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Honda HR-V vs Hyundai Kona

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Honda HR-V
Honda HR-V

$27,499 - $45,988

2022 price

Hyundai Kona
Hyundai Kona

$32,000 - $68,000

2024 price

Summary

2022 Honda HR-V
2024 Hyundai Kona
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Inline 4, 1.5L

Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
4.3L/100km (combined)

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Seating
4

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Dislikes
  • Pricier than rivals
  • Very limited boot space
  • Only a four-seater

  • Lack of true fast-charging
  • Binging, bonging safety systems (that can be switched off)
  • 370km range rules out longer-distance road trips
2022 Honda HR-V Summary

Honda Australia has gone through a bit of a transformation in recent years, shedding its top-10 sales ambitions for a new approach that focuses on slimming down the range with high-spec grades.

The first new-gen model to launch with that approach was last year’s Civic, but it’s the latest launch, the HR-V, which might make or break Honda’s new strategy.

And that’s because the HR-V is a small SUV – playing a space dominated by Toyota, Mazda and Kia – that also offers up a so-hot-right-now hybrid powertrain for the first time in Australia.

No doubt, the HR-V will prove more popular than the Civic in sales as the market shifts preferences, but is it any good?

This is all you need to know about the 2022 Honda HR-V.

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2024 Hyundai Kona Summary

Okay, so I know this car. Well, not this car exactly. But I know the Hyundai Kona.

The last-generation Kona Electric was one of my favourite EVs, I’ve driven the Kona N on racetracks, I just reviewed the Kona Hybrid, and I’m currently – as in right now – driving the Kona petrol on a long-term loan.

In short, when it comes to Hyundai’s not-so-small small SUV, I’m generally all over it.

Except for this one, the all-new Kona Electric, which is supposed to act as a stepping stone between Hyundai’s regular electric models and its more premium Ioniq family.

But the big question I have, of course, is whether this electric one is actually the version you want? And has full electrification helped or hindered the Kona formula in this generation, especially in the face of stiff competition from Tesla, BYD, and even from Hyundai itself, in the shape of its Ioniq family?

So, let’s go find out. 

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