Hyundai Motor Company Launches the '2022 Kona' with Enhanced Features

Convenience and Safety Features Standard by Trim... "Adding New Trim to Expand Choices"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] Hyundai Motor Company launched the model year update of the Kona, the '2022 Kona,' on the 12th and began full-scale sales. The 2022 Kona features enhanced product competitiveness by actively reflecting customer feedback and standardizing optional features preferred by the main customer base according to each trim.

The base trim, Smart, includes the Basic Package with ▲button start & smart key ▲smart key remote start ▲artificial leather seats ▲front seat heating ▲leather steering wheel (including heating) ▲leather shift knob ▲front parking distance warning ▲metal paint inside door handles, and the Display Audio Package with ▲8-inch display audio ▲rearview monitor (steering-linked) ▲phone projection as standard.

The Modern trim enhances product competitiveness by standardizing the Navigation Package, which includes ▲10.25-inch navigation (Blue Link, phone projection, Bluetooth hands-free, Hyundai CarPay) ▲wireless navigation updates ▲rearview monitor (steering-linked, rear view while driving).

Additionally, the 'Modern Choice' trim was newly introduced, expanding customer options by adding intelligent safety technologies such as ▲forward collision avoidance assist (bicycle occupant detection) ▲highway driving assist ▲smart cruise control (including stop and go function) and convenience features like ▲front seat ventilation ▲Hyundai digital key ▲smartphone wireless charging to the basic specifications of the Modern trim.

The top trim, Inspiration, standardizes the highly customer-satisfactory 10.25-inch cluster. Along with this, the Family Package, consisting of various convenience features for front and rear seats, is subdivided into Seat Plus 1 (driver's power seat and first-row ventilated seats, etc.) and Seat Plus 2 (passenger power seat and second-row heated seats, etc.), reorganizing option packages into items with high customer usage to increase purchase appeal.

Hyundai Motor Company changed the color of the 'Interior Color Package,' an optional feature for the Modern, Modern Choice, and Inspiration trims, from gray to light beige to enhance the overall premium feel of the product.

The prices of the 2022 Kona are ▲Gasoline 2.0: 21.44 million to 27.07 million KRW ▲1.6 Turbo: 22.13 million to 27.75 million KRW ▲Hybrid: 25.58 million to 30.56 million KRW (after tax benefits) ▲N Line (Gasoline 1.6 Turbo): 28.15 million to 28.73 million KRW.

A Hyundai Motor Company official explained, "The 2022 Kona has significantly enhanced product competitiveness by substantially standardizing safety and convenience features preferred by customers," adding, "We expect customer satisfaction to increase considerably."

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