Category: Superminis 
Price Range: £9,150 to £12,800
Cheap to buy and run, well-equipped, neat styling.
Noisy diesel engine, cheap-feeling dash, iffy ride.
Not as good to drive as a Fiesta, but impossible to rule out i20's superior value.
Hyundai is set to make ESP standard across the i20 range - a move unheard of in the budget end of the supermini class and one that has real safety benefits.
As well as stability control, the little i20 has six airbags and whiplash-reducing active head restraints. With all this effort to make the i20 as safe as possible, the firm predicts nothing less than the full five stars for adult occupant protection in the Euro NCAP crash tests.
