Getz 1.4 Five-Door

Hyundai has lowered the entry price for a five-door Getz by $1000 by offering it with the smaller 1.4 litre twin-cam 16-valve engine already offered in the three-door, with which it shares the same generous features list.

Getz 1.4 five-door manual is priced at $14,490* and the automatic $16,380*, identical pricing as for the three-door Getz 1.6 which recently reclaimed the Australia’s Best Small Car crown for Getz in 2005.

The Getz range now spans from $13,490* for the 1.4 three-door manual to $17,380 for the automatic 1.6 five-door.

In last October’s Getz range upgrade, the entry level Getz lifted its performance appeal by moving up to the 1.4 litre, twin-cam 16-valve Alpha engine variant from the previous model XL’s older single-cam 12-valve small-bore 1.3, boosting peak power 7.5kW to 70kW at 6000rpm and torque up 9Nm to 126Nm at 3200rpm.

All Getz models have class-exclusive active front head restraints—which cantilever forward to minimize whiplash neck injury in a rear-end impact. The NRMA recently gave Getz the maximum “Good” rating for neck injury protection as a result of its performance in a series of internationally conducted sled rear-end crash tests of 115 current new cars.

All three rear head restraints are low-profile, wrapover designs which retract down out of rear vision when not used.

Other Getz safety features include dual front airbags, front seatbelt pre-tensioners and load-limiters, height adjustable upper pillar front seat belt mountings, anti-submarining front seat steel pans, a retractable lap-sash centre rear seatbelt, two side-impact beams in each front door and one each in rear doors, a full-size spare wheel and belt snap-on brackets fitted to all three child restraint top tether strap anchor points.

Tactile touches in Getz are leather trimming of the thicker, new design steering wheel—with grip area perforations—and gear shift knob, steering wheel-mounted audio controls and a substantially upgraded MP3/WMA-compatible audio.

Like all other Hyundai models, Getz also comes standard with air-conditioning, power windows, electric door mirrors, remote central locking with alarm, power steering, heater ducting to rear footwells and split-fold rear seats.

Most affordable ABS

Getz 1.6 three-door manual is the most affordable new car on the market equipped standard with the life-saving active safety of Anti-skid Braking Systems (ABS) with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) as well as rear disc brakes.

Hyundai’s quality and reliability credentials are now well-established near the top echelon of car brands and the company continues to further its competitiveness in these areas. This is evidenced from consumer surveys overseas in recent years, as well as locally by its own low warranty repair incidence as by far the longest offerer of a five year/130,000km warranty.

Getz buyers are thus reassured they are buying a quality brand original, not something rebadged from a less known maker. *recommended retail price plus on-road costs

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