Hyundai aims Nissan Qazana with his new ix-Metro concept car at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The compact SUV is one of a rising number of small 4×4s on the road - and is ready for making within two years.
Hyundai ix-Metro will leave their BL / Rover inspired the name and instead adopts IX-15 IX-25 or moniker when production begins, the slot things in the fine under the new, Tucson recompense ix-35.
The Metro-IX is one of the nine new Hyundai’s come fast and furious with a new product unpleasant, swearing Hyundai Europe Vice President Allan Rush Forth. The nine new models come in 13 months, from October 2010.
Hyundai i10 SR is the company’s first electric car. They have torn out gasoline generator parts and stuffed into a homemade electric motor, cutting-edge lithium-ion polymer batteries from the Korean company LG.
It is designed primarily for the domestic market Korean market, where the trial production will start in 2010, but Hyundai Europe is attracted in getting cars over here for evaluation in urban areas like London. A major stumbling block is the price that the batteries alone at today’s cost calculations should consider writing for around $ 16,000.
Hyundai will also show its first hybrid, an Electra equipped with LPG-electric power train. LPG is popular in Korea, where the car is sold, but Hyundai shows it in Frankfurt in order to emphasize its eco credentials. The company has promised to reduce fleet average CO2 emissions in Europe to 95g/km in 2020.
