Hyundai Australia wins at the 2022 Australian Good Design Awards.

“We are thrilled to be recognised with prestigious Australian Good Design Awards for STARIA and i30 Sedan N in our sixth consecutive year of success at the awards,” Hyundai Motor Company Australia Chief Executive Officer, Ted Lee said.

“Both models underline that not only is Hyundai at the leading edge of the development of advanced sustainable powertrain technologies, we are also pushing the boundaries in established segments such as people movers and high-performance vehicles,” he said.

The Good Design jurors heaped praise on STARIA, which resets the people mover benchmark through its futuristic styling, smart interior packaging, and passenger car-derived platform, which underpins excellent dynamics and ride comfort.

STARIA also impressed with its segment-first SmartSenseTM advanced active safety features and its array of convenience and comfort technologies designed to enhance the user experience.

The Good Design Awards Jury commented: “As one of the panel noted, it's hard to make a van sexy, but the Hyundai STARIA does an admirable job of design evolution in a genre that typically places function before form.

The STARIA’s exterior design cues manage to deceive the eye; a streamlined body bookended by a futuristic front fascia, a wraparound light strip, and large glass panelled rear again with feature vertical taillights.

The interior, however, is the true light-bringer. Eight occupants can sit and even recline comfortably within an expansive glasshouse, allowed by the modular interior which can be optioned with recliner or swivelling seating. A bold step for MPV/Van design, and a massive leap for Hyundai when compared to the iMax model it replaces.”

The judging panel celebrated the striking i30 Sedan N’s success as a fun-to-drive compact high-performance car that’s equally at home on a track as it is during daily driving.

i30 Sedan N continued to impress with its excellent safety credentials, which are achieved through state-of-the-art structural design and the application of advanced SmartSenseTM technologies.

i30 Sedan N’s styling, which brings depth of appeal beyond the model’s attainable price point, also earned it a Special Accolade as the overall 2022 Automotive Exterior Design Award Winner.

The Good Design Awards Jury commented: “Bristling with wings, vents and performance attitude, judges loved how the Hyundai i30N sedan wears its performance heart so boldly on its sleeve.

The compact high-performance sports sedan follows in the rubber laid down by the exhilarating i30 N hatch, which instantly established the Korean car maker as a serious player in a category long dominated by the likes of the VW Gold GTI. The design brief for the i30 Sedan N called for a style-focused, compact, high-performance four-door that gives customers more space and practicality than the hatch, without losing any of its focus on fun and racetrack-ready capability.

The striking coupe-like body sits on a longer wheelbase and boasts a generous boot, while the interior of the classy cabin features tactile leather and brushed aluminium finishes. Among its features, the i30N boasts Electronically Controlled Suspension with settings from comfort to racetrack. It also boasts a Track Maps feature, which alerts drivers when near a compatible racetrack and, with the track selected, lets them run an automatic lap timer.”

The 2022 Good Design Awards jury evaluated each design against a strict set of criteria, across an array of design disciplines and subcategories.

To earn recognition, Good Design Award entries had to demonstrate outstanding design and innovation under the banners of Good Design, Design Innovation and Design Impact.