The Star: September 06, 2018

46 Thursday September 6 2018
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Motoring
Turbo boost for Kona
• By Ross Kiddie
HYUNDAI New Zealand
has been well served by
an extensive sport utility
vehicle range.
For many years it has had
Santa Fe, IX crossover, and
Tucson, all have sold with
considerable success in
New Zealand. Not a company
to rest on its laurels,
Hyundai realised the need
to explore other segments
of the SUV market, and
just recently a newcomer
landed – the Kona.
The Kona is a small SUV,
not tiny, but it is a car for
those who like to travel
light. It arrives here in two
four-cylinder petrol engine
variations a 2-litre normally
aspirated unit and a 1.6-litre
turbocharged unit. The latter
arrives with four-wheeldrive,
the 2-litre model is
front wheel-drive only.
Prices start at $31,990 for
the 2-litre, an extra $5000
will buy you into a high
grade Elite version, while
the turbocharged models
sit at $36,990 and $41,990
(Elite). At the time of print,
Hyundai New Zealand has
just launched a fully electric
Kona, pricing for the
EV is yet to be announced.
The subject of this evaluation
is the Elite turbo which
drives through a sevenshift
dual clutch automatic
gearbox. Hyundai claims
130kW at just 5500rpm, if
you add in 265Nm all of
the way from 1500rpm to
4500rpm, it’s easy to fathom
out how free-revving
and willing the engine is
through the mid-range.
• By Ross Kiddie
THE fifth-generation Subaru
Forester sport utility
vehicle will launch in New
Zealand later this month.
It will arrive with the
choice of three variants all
with a 2.5-litre, four-cylinder
petrol engine. They are
Sport ($39,990), Sport Plus
($44,990) and Premium
($47,490).
The new Forester debuts
with Subaru’s first-ever
driver monitoring system
which sets driver preferences
for seat position, door
mirrors, air conditioning
and some instrument displays
using facial recognition
technology.
Within seconds of sitting
inside the Forester,
the system recognises the
driver and automatically
adjusts the car to his or her
settings. Up to five drivers
can be registered.
HYUNDAI KONA: Normally-aspirated or
turbocharged engine option.
• Price – Hyundai Kona
Elite turbo, $41,990
• Dimensions – Length,
4165mm; width,
1800mm; height,
1565mm
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,
front-wheeldrive,
1591cc, 130kW,
265Nm, six-speed
automatic.
• Performance –
0-100km/h, 8sec
• Fuel usage –
6.7l/100km
That also has a complementary
effect on fuel
usage. Rated at 6.7-litre per
100km (42mpg), the Kona
is a bit of a fuel miser; well,
at around 1500kg there’s
not a lot of weight to drag
around, so that is beneficial.
Against the stopwatch
the Kona turbo will cut
out a standstill to 100km/h
time of 8sec, and will leap
through a highway overtake
in 4.8sec.
The Kona feelts taut and
tightly connected to the
road through the steering.
That’s an attribute I rate
highly in any car, and it
Another feature of the
system is a wondering gaze
warning if the driver continues
to look away from
the road ahead, visual and
audio alerts are sent to both
driver and passengers. It
can also detect if the driver
is getting drowsy. Drowsiness
is recognised by calculating
the time ratio the
driver’s eyes are closed.
Subaru of New Zealand’s
managing director Wallis
Dumper says: “We imagine
this comprehensive
technology package could
be the envy of some of our
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doesn’t disappoint. A lot of
that is due to its compact
stature, the Kona is agile
and nimble. Of course, fourwheel-drive
adds in a lot of
natural grip, the Kona feels
sedan-like with its handling
and comes without the cost
of suspension firming.
Occupant comfort is high,
the spring and damper rates
are a balanced compromise,
the Kona has suspension
which deals to all road
surfaces with positive
absorption. In comparison
to its 2-litre stablemate,
the four-wheel-drive
version has to have a fully
independent rear end and
that provides good freedom
of movement at the rear,
something that hampers the
front-wheel-drive version
ever so slightly.
That aside, the Kona in
both forms still has my seal
of approval. In Elite form it
wants for nothing in terms
of specification, it has a
high level of fitment.
Personally, I’d opt for
the non-Elite model, I’m
more of a cloth trim fan as
opposed to leather, but that
is a personal preference.
New Forester nearly here
SUBARU
FORESTER:
New model
for 2019.
premium competitors,
considering the value-formoney
comparison the
2019 Forester presents.’’
The horizontally-opposed
Boxer engine is mostly new,
compared to the previous
model the engine has 90
per cent new components.
It is linked to Subaru’s
symmetrical all-wheeldrive
technology that
underpins all new Subaru
models sold in New Zealand.
An enhanced X-Mode
and with 200mm of ground
clearance the Forester has
substantial off-road ability.