Hyundai ix35: Prices and specs revealed en France

The Hyundai ix35 - the French get prices and specs before the UK

We’ve been expecting Hyundai in the UK to release prices and specs for the new Hyundai ix35 for a few weeks now. We had a fair bit of information on the UK Hyundai ix35 back in September at Frankfurt, but for whatever reason we haven’t had price and model detail. So as Hyundai in Europe have got their act together and sent out details of what’s on offer in the ix35 range – and for how much – we thought that you might like a glimpse of what we’re likely to get.

It would be wrong to use the French prices directly converted in to GBP to get the UK prices for the ix35, but it’s not going to be far off. French VAT is a bit more than UK VAT and it’s certainly possible that the UK spec will be slightly different to that in France.

There are only two diesels on offer at launch in France. The UK was actually promised one diesel and two petrols when Hyundai gave us ix35 details in September. So we’ll have to wait a few more days to see what’s what in the UK. But for those desperate for an idea you’re not going to be a million miles out.

At launch there will only be two diesel engines on offer in France – the 136hp and the 184hp – with the range-topping 184 only available as the iX35-2.0 CRDi 184 4WD with Premium Pack at  €33,990(£29,892). The Premium Pack is top of a the option packs in a range that includes Climate Pack (entry) and Comfort Pack.

The entry-level Climate pack gets AirCon, hill start/descent, ESP, electric windows and mirrors, cruise control, audio system CD / MP3 with USB, 16 “alloys,and a rear spoiler. Move up to the Comfort Pack and you can add 17″ alloys, roof bars, auto lights, folding mirrors, parking sensors, half leather, dual zone Climate, privacy glass and Bluetooth. Top of the tree Premium Pack adds full leather, panoramic roof and SatNav with touch screen. Far from shoddy specs.

The entry-level iX35 2.0 CRDi 136 Climate Pack comes in at €26.990 (£23,736) but you need to remember that this is only the entry level for now. Later in 2010 Hyundai will be adding a 1.7 litre diesel and 1.6 litre direct injection petrol with the ISG and Stop & Start. And we’ll see entry-level prices dropping down perhaps as low as £16k.

As we said at the beginning, this is just to give you a pretty good idea of what to expect in terms of price and spec in the UK.

And we should have the UK info in the next few days. We hope.

By Cars UK