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Virtually every non-hybrid and electric Hyundai vehicle in Australia received a $750 price hike from February 1, 2026.
Hyundai Australia explained this price hike is due to global economic factors, such as U.S. tariffs, as well as local policy, such as the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES).
The $750 price hike applies to the Hyundai Venue, Sonata, Staria, Staria Load, as well as pure internal-combustion (ICE) versions of the i30, Kona and Santa Fe.
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It notably doesn’t include high-performance Hyundai N vehicles like the i20 N, as well as the i30 N hatch and sedan.
Pricing tables for all the Hyundai vehicles affected by this price hike are at the end of this story.
As recently revealed, Hyundai Motor Corporation Australia (HMCA), which includes luxury arm Genesis, was behind the target for the first NVES performance period which finished at the end of 2025.
In fact it was the fourth worst-performing brand, behind Mazda, Nissan and Subaru and is at risk of paying a fine of over $4 million at the end of 2027 unless it can offset it by beating the tightening targets in following years, or buying credits from other carmakers.
HMCA imported a total of 39,863 vehicles during the 2025 performance period and this equates to a fine of $106 per vehicle.
As noted above, Hyundai is attributing this $750 price rise at least in part to NVES, therefore meaning some of the fine amount is being passed on to buyers.
Hyundai is far from the first brand to admit this. Ford and Nissan have also had price hikes that are at least in part related to the tightening CO2 standards in Australia.
| Model | Price (before on-road costs) | Price increase |
| Hyundai Venue manual | $23,750 | $750 |
| Hyundai Venue auto | $25,750 | $750 |
| Hyundai Venue Active | $28,000 | $750 |
| Hyundai Venue Elite | $30,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai i30 Sedan | $30,000 | $750 |
| Hyundai i30 Sedan Elite | $34,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai i30 Sedan N Line | $37,000 | $750 |
| Hyundai i30 Sedan Premium | $39,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai i30 Sedan N Line Premium | $42,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai Kona | $33,700 | $750 |
| Hyundai Kona Elite | $36,700 | $750 |
| Hyundai Kona Elite N Line | $40,200 | $750 |
| Hyundai Kona Premium | $42,700 | $750 |
| Hyundai Kona Premium N Line | $45,700 | $750 |
| Hyundai Kona Premium N Line AWD | $49,700 | $750 |
| Hyundai Tucson | $39,100 | $750 |
| Hyundai Tucson Elite | $44,100 | $750 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe FWD | $54,400 | $750 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe AWD | $57,400 | $750 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe Elite AWD | $63,900 | $750 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy AWD | $73,900 | $750 |
| Hyundai Sonata N Line | $56,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria FWD | $50,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria AWD | $53,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria Elite FWD | $58,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria Elite AWD | $61,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria Highlander FWD | $65,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria Highlander AWD | $68,500 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria Load | $47,740 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria Load Crew | $51,640 | $750 |
| Hyundai Staria Load Premium | $52,740 | $750 |
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