Hyundai Getz Road Test Report
This road test is published by the NRMA on September 2002. The best features of Hyundai Getz are the easy and pleasant to drive, good occupant and load space for this class, and the long warranty. The worst features are no internal hatch release or central locking, only basic seat comfort and support, and orange peel effect in paint.
Hyundai has issued a voguish new humble hatch known as the Getz and its occupation is to re-kindle exuberance amongst younger customers for the Hyundai brand name.
It looks that once Hyundai substituted the Excel model with the Accent, sales cut down as much as 30 per cent and it was primarily the younger buyers that shied aside, reportedly since of the Accent’s more conservative titling.
Hyundai is convinced that the Getz has the ‘goodnesses’ to adjust that situation. It appears voguish and advanced, is quite an comfortable and pleasant little vehicle to back around town, proposes good space for residents and their baggage, and is competitively priced.
The arrival of the Getz does not charm the dying of the Accent, however there’s hypothesis about the future of the three-door model. There’s also a good chance that the next Accent will clog 1.6 litre engine.
On the road, the Getz is rather a pleasant little car to drive. Execution is acceptable, and the handling is generally confident and accurate. The manual gear lever is at last a delight to use (gearchange quality on late manual Hyundais has been rather inadequate). Braking was very effective in the test car, but it did have the extra profit of the optional antilock brakes bundle.
The new Hyundai Getz accounts very comfortably on design and function, and with more voguish styling than its Accent stable companion, it’s not difficult to reckon that it should bear witness to be quite a score with small car customers. The base GL versions miss out on a few nonsense, but the basics are all there and with competitive pricing and Hyundai’s five year warranty, the Getz is for sure a match for challengers such as the Holden Barina, Toyota Echo, Ford Ka, Mitsubishi Mirage and Suzuki Ignis. If you’re in the market for an economical small hatch that’s easy to drive around town and yet still able of a more farseeing trip if required, then the new Getz is by all odds worth reckoning.
source : https://www.aaa.asn.au/roadtests/reports/369.pdf
