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The Hyundai i30 Hatch has been axed in Australia, but the i30 N Hatch and i30 Sedan will live on.
The Hyundai i30 hatchback, once one of Australia's most popular cars, has been axed from local showrooms.
Hyundai has confirmed it will cease production of the standard i30 Hatch – excluding the i30 N Hatch – for the Australian market from December 2025.
The i30 Hatch, and the i30 N Hatch, are built in the Czech Republic for Australia, with Hyundai Australia citing "sourcing complexities" and "costs out of Europe" as factors in its decision to axe the standard model.
"i30 MHEV [mild-hybrid electric vehicle] production for the Australian market will cease from December 2025," a Hyundai Australia spokesperson confirmed.
"The decision has been made to discontinue this model due to sourcing complexities and costs out of Europe."
The i30 Sedan and i30 N Sedan, which are known as the Elantra or Avante outside of Australia, are built in South Korea and are not affected by the decision.
Hyundai Australia will also continue to import the i30 N Hatch, which received a $2000 price rise in September as "a combination of warranty, NVES [New Vehicle Efficiency Standard] and European factory sourcing".
While Hyundai Australia has not shared a sales split between the i30 Hatch and i30 Sedan, standard versions of the hatchback have exclusively featured a 48-volt mild-hybrid system since late 2024.
Since late 2024, the Hyundai i30 Hatch has been limited to two, mild-hybrid N Line variants, starting from $36,000 before on-road costs, after production switched from South Korea to the Czech Republic.
Before the production switch, the i30 hatchback was available in Australia from $24,000 – or as low as $19,990 six years ago – with a wider range of variants and powertrain options.
The Hyundai Kona and Tucson SUVs have overtaken the i30 as the brand's best-selling vehicles in Australia, with 16,971 Konas and 15,114 Tucsons sold year-to-date.
Jordan is a motoring journalist based in Melbourne with a lifelong passion for cars. He has been surrounded by classic Fords and Holdens, brand-new cars, and everything in between from birth, with his parents’ owning an automotive workshop in regional Victoria. Jordan started writing about cars in 2021, and joined the Drive team in 2024.
