Elle_Australia_Sep_2019

From$25,870

1.8-litre,4cyl

hybridsystem

90kW/163Nm

4.2L/100km

“WHAT this

HATCH LACKS in

WOW FACTOR,

it MAKES UP for

in PRACTICALITY

and PRICE”

From$59,990

Singleelectric

engine

150kW/395Nm

the

BEST IN

CL ASS

HYUNDAIKONA

ELECTRIC

WE COULD TALK about how the

HyundaiKonaElectricisAustralia’sfirst

all-electricsmallSUV. Orhow itisthe

SouthKoreanbrand’ssecondEVtoenter

themarket.Wecouldtalkaboutitshuge

(claimed) 449km range on a single

charge,itspracticality,itsswift7.6-second

0-100km/hdash,itshigh-endsafetyand

infotainment packages included as

standard,howthesuspensionhasbeen

tunedforAustralianroadsortheunlimited

five-year warranty and budget-priced

$165 servicing plan over those five

years.WecouldtalkabouthowHyundai

is owning the mass-market emissions-free

188

Photography:

Mark

Bramley;

Digital

Fuel

Productions;

Nick

Dimbleby;

Nate

Hassler;

Daniel

Kalisz;

James

Lipman;

Dejan

Sokolovski.

All

prices

are

the manufacturer recommended sale price and do not include on-road costs

the

PIGGY

BANK

PLEASER

TOYOTACOROLLA

HYBRID

TOYOTA HAS BEEN crafting petrol-

electric hybrids for longer than Kylie

Jenner hasbeenalive.So bynow,it’s

pretty damn good at it. And despite

havingsixhybridsalreadyonoffer,the

Japanesegianthasannouncedplansfor

evenmore.However,whenit comesto

thelittlecarthatcan,theonethatspans

generations, budgets and needs, the

humbleCorollaisneverfarfromfrontof

mind.Nowinits12thincarnation(!),this

Corollais longer,lower,widerandmore

spacious, with a sportier stance, more

techandbettervisionthanitspredecessor

(theactivesafetysystemsandcameras

help,too).Whileit maynotbethemost

uniquecarontheroad,whatthiswarm

hatch lacks in wow factor and boot

space, it makes up for in practicality,

reliability and price ($175 capped

servicing,anyone?),makingit oneofthe

smartest and greenest buys under $30K.

***

THE

WINNING

EDGE

Often,hybridsoutpricetheirsiblingsby

thousands,butthethreehybridCorolla

variants are just $1,500 above their

petrol equivalents. That’s what some

brands charge for metallic paint!

ELLE

DRIVE AWARDS

(green edition)