With the Staria, Hyundai has a very stubbornly designed passenger bus on the international menu. That extravagant space giant will not come to the Netherlands, a loss that will only increase when you see this Staria Load.
The Staria Load is simply the order version of the Hyundai Staria presented this year. The Staria is a futuristic-looking MPV with a hood that flows almost seamlessly into the windscreen. It gives the car a stubborn look, helped by a huge window pane and Robocop-like lighting at the front. The Staria, overloaded with recalcitrant details, is getting an order version in Australia, the Staria Load. This Staria Load is a visually particularly stripped-down variant of the passenger version of the Hyundai Staria, but nevertheless looks nice and eccentric. The Staria is not coming to the Netherlands and that also applies to the Staria Load.
Hyundai Staria
And that’s a shame, because regardless of whether you label the Hyundai Staria as ‘beautiful’, ‘ugly’ or simply as ‘nice’, it is undeniably a fresh or original appearance among the mainly conservatively designed European company fleet. The Staria Load does not have spectacular LED lighting, but with its lighting placed low in the bumper and now unlit black strip on its sloping muzzle, it still provides the necessary visual drama. The steel wheels complete the picture in a special way. Back to basics. Hyundai has also taken up the eraser at the rear. The Staria Load also has the simplest rear lights that Hyundai has developed for the model, conventional ones that do not extend all the way to the roof.
Hyundai Staria
Although the dashboard of the Staria Load is also simpler than that of the Staria, we do find digital instruments and an 8-inch infotainment screen, although the latter display is less extensive than the variant that is available in the passenger versions. Also striking: Hyundai gives the Staria Load a conventional automatic transmission lever and no small button island to control the transmission. However, electrically folding and heated exterior mirrors are standard. Hyundai currently only supplies the Staria Load in Australia and offers versions with two and five seats. The load volume of the two-seater is 4,935 liters, in the version with extra seats you have to settle for 2,890 liters. In addition, Hyundai supplies the Staria Load with two rear doors instead of a conventional tailgate if you wish. In all cases, the Staria Load has a 2.2 liter diesel under the hood that is tied to an eight-speed automatic transmission. The Staria Load is allowed to tow 2,500 kilos (braked). Hyundai supplies the bus in the colors Shimmering Silver and – yes – Creamy White. The starting price in Australia is about €31,000.
– Thanks for information from Techzle.nl