A good balance between comfort and daily savings are the ingredients of the winning recipe of Hyundai Bayon in its LPG version. To test the actual capabilities of the Korean company's medium, ANSA Motori subjected the 1.2 LPG Xline version to a long test, which largely confirmed expectations. The first approach, on the exterior front, is that of the impact with the certainly original line, in particular on the rear part which suddenly 'falls' vertically, the protagonist of a courageous reference to styles and bodywork of times gone by. As original in its lines as it is modern in its interior and generous in its equipment. Easy and safe to drive in every situation also thanks to driving aids that are anything but obvious for a car in this category, however it does not have sprinting in its DNA. The 1.2 engine, with its 84 HP (82 using LPG) allows for smooth driving, despite the physiological laziness of an engine certainly not created to burn traffic lights.
The manual gearbox is also pleasant, short and precise. A strong point of the Hyundai Bayon, including the LPG version of our test, is its habitability. The doors open almost at right angles, so as to make access to the passenger compartment easy, which is comfortable and spacious in relation to the external dimensions of the car (418 cm). The dashboard of the Hyundai Bayon has an original style, with air conditioning vents inserted in a sort of horizontal grille. Although assembled with care, the plastics are all rigid and the 8-inch multimedia system display occasionally lacks responsiveness. For navigation you need to use Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. The dashboard is digital, 10.3'', and easy to read.
Unfortunately it only indicates the consumption and the residual quantity of petrol, while to find out how much LPG remains you need to look at the bottom left of the steering wheel, where the button to switch from petrol to gas and vice versa is located. The LEDs lit on the latter indicate the greater or lesser quantity of LPG available. The space for luggage is not bad, even if the 37.6 liter LPG cylinder, housed in the compartment that usually houses the spare wheel, reduces the capacity of the trunk by 18 litres, which with the sofa in use is 393 liters ( 1187 liters by folding the backrests). On the consumption front, then, with an urban and extra-urban route on petrol, we traveled on average 16.9 km/l. With LPG the value stood at a more than good 12.9. And LPG, as we know, is cheap.