H100 is the price winner
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by Charles Young
• Hyundai has released the prices of its H100 panel vans, which will be available in midAugust. The basic-trim STD costs £9,499 (ex-VAT), while the DLX costs £9,999, including electric windows, central locking and metallic paint as standard.
The prices, which are fixed until 1 April 1998, make the vans the cheapest in the sector. Hyundai plans to sell 1,500 of them this year through 130 of its 148 car dealers.
A three-year/60,000-mile warranty with RAC cover is included in the price, with the option of five years/100,000 miles. Both variants carry the Mitsubishi 2.5-litre, naturally aspirated diesel (Mitsubishi owns 15% of Hyundai), although Hyundai says it has developed this unit and will
have its own 2.4-litre turbodiesel next year.
The competitive pricing policy follows the European model: the H100 has been available on the Continent for more than three years and is the second best seller in Holland (with 16% of the market) and is the best seller in Turkey.
Hyundai hopes to get righthand-drive versions of its semiforward-control H1 compact panel van/minibus; it is also looking at the 11100 chassis-cab and pickup variant, The heavier range of Hyundai CVs will not be imported.
Driving impressions Commercial Motor drove a part laden H100 from Wycombe to the New Forest. We were impressed by the flexible and reasonably quiet engine. Overall wind and road noise was also quiet, even at motorway speeds.
Ride and handling were not so impressive, but may be better with a bigger load.
The steering and gear change are light, if rather imprecise; it also gets blown around on the motorway, so maybe it's better -;inted to urban duties.