But with direct injection!
We have known the Hyundai i30 since 2007, so secretly it has been around for a while. We have now arrived at the third generation, which you can only get with turbo engines. The second generation, available between 2012 and 2017, still used ‘old-fashioned’ atmospheric petrol power sources. Were they also ‘old-fashioned’ uneconomical?
The word ‘old-fashioned’ does not do this engine justice. It is a 1.6 GDI, where the abbreviation stands for ‘Gasoline Direct Injection’. A technology that enables precise control of the air-petrol mixture and thus prevents the waste of valuable fuel. Direct injection has now become indispensable, but at the time it was not commonplace.
Consumption Hyundai i30 1.6 GDI
Does it provide an economical engine? Well, the average consumption value of ‘our’ drivers is 1 in 14.5 (6.9 l/100 km). This does not qualify the i30 1.6 GDI as an economy miracle, especially because the factory promised significantly better with exactly 1 in 20 (5 l/100 km).
Fortunately, there are positive outliers. For example, the most economical Hyundai i30 in our database consumed an average of 1 in 16.8 (6 l/100 km) over a distance of more than 40,000 kilometers. The driver of an i30 Wagon also does quite well with 1 in 16.2 (6.2 l/100 km).
On the other hand, some riders score between 1 in 12 and 1 in 13. The worst value is 1 in 12.2 (8.2 l/100 km). An explanation for the relatively high consumption may be the mileage, because the i30 in question drove less than 8,000 kilometers in one year. This may mean that he mainly travels short distances. And, as most readers know by now, that doesn’t do fuel consumption any good.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl