Thread: Hyundai Iload any good?

My folks have a turbo diesel manual IMax, ie the version with seats and windows, it now has around 45,000km on it, of which I'm at fault for around 10,000. I've driven it to Adelaide and Melbourne as well as around town here, it's a good bus-warranty issues include...the reversing camera is a POS, but that was installed by the dealer not factory. No other problems to date.
Stereo sounds good with a bit of metal blaring, aircon great, power aplenty, space aplenty, sliding doors on both sides are the duck's nuts. Fits a pallet with a few cm to clear between rear wheel arches.
My folks tow an A-Van camper/caravan thing and it does reasonably well at that though I reckon they'll shorten clutch life a fair bit doing so-needs revs for boost to get things off the line when towing a tonne on a hill.
It also towed my IIa+trailer, all up a touch over 2 tonnes comfortably.

The thing I don't like about it is no matter how the seat is adjusted I have to drive with my right foot on an angle, so after half an hour or so I get a stiff ankle. The only comfortable way is to drive bare foot with just my big toe on the accelerator.

work bought one as a transportation vehicle for animals.. I have never personally driven it but the few people I have heard driving dont have a bad word to say about it

one comment I do recall is it drives just like a car not a van and handles quite well on the road

Matt, Hyundai have certainly improved their quality in recent times, I am guessing it won't be a long term keeper (What Korean built vehicle IS???) so for what you need it'll be excellent me thinks


JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Matt, Hyundai have certainly improved their quality in recent times, I am guessing it won't be a long term keeper (What Korean built vehicle IS???) so for what you need it'll be excellent me thinks


JC

Yea, it's merely a tool, once warranty is up I should be in quite a good financial position, own the home, have the renos somewhat done and the extra shedding built, albeit working 7 days that's the theory anyhow

Plus the panelwagon is getting a little unpresantable

They introduced the Iloads at my old work about 12 months before I split, replacing some of the old Transits. This was basically to do with cost, but the Iloads had made themselves quite liked in the short time I had anything to do with them. They aint no Transit, but are decent to drive. Didn't see any issues on any in that 12 months, and that company still uses some - they went back to Transits for some, as the Iload couldn't handle the weights that some of the Mechanics needed in the back, but where this weight isn't required, they use the Iloads, and I don't know of any issues they have had.

I have a Hyundai ix35 as a company car. Replaced falcons which caused a lot of problems. But after that as a car company really good. I have done 30,000 ks in about 5 months with not one problem so I would not have any problem buying another product from them.

If your looking for a van also have a look at the VW transporter. We bought a multivan( a 7seat version with airbags and captains chairs) after looking at imax as well as torago vigo and voyager. For us the VW was better set up and drove better we only got the base model but if I had a bit more cash would have got the awd. The transporter has the same option of either 102or132kw and AWD as well as the crew cab setup(4-5 seats).

Have spoken to several drivers that deliver into my Warehouse and pretty much they all say the same thing, "van at the rear" and a "car up front".
No other complaints from any of them.

Cheers,

Peter.