It’s rare that you get to sample a car before it’s been named, but Hyundai gave us the honour recently when we drove its new eight-seat MPV: the Hyundai i800.
The i50 moniker originally intended for the van-based MPV has now been reserved for the new Hyundai Genesis saloon, suggesting that the big executive model will definitely come to the UK. However, the Korean firm maintained that it would have a name for the model by this morning, so as of today the new Hyundai people carrier will be known as the i800.
The name was chosen as it uses the company's new 'i' prefix and and also highlights the vehicle's eight seats.
Keep watching autocar.co.uk for Steve Cropley's first drive of the i800, which will be posted later today.
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Re: Driven: anonymous Hyundai
Close, but what about iVaneo, looks very much like the Merc Vaneo.
Re: Driven: anonymous Hyundai
The term Starex refers to Hyundai's name for its rebadged Mitsubishi L400/Delica predecessor. Hyundai will probably want to sever ties with its old image in Europe, whereas reminding customers of ties to a trusted brand like Mitsubishi will probably help overcome prejudice in the Asian market.