wanting for oomph in EcoPlus and I’m also getting great mpg out of the car, so I also wish that it would remember the last used setting but stick in EcoPlus mode!
Eco modes rarely make much difference to the character of the car at low speeds, so I’d be inclined to ignore what Hyundai say and leave it in Eco all the time and see if that makes any difference to performance and fuel economy.
How are you finding the Bose Sound system when on the move? When we test drove the i20 it seemed very noisy to me and that was a car with 16” wheels. With the 17” wheels on the Ultimate (and presumably no more sound insulation) I wondered if the Bose system might be a bit lost on the i20? A good quality sound system was a pre-requisite for my daughter (along with a heated steering wheel)!