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  • Great Car..

  • Great Car..

  • Nice design and several cues and features from other brands. Probably possible for an owner to add some of that extra punch and road behavior that the reporter found lacking.

  • Oh PLEASE!!!!!! The big factor this dude is omitting is the DEPRECIATION FACTOR! If you plan on owning this car until the wheel fall off then depreciation is irrelevent but if you trade in your wheels every 5 or 6 years then it means EVERYTHING. Hyundais are decent cars but they are plagued with significantly depreciation which will realize later. Not now, but definately later.

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  • Korean Automobiles are improving significantly.. It's the perception. Get your head out of your bottom and look around. The Koreans improved in such a short period of time. Kia and Hyundai, the way forward.

  • Another asian crap...

  • I don't like this asian copy brand

  • These might sell in the USA since the SUV craze is cooling.

  • mondeo......is......fun??

    plz........

  • The car is tested in Norway :D

  • I say... Volvo V70!!

  • fckin dick  head

  • More better than passat or mondeo

  • Why is it exactly that we don't have cars like this in the U.S. ???

  • @jwblada Actually, it just so happens that you do ! Check the Hyundai U.S. website, and you'll find all the models there.

  • Well made car :) nice looking 

  • That´s weird. Here in Estonia the most expensive model is priced at 25 000 euros. That´s around 21 000 pounds. Four thousand is a big difference though. Ship cars from here :D

  • ma next carr :D

  • Skoda are communist car

  • @imkful you sir,are an idiot.

  • I wrote my new i40 off last night,I was on my way to pick up Cheryl Coal and the blood went to my head.Dat babe was worth it,im gonna get a Mondeo with the insurance.

  • Smooth norwegian roads? Fuck no.

  • you need a life the i40 is much better then any mondeo

  • Don't like those front "wire, rope(whatever) lights".

  • Norway FTW :)

  • People should know Hyundai makes cheap to luxury cars even makes truck, bus, bullet-train tanks and armor vehicles and submarine, war ships, motorbikes, oil tankers, helicopter, jetfighter and whole lot of things. It's stupid to judge Hyundai as cheap & low quality coz they even makes parts for some European/Japanese cars as well.

  • include airbag for KNEE !!! not a optional ~~

  • this time... sure that i40 will bestselling car !!

  • @plaid4u So, in brief, 현대=Hyundai : ㅎ=H, ㅕ=YU(=yeo)[not this yu(=yoo)], ㄴ=N, ㄷ=D, ㅐ=AI . Coz of two nouns of ㅕ,ㅐ. As I mentioned, a=ㅏ i=ㅣSo, when we add these two of a=ㅏand i=ㅣ, that can be "ai" in english with separate pronounciation, but that can't be ㅏㅣ seperately but should be ㅐin another one noun in korean. They have another ㅐnoun form from a=ㅏ, i=ㅣwhich is a mid-sound between a and i, it sounds similar to "e" in eng. And they have 2 different "e" in eng,"ㅔ" and "ㅐ" of noun form in korean.

  • @ 3:35 IT'S HYUNDAI NOT HONDA YOU MORON !

  • @tutucea YOU'RE THE MORON! YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR THAT HE SAYS HYUNDAI !

  • @tutucea He says Hyundai, you moron.

  • Klimatyzacja dla pasazerow z tylu od jakiego poziomu wyposazenia jest dostepna???

  • Norway - the only way :)

  • Skoda Superb looks better. inside and uotside. and waranty is 4 years, but skoda is cheaper to drive and maintenance. also better price, on second hand. and easy to sell.

  • Try and check skoda's cars from 15 years ago.... what a good sight to see!!!!! Why can't people admit that some Asian brands are offering good products?!?! Warranties from 5 to 7 years... would you warranty your product like that if it was a bad product?!?!?!?.....

  • It is a little pricy for just a little over 130hp. Styling is very nice as well as the options.

  • @New2011Daddy it is the same price as ugly passat 1.4 TSI 122 hp highline.. i40 has ventilated seats panoramic rooof heated back seats for extra :) and lots of things too..

  • i actually love this car 

  • nice car.. and... what is the song'S name at the beginning of the video ?? :D

  • come on~ seriously~ that car is really all around good execution lol

  • BECAUSE THE EUROPEANS CANNOT NOW SAY THAT HYUNDAI HAVE COPIED THE STYLING, NOW THEY ARE COMPLAINING THAT ITS NOT SPECIAL.HONESTLY THIS IS WAY BETTER PROPORTIONED THAN ANY EUROPENAS RIVALS

  • Price, Price...Plastic, Plastic. Why would you choose this over a Mondeo..!! you would be mad.

  • @paulmgn0037 yh we knw ...u obviously love ur mondeos so much.

  • is this the veracruz

  • please bring this to the US as the new Touring!

  • how can he review this car without talking about its styling. oh god what a good looking car, honestly its way better looking than a bland mondeo.also we are not buying the badge we are buying the car.for example in the past we bought mercedes because of there realiability and the biuld quaility and there graceful looks but today we dont get those stuff from present mercedes so that makes todays mercedes not a proper mercedes. w124>w212

  • very nice car lot better than skoda

  • very nice car

  • Volvo V70 is the best station wagon, enough said!! This can't compete with it, this crap asian car are several years behind the competition, like every other asian car brand!!

  • @sedag100 Well the asian craps have no problem to sell itself, unlike Volvo... Try before judge!

  • to hell what this snob says, looks like a damn good car and a damn site more sexy than some other Euro cars

  • fuck this nerd's opinion, the superb looks like shit when placed next to this sexy beast

  • $50,000+  for a Hyundai thats a lot!

  • this guy is stupid... i have passat cc rline which is much more expensive but this car is very nice to see on the road and its definitly worth of this money.... im talking about i40 :-)

  • I drove the ix35 as a rental car. Just a very nice car, nothing against it.

    But if I they enter the same price group as Skoda, etcetera, the reason to buy a Hyundai disappears.

  • man .. he is a cunt ....

    

  • stupid american/british mile and gallon measures, why cant just use km and litre like everyone else :|

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  • @Razielqwert funny thing is they measure pollution in CO2 per km....but distance in miles....hmm

  • @Razielqwert Because British people dont want the stupid km. And your completly wrong about litre as in the UK petrol is sold per litre as is a bottle of Coca Cola as is Washing up Liquid. But you have to remember the

    British mile is a very very old way of measurement and was used in the days of horse and carts

  • I think it's WAY better looking than the Skoda or Mondeo, and I find the interior more attractive as well, also it's a bit nimbler to drive imo, feels lighter...

  • Hyundai is one of the leaders now.... People in denial please stop crying, welcome to 2011!!!

  • i hate this guy!

  • @bmw4lfe I would punch him cuz he is so annoying

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  • @bmw4lfe he could die in car accident....lol ...why I really dont like him are his voice,face expresions and nerdy manners pretty much everything is anoying about him!!!oh and I wouls smash his glasses

  • @Pronarkoman Yeah i h8 everything of him

  • great video

  • Skoda better than Hyundai?!! stupid

  • @ivarsrini - you actually serious???

  • it doesn't matter what wanker brits say about hyundai... people willl buy Hyundai because it gives them what they want...

  • The funny thing is, in North America we joke about Fiats, and in Europe they joke about Hyundais. Hyundai is certainly stepping up their game, when they first came out their cars looked to similar to Hondas visual wise, but their current cars are certainly much better. Genesis Coupe for example. Love it

  • @bbmoz We dont joke about Hyundais in europe, and if you joke about fiats, then you're clueless.

  • @derbigpr500 fiat makes loads of money on parts..most unreliable cars ever :P

  • @EdgeUHF Statistics dont agree with you.

  • @derbigpr500 I have studied statistics and know that numbers can be manipulated or do you mean like car of the year? lol! you do know those things are set up right? i have first hand experience by talking to owners, mechanics and parts dealers they say italian cars like fiat, alpha romeo and lancia get most of their parts replaced,french cars come second like peugeot citroen, german cars are known for bad electronics (windows/locks but nothing serious).STAY AWAY FROM SUPER UNRELIABLE FIAT!!!!!!!

  • This guy should replace a couple of the fifth gear tv presenters....

  • Norway looks good at least

  • The i40 gets 55mpg on a turbo diesel? bring that to america!!!!

  • @matrixloader That's 55 MPG on imperial gallons though, so that's closer to 44 MPG on US gallons.

  • @matrixloader thats still really good. VW jetta wagon diesel in usa is rated 42mpg.

  • there shit end off even wan out of fast and feurious tokyo drift may he R.I.P says thay are shit sooo there

  • This really does sound like a very biased review. They criticise the car for being a good all rounder and not achieving one thing brilliantly, but isnt the fact that the Mondeo is such a good all rounder the reason they all love the thing to bits???

  • @plaid4u And that is your own subjective opinion. What isn't a subjective opinion is the fact that "Hun-day, like 'Sunday'," is a lot closer to the correct pronunciation in Korean. watch?v=vY-5dn3t4xM

  • @JadeEyedWolf "e" sound from end of the tongue, and the other is from inner part of the tongue with same "e", but It's different precisely. Actually many scientists admited Korean is one of the best scientific languages in the world when they could have some knowledges of their languages or how it work. But no way to nomal people.LoL. They've been superior over 2000 years than japanes until world war 1. Coz their king decided to exclude everythings from foreign countries to protect the war.

  • @JadeEyedWolf But the same time, Japanes were struggling to accept every skills from USA to re-invade Korea coz they had been failed all to invade korea over 2000 from their islands & wanted to clean away their inferiority against korea over 2000. When Korean officers didn't allow Japanese envoys to pass to china, there're noways coz the other way was too dangerous to go to china through the vast ocean. Finally the Korean histories've been all fabricated and hidden by Japanese after the reverse.

  • @U2V4U I would question why Japanese have done that? why? Because Korea was far ahead than Japan prior to 16th century. The only reason Japan did have some success at beginning of 16th century war due to two factors: 1. Korea was in political unrest & never ready for war 2. Japan imported Portuguese weapons. Without this 2 factors, Japan could not have invaded Korea.

  • @JadeEyedWolf All distortions after the reverse since world war 1st. Many europeans ignore or no idea actually of Koreans'. Coz We've been studying & recieving from the book that Japanese wrote for asian history and hided to cover their inferior history. Coz they think it dosen't matches with their already grown economics & afraid to be revealed to westhen people. They've been showing respect between China and Korean eachothers over 1000yrs as leaving Japanese alone, but not here in Europe.

  • Is it funny or interesting? I hope so, or forget it. What I mean is prejudice. Actually They've won the 1st prize in several ways since 2008 in USA. but they r not selling the best luxury cars like Genesis or Equus to Europe, especially to UK. They r keep selling the economic cars of Hyundai only. Why? Coz they know what the people here have been thought about Hyundai and What the Top Gear treated them. Anyway, they are the best country in the field of IT, Semionductor, Shipbuilding, Electricity

  • They download 700mb of movies within about 20 sec. And they have the giant company like Samsung, LG etc. One missing, the conclusion is we need to pronounciate hyundai as "HYEON DE or DAE" like when we say "daewoo" company, this "dae" sound in english. not hyoon, hun, haiyoon, die, or dai. Without knowledge of the most unique country without mixing over 3000yrs of the world can't be understandable for english society. They've been Corea, not Korea that fabricated by Japanese, too since 19C.

  • I am interested in history, so I've been studying somewhat. Anyway, Very Thanks for your time and consideration! .. or You are not interested, just forget it.. Take care every one..bye..

  • Chinese-owned MG, I love the sound of that.

  • This is just like a venza

  • Actually for very similar money I can have a Mondeo or 408, so I don't see reasons to buy i40.

  • please hyundai, make a new i30 and make it look like this, because this is just a beautiful car

  • I'm not impressed with it. I do have to give them credit for building better cars. Remember their first? Slightly glorified Yugo ring any bells?

  • Superb for me please.

  • Sometimes I hate the way reviewers are so vague in their description of a car. He said that this car misses out on a Skoda's "ambience and precision". What the hell does that mean? It could mean anything.

  • if it werent for this guy, fifth gear would have been gone a long time ago

  • dont but hyundai car they really sux and good with immitation from other brand. BUT, buy its ship! its good

  • Ugly car

  • It's still a Hyundai...It's ugly and will look like a bigger piece of shit on 5 years.

  • its Hyundai like sunday ...

  • LOVE YOU GRAHAM

  • What is the proper pronunciation of Hyundai?

  • @IchiDeux - For some reason Hyundai instructs Britons to pronounce it "hy-YUN-dye" while they instruct North Americans to pronounce it "HUN-day." Why the two different pronunciations despite being the same language, I'l never know. Toyota does something similar with the Prius. In the UK they market it as the "PRY-us" instead of the North American PREE-us. Again, Lord knows why except maybe to foment confusion.

    I'd be interested to know how they pronounce "Hyundai" in Korea.

  • @DroverChicago its hyundai like sunday thats what they said on their ads

  • He mentions NOTHING about the amazing styling the car has.

  • @markjwil Well because it's ugly.

  • the reason you see lots of hyundai is because they are trying to sell as quick as possible before japan gets back on their feet. it's true they have redesign they car inside and out much better than before, heck they even make luxury cars eg. equus which i can only say overprice. but as soon as your warranty expire so too will your engine.

  • my mom has a ford and my dad has a passat so i understand where he's coming from based on the modeo and superb's quality, but you have to give hyundai/kia a good pat on the back because this car is worlds away based on looks, dynamics, and technology from the shit boxes that used to come out of korea

  • I'm sorry but that car has a better exterior and a better interior than either of those two ugly cars (Mondeo and Skoda). It seriously LOOKS a lot more expensive than 25k.

  • Hyundai is started to make some pretty good cars

  • Still looks like a Hyundai...

  • @madant1977

    Because it is a Hyundai stupid. I'm glad you can read.

  • @ConceptVBS O rly? You must be one of the retarded trolls...

  • @madant1977

    Your the one who is retarded. Get with the times. Hyundai now isnt like the old Hyundai.

  • @ConceptVBS Keep telling yourself that. I don't take a few gadgets over years of refinement and engineering.

  • @madant1977

    Keep your head in the gutter of yesteryears while other pass you by old man.

  • @ConceptVBS Hahaha, yes, everyone will like you in your cheap, plastic, generic car that is just good enough. What a minger...

  • @madant1977

    I pity the soul who base his life on what others think...

  • how is this not biased against hyundai. the guy said hyundai has better interior materials and more space than the mondeo and said that the hyundai drives decently. besides that hyundai is less expensive, has a longer warranty, and is more loaded than the competition. so i don't understand the conclusion that hyundai is not "up" there with the competition.

  • look at that car!!

  • Just like the Japanese have been trying to match the Germans. The Koreans are now trying to match the Japanese. I see history repeating it self, but just like toyota, and honda, they will always be a step behind. From my point of view, that is.

  • @pelepihuamo hyundai is not a step behind. hyundai is the biggest asian automaker in europe and is growing very quickly in the united states. hyundai is also doing much better in design and tech than the japanese. look at japanese cars in the U.S. and they all look dated. They are also slow to introduce new technology. For example honda is still using 5 speed automatics while hyundai's whole lineup has six speeds. hyundai has also developed their own 8 speed transmission in house.

  • You might be right, Hyundai is stealing customers from Toyota, Honda, and Nissan left and right, but it is not very likely to see a German car buyer to cross shop Asian brands, besides they are kind of pricey too. I remember the Hyundai Excel, Kia Sephia, and Sportage, they were all under $15,000. now they are all almost over 30 grand, and for those prices I'll take a, 2 or 3 year old German car.

  • Few hundred pounds different why not get the skoda? At least it uses vw parts. Don't get me wrong I do like the i40 but the price disappoints me wasn't aggressive enough

  • I wish we had this in canada

  • i40 - elantra

  • Priced higher than it should be.

  • LOLWUT

    Where did the whole notion that British people hate Hyundai come from? I've never seen any bias against them in the UK.

    If you actually pay attention to the review, you'll note that he does call it a "very good car" only knocking it for being "average". What did he actually say that suggests bias?

  • if its not a skoda they (fifth gear) are not interested!

  • I hate this reviewer!! I just wanted to check out whether he's changed his attitude,but he still hasn't changed since he reviewed the BMW X1!! 

  • So the car is a B student?

  • i like it. and i own a 2011 tuscon limited and i love it. 

  • I think it a good car, but the new Hyundais front ends look like rabid beavers to me.

  • Now the steering wheel is on the right side. Thanks Fifth Gear.

  • Who in their right mind would pay for "heated steering wheel"? I'm bonkers and I want heated interior

  • @peterhejlejensen A heated steering wheel is actually really nice in the winter, if you happen to live somewhere cold. Cold leather isn't particularly pleasant.

  • @alphaswimmer55

    I can't feel my hands in the winther, soooooo

  • Ugh, can't stand Britain's butchering of Hyundai's name :P

    Good review though!

  • Left hand drive car in Britian? Can anyone explain

  • @TornTech Check the description.

  • @TornTech He's in Norway, so they drive on the right side.

  • @TornTech 2:11 "...its quite hard to judge the chassis on these incredibly smooth Norwegian roads..." Keyword there is "Norwegian" ;-)

  • @alphaswimmer55 thanks :p

  • the i40 is... the sonata in the states?

  • May I remind everyone that every car has ups and downs, faults and high points.

    So LIVE with it!!!

    >:l

  • Wow,I'm impressed by this new car.This i40 really is good-looking & have nice touches too.Hyundai really is a very impressive car company.

  • Someone had to post this: IT'S HIDEOUS. There.

  • Thats a Hyundai Sonata. not a so-called i40. -.-'

  • @itsTiLER It's an i40 over there.

  • @itsTiLER Actually the sonata is called the i45

  • people are just being biased against the brand. British people make a point against Hyundai because all they're used to are Vauxhall's, Mondeo's and German cars. Hyundai's a good brand, but "you people" don't give it a chance. It's the fastest growing brand in America (and that's probably why you despise it). And no I'm not American just so you know....I give my honest opinion upon observation. Sad, you say Americans are biased for a cause but you're biased against, everytime, lol hilarious

  • @daizmiester Yeah that would be a good point if it wasn't total shit. My mother and my sister both have Hyundai's, they've become much more popular in the last few years as the quality has improved. The reason they weren't so desirable in the past is because the cars used to be a bit shit, end of. Here he says the Skoda is better. 20 years ago Skoda was a joke brand so clearly attitudes change as the quality of the cars improve.

  • @daizmiester Also you mention America four times in this comment. I doubt ANYONE else watched this video and had a single thought about America or used that as a reason to be biased against the car. It's a Korean car.

  • @daizmiester Thank god there are people like you in the car world. I find it really hilarious how so many people believe in old stereotypes. Nowadays, the best-quality cars are American and Malaysian, the most unreliable cars are German, Japanese cars are mediocre in their class and Italian cars are every bit as reliable as your average car. Now lets see how long it takes for Jeremy Clarkson to realize those changes.

  • @daizmiester u work 4 hyundi don't u

  • @daizmiester get fucked faggot so suck on daddys dick

  • @daizmiester Well said... agree 100 %. Hyundai/Kia will soon be bigger then VAG.

  • @daizmiester - it's not british people's decision - it's a subjective european way of judgment - this whole asian design thing, lack of character and non-seductive pricetag that matters - and it's not just about Korean cars - it goes for japanese cars lately too...