Stop laughing, this is very serious business. Hyundai has hired the next generation of testers to find out if the i30 can stand up to a bunch of toddlers jumping about and doing what they do best: a mess.
A total of 15 four and five year old carefully scrutinized every aspect of the car over a period of six hours. These tests subject the interior and exterior of the car to the sort of rigors you'd expect in the real world.
Mark Baxter, Hyundai UK’s Product Planning Manager, said: “At Hyundai we believe in ‘new thinking’ which is why we like to take a different approach when it comes to quality testing.Kids are notoriously hard on cars and these days families need transport that will withstand sticky fingers, accidental spillages and energetic personalities. We wanted to see if the i30 Tourer really is a fully-suitable and durable family car - we thought that if it can withstand the tests of 25 kids, we could be confident that it would be tough enough for family life.
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