2007 Hyundai Getz Edition from Croatia - Comments

Nothing in the first year and 45.000 km.

Good handling, swift and reliable small car.

Have enough inner space for its size, but a little bit short on space in the front seats for taller persons.

1.4 engine is OK for size of this car, but for a dynamic ride you have to push over 3.000rpm.

My car has an LPG conversion because I do about 50.000 km per year.

For town driving it is excellent, and for highway, and longer trips it is enough comfortable, but the engine is little bit too noisy (At 140km/h it revs 4.000), and this affects fuel consumption.

On average, it takes 8.5 liters of LPG per 100km, and on the highway 9-10 liters/ 100km.

Overall I could recommend this car, and I plan to keep mine for 5 years, and put some serious mileage on it.

It seems Hyundai is making good and very reliable cars. If they improve fuel consumption for their gasoline engines, they will become serious runners for the top market position.

I agree with everything said. Just want to add that I am a bit disappointed with the stiff suspension. It lacks refinement especially on rougher surfaces. Also the engine sounds like a washing machine. The quality of materials is way lower than the competition, but taken that this is a car designed in 2002, it is OK by the standards of the class (i.e. inner plastics in Opel Corsas made that year are the same quality, if not even lower). The new Hyundai i20 interior plastics feel much cheaper than today’s rivals too.

The equipment is also below the class (i.e. Suzuki Swift is much better equipped and feels sturdier and better protected from bellow). And the price is the same. The gear shift is precise form 1 to 5, but I can hardly put it in reverse. Even car manual says that if so, than try it again with the clutch pressed harder.

There is constant rattle from the rear compartment (door?), not only on my car but also on the test car I drove. I thought it was the problem with the test car, but obviously it is common to all Getz models. I hope my Getz proves reliable as quoted on various magazines and user tests, because in means of equipment and refinement it scores lower than most cars in its class.

The good thing is Getz rolls smoothly on quality roads. It has enough space and power (1.4 liter petrol engine). Engine is simple to service. It has mostly all equipment the car should have (air-condition, ABS, remote central locking, front electrical windows…).

But there are cars at the same price and better equipped (and maybe with worse reliability reputation).

Here is the update after few months of driving a Getz 1.4 petrol.

The suspension is very firm and surely cannot keep with European rivals. With three adult passengers, the car tends to be very wavy and soft in the curves. The driver has the feeling that the car will just fly off the road - issue of road holding. It is too firm with two, and too soft with plus three passengers. Hyundai definitely has to do better suspension.

And there is the thing with the overall construction of the car body. It feels sturdy enough on smooth roads. But when driving on bad roads full of pot-holes, every bit of the car produce a funny noise and rattles. It feels like driving the Coca-Cola can. Again, in this area Opel Corsas and VW Polos are much better.

The engine is noisy above 3000 rpm, but pulls good (but not exceptionally good). The consumption varies between 6,8 l on public roads and 10 l on the highway and in town. So for the time being, it feels like very gentle car with cheap noise insulation.

My Getz is 1.4, 2006. I have to confirm that suspension is one of the worse ever - it is like riding in a hearse with wooden wheels. Engine noise above 3000 rpm is just... wrong. But that is not a big problem because I never go above. Why? In town, if I change gears above 3000 rpm, let's say 4-4500 rpm, consumption goes sky high - I even once had 12.5 l per 100 Km! It gets better on open road, though. Air-condition stinks even after cleaning. Engine rattles when it's cold. Otherwise, it does not break down... yet. Strangely, it feels like a better car when it is out of town.

Hi to all,

Just an update from original post maker. Now my car has 90.000km and it works like first day. I have had no single mechanical problem with car until now, just regular maintenance and changed two sets of tires.

Thumbs up for the Getz!

And update on my 1.4 Getz 2009. It has almost 12000 km. Until now I can confirm reliability of the little car. Since then I had conversion (addition) of LPG, and it took me several visits to authorised dealer over 6 months to adjust the LPG intake. It seams that this is solved now, and it runs OK. Consumption is an issue, as mentioned above 3000 RPM. What annoys me is that second gear is too long, and third and fourth are short. That is bad on steep hills when the car has to be pushed hard, and yet it cannot be put into third gear. Anyway I have the feeling that Hyundai has pumped the info about the power of the engine (97 HP). I would say that it is more like 75 HP avarage (as Citroen CX 1.4 etc).

For the time being, I have no other complaints.