Spy Shots: Hyundai HED-5 leaves show stand for snow mound
by Damon Lavrinc on Feb 8th 2010 at 6:39PM 
Hyundai HED-5 – Click above for high-res image gallery
It's been nearly two years since the Hyundai HED-5 concept bowed at the Geneva Motor Show, but in late 2008, the Korean automaker announced that a production version of the compact crossover would arrive in 2010. And here it is.
Spied while testing in Northern Scandinavia, Hyundai's unnamed answer to the Opel Zafira gets substantially toned down from its conceptual predecessor, although shades of Hyundai's new "Fluidic Sculpture" design language are peering through the camo.
The hood's squat proportions are balanced by the acres of windshield, and if there wasn't enough glass up front, Hyundai has seen fit to add a set of small windows aft of the A-pillars. Even with the camouflage covering much of the rear hatch, it's obvious that the mini-'ute is destined to provide plenty of cargo space, and judging by the size of the rear doors, back seat passengers won't be wanting for legroom.
Although the original HED-5 concept was powered by a 2.2-liter diesel putting out 212 horsepower and 340 lb.-ft. of torque, when Hyundai announced production plans for the crossover, it mentioned a new 286-hp, 2.0-liter Theta Turbo GDI engine. When it eventually makes it to markets abroad, expect either the 115-hp 1.7-liter diesel from the ix35 concept or a 136-hp 2.0-liter oilburner to be available, along with a few choice gasoline powerplants. No word on U.S. availability, but we wouldn't be surprised to see the production version on the show stand in Geneva next month.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
michigan4life 6:57PM (2/08/2010)
286hp? wow! i want one!
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LaserRed38 7:19PM (2/08/2010)
Red driver's seat eh? This would be cool if they offer it with a red interior...
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UCJR 7:29PM (2/08/2010)
"Gimme HED"?
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LaserRed38 8:43PM (2/08/2010)
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Level 7:41PM (2/08/2010)
talk about Hyundai wanting to jump into every car segment lol
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Luis 8:01AM (2/09/2010)
like Toyota did? Except they are doing at even more breakneck speed. They're next in the big FAIL.
michigan4life 7:54PM (2/08/2010)
hyundai is one a roll. they are not going to stop. it's crazy. they will pass nissan in 3 years and honda in 5 years. mark my word.
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HyundaiSmoke 9:30PM (2/08/2010)
1. Pass them in what, US sales or global sales? If I remember Hyundai sells more cars than Nissan and Honda put together globally. If it wasnt for America and China, Honda would be out of business, as nobody in the rest of the world likes Hondas.
2. Pass them in what quality and Reliability ? Hyundai has been consistenly ranked ahead of Toyota, Nissan, and Honda in quality in the US/JD power the last 5 years.
Pass them in What, Joe?
We already passed them!!!!
Typesbad 8:25PM (2/08/2010)
Nice bit of camo. I can't figure out that how that rear side-door belt line dip fits in at all with the rest of the design.
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revaholic 8:32PM (2/08/2010)
Ew, look at that dip in the rear door. It's weirder than the Genesis Coupe's.
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HyundaiSmoke 9:38PM (2/08/2010)
Big deal if Hyundai doesnt get #1 in US sales. Id rather the make the best cars in the world, than be number 1.
After the way Americans have treated Hyundai and its owners in the past. Laughed at us, called us Felons, poor college students, retirees, and all of that crap. The US market should be lucky that Hyundai would even give them the best product they have to offer After treating us in he manner we have been treated.
Hyundai treats England like crap, and for good reason. With the way they talk, Hyundai shouldnt sell cars there at all. Treat them like Renault, Citroen etc... treats Americans.
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HyundaiSmoke 9:41PM (2/08/2010)
HED-5 has been greenlighted for US production, and if Autoblog were to check its archives, Im quite sure its in there somewhere.
Its a C-Segment product, so this will end up most likely as a
next Gen Elantra Touring for US consumption
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HyundaiSmoke 10:03PM (2/08/2010)
That small sedan in the background is a Cruze. They like to take a convoy of competitive products with them. If they are taking a Cruze with them, Then they are benchmakring some point on in the Cruze to a particular part of this with. Maybe Cruze handles good in the snow, and they wanted to benchmark that to exceed it?
Yeah, this is probably Elantra Touring
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HyundaiSmoke 10:23PM (2/08/2010)
It Could be an ix-25 as well, but then it would be silly to greenlight it for production in the US Unless:
1. It will be an Accent 5 door too.
2. The HED-5 is just a template for Next gen Hyundai B and C Segment hatch design.
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HyundaiSmoke 10:31PM (2/08/2010)
However, the ix-25 had its own concept too, The ix-metro. It would be slly to use 2 concepts for the same car.
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PMinAu 2:19AM (2/09/2010)
It's the iM30, as suggested in the story. More background here:
http://www.users.on.net/~pbm/PMMCarBlogs/Peter_McMutry_Car_Blogs_Home/Archive.html
Peter
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HyundaiSmoke 2:39AM (2/09/2010)
HACKMAN, wrong:
http://www.hyundai-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/jdpower2009.jpg
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HyundaiSmoke 2:58AM (2/09/2010)
That seat is not red, its taupe. Its in the Tucson as well, you'd probably see one at the dealer like that. Its ether leather or leatherette, as Taupe only comes in those materials in Hyundais.
You're right about the i30 designation, however since they are supposedly bringing this to the US, and it features the hexagonal grille I think MPV is unlikely. It would be very unlikely this would be a current gen i30. I think this is the next gen model. They are replacing Elantra a year early, they might as well scrap everything currently on the platform.
That Center console looks like it should be in a next gen product, not an evolution of current gen product.
Maybe this could be an MPV in Europe and an Elantra Touring here. This would be an appropriate replacement for Elantra Touring in the US, as Americans prefer to be higher up.
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PMinAu 8:43PM (2/09/2010)
http://www.users.on.net/~pbm/PMMCarBlogs/Peter_McMutry_Car_Blogs_Home/Archive.html for all the details. It's a Zafira/Touran size MPV known as HED-5 i_mode, or i30 MPV or iM30
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PMinAu 8:50PM (2/09/2010)
http://www.users.on.net/~pbm/PMMCarBlogs/Peter_McMutry_Car_Blogs_Home/Archive.html for all the details. It's a Zafira/Touran size MPV known as HED-5 i_mode, or i30 MPV or iM30
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