Hyundai

South Korea · parts cost 1/5 · specialist network: moderate

Model families

Model	Segment	Generations covered	Variants	Price span
i30 FD · FD CW	compact	2	4	€750–€5,000
ix35 LM	compact crossover	1	2	€5,500–€16,350

Only families with researched data appear here. See coverage for what is planned next.

Brand-wide ownership notes

This is the generation where Hyundai stopped being an apology and started being a sensible purchase. The engines are undramatic, the build is better than the price suggests, and the five-year warranty these were sold with means many have a documented history. There is no headline failure to warn you about, which is unusual in this database and is rather the point.

Chassis

Chassis	Body	Years	Character
FD	hatchback	2007–2012	The car that changed how Europe thought about Hyundai, and a genuinely sensible used purchase with no headline fault to fear.
FD CW	wagon	2008–2012	The i30 with a longer tail and a genuinely useful boot. It's as uneventful to own as the hatch, which is the whole point of buying one.
LM	crossover	2010–2015	A quiet, roomy crossover that arrived just as this class became the default family car. It does nothing brilliantly and very little badly.