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Old Jul 19, 2022 | 07:10 AM
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The Hyundai group has been knocking it out of the park with its concept cars recently. There have been stunning GTs, thrilling race cars, and retro-futuristic executive saloons. Even when the vehicle is as hum-drum as a minivan, Hyundai's designers seem to have a fresh take, as was the case with last year's Staria.

Sometimes, those concepts even make it into production largely intact. In that vein, the production Hyundai Stargazer takes elements from the funky Staria concept released last year. Before you ask, the answer is no. It's not available in the U.S. In fact, it's not even available in South Korea. Its primary and only market is Indonesia at the moment.

While not as cool as the Staria, the people mover still looks quite a bit more interesting than most offerings in this category. It looks to be smaller than the Staria, which was configured with four rows. The Stargazer is a three-row that can be ordered in six- or seven-passenger layouts.

Its solid LED light bar that spans the prow is plucked straight from the Staria concept. But now it's mirrored on the rear with an LED taillight bar that forms the center line of what glows as a giant red H at night (how's that for Hyundai branding?). Other interesting design details include the creases over front and rear wheel wells, the boomerang-shaped taillights, and a diamond quilt treatment at the D-pillar. From some angles, the Stargazer looks like it may resemble a minivan built by Mitsubishi, but overall the shape stands out as unique among vans.

There's only one engine option for now, a 1.5-liter four-cylinder that generates 114 horsepower and 106 lb-ft of torque. It's not going to set anyone's hair on fire, but at least it's available with a six-speed manual. Drivers who would prefer an automatic must go with a CVT.

The Stargazer joins a popular class of people mover in Southeast Asia that includes rivals like the Toyota Avanza and Mitsubishi Xpander. These generally have the vertical volume of a minivan, but have four hinged doors instead of rear sliders. Typically they're not anything we'd see as desirable, but it seems Hyundai has just injected some style into the segment.
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Old Jul 19, 2022 | 07:19 AM
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Not a good looking Hyundai that’s for sure
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Old Jul 19, 2022 | 07:24 AM
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Not a good looking Hyundai that’s for sure
well you would say that.

i LOVE it, and i would say that as i like a lot (not all) h/k/g styling lately.

short overhangs, clean design

too bad it won't be available in the western world.
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Old Jul 19, 2022 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna

short overhangs, clean design

Just not feeling the front end




I’m happy you love it…
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Yeesh lol. Ug-ly.
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puts the mini back in minivan
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Old Jul 19, 2022 | 11:35 AM
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puts the mini back in minivan
Not even sure if it qualifies for van status. More like MPV.
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Reminds me of the pint-sized Mazda5 minivan/MPV
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Reminds me of the pint-sized Mazda5 minivan/MPV
A lil bit. The Prius V comes to mind somewhat.
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what makes you guys think it's pint-sized? seats 7 looks pretty comfortably?
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
what makes you guys think it's pint-sized? seats 7 looks pretty comfortably?
It's definitely smaller than a U.S. market standard minivan. The 2 place 3rd row seat and shorter rearmost side windows give it away.
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It's definitely smaller than a U.S. market standard minivan. The 2 place 3rd row seat and shorter rearmost side windows give it away.
How big do you think it could really be? It has 114 HP That is puny. So my guess is that it is pint sized, like Hoovey said.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
what makes you guys think it's pint-sized? seats 7 looks pretty comfortably?
'Pint-sized' was used to describe the Mazda5 we mentioned. It's bigger than that but appears to straddle the fence between compact and midsize. From the article there's a growing segment of vehicles in Southeast Asia with the vertical volume of a minivan but with four hinged doors.
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If I owned that I'd be star gazing as much as possible, anything to avoid looking at the van.
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it's 175.5" long so, shorter than a corolla.

in many parts of the world, streets are very narrow, parking is limited, and cars are taxed on size and/or engine size, which is why there's many smaller vehicles elsewhere in the world.

still cool looking to me.



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