Hyundai Motor Company Launches 'Staria Kinder' School Transport Vehicle for Children

Possible to Purchase in the 20 Million KRW Range When Combining Subsidy Benefits

[Asia Economy Reporter Yu Je-hoon] Hyundai Motor Company announced on the 7th that it has launched the Staria Kinder, a school bus exclusively for children. The Staria Kinder is a model equipped with top-level safety features to ensure children can travel safely to and from school and academies. It is available in two trims based on the Staria LPi 3.5 Tourer Modern: an 11-seater and a 15-seater.

Considering the primary passengers are children, the 11-seater comes standard with a 'seatbelt height adjustment device' to fit children's body sizes properly, while the 15-seater has all seats converted to child-specific seats equipped with 3-point height-adjustable seatbelts and a seatbelt wearing confirmation system (including seat occupancy detection) as standard.

Additionally, intelligent safety technologies such as Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, Lane Departure Warning Assist, Lane Keeping Assist, Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist, and Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist are included as standard. An 8-inch display audio and rear monitor are also standard to comply with rear pedestrian safety regulations.

In particular, to alert surrounding vehicles of children's boarding and alighting, the vehicle is equipped with warning lights, ensuring children's safety from boarding to alighting.

Hyundai also launched the children's school bus as an LPG model with low emissions to support the government's initiative to reduce fine dust by replacing old diesel vehicles. Currently, when purchasing a new LPG school bus, buyers can receive a subsidy of 7 million KRW per vehicle through the 'Children's School Bus LPG Vehicle Conversion Support Project' organized by the Ministry of Environment. Additionally, combining this with the subsidy for early scrapping of old diesel vehicles, benefits can reach up to 13 million KRW.

The price of the Staria Kinder is 34.78 million KRW for the 11-seater and 37.41 million KRW for the 15-seater, and with subsidy benefits applied, it can be purchased at a price in the 20 million KRW range.

A Hyundai Motor official stated, "The Staria Kinder implements the highest level of safety performance by applying specially designed parts that have passed rigorous safety tests and numerous intelligent safety technologies," adding, "We hope children can travel safely and comfortably with Kinder, a school bus you can trust."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.