Last year Hyundai announced their plans to dominate the 2018
compact SUV market with a new release in 2017. Up until just the other day, we
had only been given images of a sliver of the hood, ever so slightly
illuminated by the piercing headlights, and we were left with that tiny glimpse
for months! Hyundai has now offered up a bit more information, and we now know
the ringer will be named the Kona.
The Kona is expected to have three engine options; a
turbocharged 1.0 L, a 1.4 L, and a 1.6 L diesel. The Kona appears to be bulkier
than the Hyundai i30, the SUV it shares engine options with, so the 1.4 L and
1.6 L will likely be the favored options over the lighter, single liter engine.
Although we do still need to wait just a bit longer for the
full reveal, Hyundai has graced us with with some slightly more revealing teaser
images, and now a video as well. The video doesn’t reveal any more body parts
than we’ve been allotted via photos thus far, but it does reveal the fact that
the Kona will be Hyundais very first model to feature a Heads-Up display.
Check out the preview video for the Kona here,
or visit our website here to request updates on the big reveal!
