It is a small fun car that wants to make a place in the battle of the electric ones. Hyundai insert is presented as a mixture of car of the city, with a length of less than 4 meters and SUV, with a high driving position and an important space on board with respect to this compact format.
All in a round design that can make its charm and with a very complete team. Especially in our test model, with a certainly salty addition, but that should not make us forget the entry level versions that seem to offer an interesting commitment in the current context.
Success (almost) mandatory to say
The good ball of the plate could make us forget the importance of this vehicle for Hyundai in Europe. In 2025, the hardening of CO2 standards required manufacturers to increase their 100%electric car sales, under a penalty of strong fines.
For the Korean brand this year, it must go from a single to double sales 2024. Specifically: Sell 5,000 Inse will ensure 70% of this goal. The rest can be covered by the rest of the zero emission range: the electric kona, the ioniq 5, 6 and soon 9.
This plaque falls at the right time, which, of course, is not coincidence. In fact, it is an adaptation of a model marketed for almost 4 years in South Korea, in the thermal version of gasoline. The “casper” (its name in its domestic market, incompatible with the German market, Kasper referring to a puppet or jester …), therefore, it is seen in some kind of modification to meet the needs of the European market in A small electric vehicle (if possible) affordable.
They are not really explanations about this new and strange instining name, which simply wants to address the sounds of intimate and innovative (in English) and paternity with the Korean Casper, and not with the veloter, sadly out of the range in 2016.
A disadvantaged version of 4 to 4 -sater (on paper)
Another peculiarity of this instile: if it occurs in South Korea, it can benefit from the ecological bonus. An exception for an electric vehicle produced outside of Europe (with Mazda MX-30 imported from Japan) thanks to a carbon footprint on its manufacturing site that compensates for transport and other factors (from the vehicle from beginning to end) to calculate The environmental score. Score that determines the assignment of ecological bonus and so far excluded almost all models produced outside of Europe.
But, a small subtlety, only the 5 to 5 version at 5 be way to penalize cars not offering 5 places) and unattainable after Hyundai.
Too bad, because it was our trial version, but that you can ultimately suggest that these four places can continue to be a good choice. This may seem contradictory because, for more expensive, you will have fewer seats on board. A difference in the amount of bonus, because the two versions are offered at the same price.
But if it regularly transports one or two people backwards, having two adjustable individual seats can really generate a convenience gain compared to the fixed bank and a place of the environment that a priori offers the usual Spartan rigor.
A very well equipped test model
With a design that can make one think of the “Kei” Japanese cars, this model stands out from the Ioniq range with more curves, in the headlights or the rear lights in particular, while retaining the light firm in pixels.
With this very compact format, 3,825 meters long, 1.61 meters wide and 1.61 meters high, including the roof bars that participate in the adventurous side with the body’s protections.
Inside, the atmosphere is quite warm, with the seats stamped in the pool. A retro touch that contrasts well with the modernity of the board. We also benefit from good visibility as a real shine on board with significant glass surfaces.
Our test model was equipped with the 49KWH battery that offered 360 kilometers of theoretical autonomy with the 17 -inch edges of the creative finish, from 29,500 euros (and, therefore, eligible, to the bonus in the 5 to 5 version ).
We add a security package to 1,050 euros, which adds many driving aid, such as the screen of the dead angles on the meter screen or the 360 ° camera with the upper view. Most common equipment in higher segments. And a winter package to 990 euros with a heat pump (precious winter for heating) and battery pre -conceptioning before fast charging.
By adding the “Khaki” Marimacho “paint to 600 euros, the addition limits with 32,000 euros … high gas services justify this price, but we can still quickly reduce the invoice when giving up a certain luxury, all by maintaining a very proposal correct.
Our city car is driven by an 85 kW / 115 horsepower engine, which has given us a good relationship between dynamism and electricity consumption.
Along the way, this dynamism can sometimes have priority over comfort, but everything is still very correct with a pleasant driving position and good management. You can easily adjust the level of regenerative braking with the steering wheel palettes, from a free wheel mode to a proven pedal mode (and approved).
Our consumption was 16.7 kWh per 100 kilometers on our trip of just over 133 kilometers in the city of Le Havre and its surroundings, mainly roads at 80 km/h. Which gives a “real” autonomy (in our 290 -kilometer test conditions.
With its template and the electric torque, you move easily in the city. The rotation radius, without being exceptional, allows you to easily turn, is clearly what is expected of a small car how to insert it.
If you can easily lose yourself in the 10 -inch standard touch screen menus, you logically benefit from Android Auto/Carplay, not in Wireless unfortunately. It is the only inconvenience of good global ergonomics, with physical air conditioning controls.
A well -position entry level version
Digital counters behind the steering wheel are quite pretty, even if we would have liked more customization, they are also standard. Like: the initial access access, the rear view chamber, the adaptive regulator with monitoring of the road lines, remote pre -condendiction through the application, a recharge cable for the domestic socket or even an electric parking brake With automatic retention function. .
In the input level version, the battery goes from 49 to 42 kWh, with a 71 kW /97 hp engine, for a range that fell from 360 to 327 kilometers. A level of autonomy that is close to Citroën ë-C3 … but the latter was too greedy during our recent test. An LFP battery that does not really like the cold, no doubt. But, above all, many concessions in terms of equipment for a vehicle that even makes a decrease in services compared to the previous generation, which proposed, for example, “simple” hand -free access.
Faced with this competitor of the beams sacrificed by Stellantis, certainly a little larger, the entrance level insert is, therefore, more affordable than the ë-C3 in the maximum finish, much less equipped. In 5 places, the basic version of the INSER is shown at 23,000 euros, a bonus of 2,000 euros deducted, against 25,800 for the ë-C3.
When expanding the categories, you can also oppose an E-208 Peugeot (363 kilometers, 136 horsepower), 28,000 euros, or the new R5, 26,000 euros in the “Urban Autonomy” version (320 kilometers, 120 horses of force). The Fiat 500E comparable (331 kilometers, 118 horsepower) is shown at the delusional price of 34,000 euros.
Source: BFM TV
