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2012. - 2015.
C - Small family car
hatchback, 3 door
front
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Wheel drive
Safety
2012. - 2015.
C - Small family car
hatchback, 3 door
front

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Dimensons & Outlines

4300 mm
1780 mm
1465 mm
378 liters
1316 liters
53 liters
Length
Width
Height
Boot (min)
Boot (max)
Fuel tank
4466 mm
1840 mm
1482 mm
380 liters
1165 liters
56 liters
2012 Hyundai i30 Coupe
2012 Opel Astra GTC

Engine

Diesel
4 - Inline, 4 valves per cylinder
Turbo
1396 cc
90 hp
220 Nm
Engine
Fuel
Configuration
Aspiration
Displacement
Power
Torque
General Motors / FIAT
1.6 B16DTH
Diesel
4 - Inline, 4 valves per cylinder
Turbo
1598 cc
136 hp
320 Nm

Performance (manual gearbox)

 
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CO2 emissions
manual gearbox - 6 gears
1403 kg
10.2 s
198 km/h
4.7 l/100km
3.8 l/100km
4.1 l/100km
109 g/km

Performance (automatic gearbox)

 
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Expenses

5800 EUR
Price from
4200 EUR

Virtual Adviser's™ opinion

Overview

Well, these are two pretty similar cars we have here! It's only details that could potentially make the difference. Considering they both belong to the small family car segment and utilize the same 3-door hatchback body style and the front wheel drive system, it all comes up to the specific diesel engine choice they offer. The first one has a Hyundai-engineered powertrain under the hood, a 4-cylinder, 16-valves 90hp unit, while the other one gets its power and torque from a 4-cylinder, 16-valves 136hp engine designed by General Motors.

Safety

The first thing to look into here would be the results from European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) tests performed on the two cars. Good thing is that both vehicles got tested, with the same number of safety stars gained in the process. Still, apart from the official crash test results there are other things we need to be aware of. Both vehicles belong to the small family car segment, which is generally classifying them somewhere in the middle safety-wise, still it doesn't help us solve our dilemma, does it?

Reliability

Reliability is not the best thing to consider on the make level, but it is worth mentioning that Hyundai does have a slight advantage, when all the models are taken into account. These are the results of an independent reasearch, while our visitors describe reliability of Hyundai with an average rating of 4.5, and models under the Opel badge with 4.2 out of 5. Independent research findings rank i30 as average reliability-wise, and Astra is more or less at the same level.That apart, owners of different cars powered by the same engine as the Korean car rank it on average as 4.8, while the one under the competitor's bonnet gets 3.8 out of 5.

Performance & Fuel economy

There's not enough data for me to elaborate on the subject, I'm affraid.


Verdict

Hyundai appears just a bit more reliable, although the difference is truly marginal. The most important thing when deciding between any two vehicles should always be safety, both passive and active. In this case though, it seems that both cars show similar levels of passenger protection all together, so that won't break a tie. When it comes to performance, both vehicles provide similar experience, so I wouldn't point any of them out. Fuel consumption is more or less the same. It's really tough to make a final decision here, but if I'd need to, I'd say Hyundai. In any case that's my personal view, built upon all the data available to me. What should decide here though is the way you feel about the two vehicles, and I hope you'll find my guidelines useful in the process. In case you have two minutes to spare I invite you to define your needs, desires and budget and see which car would be chosen by the virtual adviser, among thousands of similar, yet so different vehicles.

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